By IRNA,
New York : Republican John McCain dismissed Democratic rival Barack Obama as having zero national security experience.
McCain said in North Carolina on Monday there are stark differences between him and the two Democratic candidates, Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton. But he concentrated on Obama in particular.
“Senator Obama wants to sit down with an Iranian leader who is dedicated to wiping Israel off the map – his words,” McCain told reporters on his campaign bus.
“I don’t think we should give him that kind of prestige. Senator Obama obviously has no national security experience, and therefore that’s reflected in his judgment on a number of those issues.” Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor responded by criticizing McCain’s support for the war in Iraq.
“John McCain has the experience of being Washington’s biggest supporter of a disastrous war in Iraq,” the spokesman said.