Bush: Mali attack example of 'war against western civilization'

By Al Weaver, Al Weaver

Published December 20, 2015

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush called the Friday attack at a Mali hotel yet another example of the ongoing "war against western civilization," and slammed President Obama for refusing to admit his policies have helped create the situation.

"This is a war against western civilization. It's a war against us," Bush told the "Fox and Friends" crew Friday morning. "They've declared war and we haven't."

"We respond as if it's a law enforcement operation, and the president's traveling, upset that climate change isn't the number one issue this week, refuses to admit that perhaps his policies have helped create some of this," Bush charged.

Host Steve Doocy then pressed the 2016 hopeful which part of Obama's policy helped spawn the situation. Bush pointed to the president's lack of an overall strategy.