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Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama speaks at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado August 28, 2008.
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DENVER (EJP)---In a speech accepting the Democratic Party's presidential nomination Thursday night in Denver, Colorado, Illinois Senator Barak Obama criticised the Bush administration and his Republican rival John McCain for failing to contain terrorism.
The democratic candidate said Republican "tough talk" was not protecting Israel.
“You don't protect Israel and deter Iran just by talking tough in Washington,” he said.
"You don't defeat a terrorist network that operates in eighty countries by occupying Iraq," he added.
He also said that he would "renew the tough diplomacy that can prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons."
“If John McCain wants to follow George Bush with more tough talk and bad strategy, that is his choice, but it is not the change we need."
Obama said he favors intensifying diplomacy as well as sanctions in a bid to keep Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.
"I will rebuild our military to meet future conflicts," Obama told 75,000 people in Denver's Invesco stadium "But I will also renew the tough, direct diplomacy that can prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons and curb Russian aggression."
Obama also called for a withdrawal of American troops from Iraq, and a greater effort against al-Qaida and the Taliban in Afghanistan.
