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bushisanidiot

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Wed Oct 10, 2012, 04:33 PM Oct 2012

Rand Paul bashes Romney on Reckless Foreign Policy Stance

http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/10/opinion/rand-paul-romney-foreign-policy/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Rand Paul: Romney's wrong on Middle East, defense spending"

At times, I have been encouraged by Romney's foreign policy. I agree with his call to end the war in Afghanistan sooner rather than later and with his skepticism of, and call for reform in, foreign aid, but I am a bit dismayed by his foreign policy speech Monday, titled "Mantle of Leadership."

Romney chose to criticize President Obama for seeking to cut a bloated Defense Department and for not being bellicose enough in the Middle East, two assertions with which I cannot agree.

Defense and war spending has grown 137% since 2001. That kind of growth is not sustainable.

Opinion: Romney's sorta-kinda call to arms

Adm. Michael Mullen stated earlier this year that the biggest threat to our national security is our debt.

If debt is our gravest threat, adding to the debt by expanding military spending further threatens our national security."
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Rand Paul bashes Romney on Reckless Foreign Policy Stance (Original Post) bushisanidiot Oct 2012 OP
NOT the onion???!!! elleng Oct 2012 #1
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