Obama has made a ‘mess of relations’ with Pakistan: Bush

NEW YORK: Former US president George W Bush, in comments published in a mass-circulated tabloid, criticized President Barack Obama’s policies, saying he has made a “mess of relations” with Pakistan and that his Afghan strategy was “adrift.” Bush’s comments about his Democratic successor are contained in a dispatch of the New York Daily News. Bush said that as a matter of policy he avoids criticizing Obama. “Still, he thinks Obama has failed as a president – a judgment supported by this week’s robust Republican gains,” the newspaper said. “Several Bush friends, associates and longtime political allies said president (Bush) is worried about Obama’s Afghanistan policy. He supports the troop surge and more muscular drone strikes against terrorist targets,” the dispatch added. app