little performance , and what the American people want right now is performance . '' In a speech at the annual meeting of the National Rifle Association in Louisville , Kentucky , on Friday , McCain defended his foreign policy positions , saying the United States has a realistic chance of success in Iraq after four years of costly mistakes . McCain called some of Obama 's ideas `` reckless '' and questioned his understanding of America 's standing in the world . Watch McCain take on Obama 's comments '' `` It would be a wonderful thing if we lived in a world where we do n't have enemies , '' the Arizona Republican said . `` That 's not the world we live in . And until Sen. Obama understands that reality , the American people have every reason to doubt whether he has strength , judgment and determination to keep us safe . '' The verbal sparring took place a day after President Bush suggested in a speech before the Israeli Knesset that those who want to shift American policy to include direct talks with what he called `` terrorists and radicals '' were appeasers and delusional
WATERTOWN , South Dakota -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Sen. Barack Obama linked Sen. John McCain Friday with what he called `` the failed policies '' of the Bush administration , accusing the presumed Republican presidential nominee and the White House of `` bombastic exaggerations and fear-mongering '' in place of `` strategy and analysis and smart policy . '' `` What we 've done over the last eight years does not work , '' the Democratic front-runner said . Obama accused McCain of supporting a track record from the Bush administration that included the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq , a longer and more expensive war in Iraq than was initially projected , the continued freedom of September 11 mastermind Osama bin Laden and the strengthening of Iran after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq . `` The American people are going to look at the evidence , '' he said . `` We do n't get a sense that this has been a wise foreign policy or a smart foreign policy or a tough foreign policy . This has been a policy that oftentimes revolved around a lot of bluster and big talk , but very