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Lucy Goosey

(2,940 posts)
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 11:18 AM Jul 2012

Romney unveils foreign policy that gets tough on Gorbachev

Mr. Romney is on his first international outing as Republican presidential candidate, and has already raised eyebrows with a number of statements. There was his needless stirring of controversy in London, where he questioned Britain’s security preparations for the Olympic Games. And on the weekend he visited Israel, where he pledged that, as president, he’d agree to pretty much any action Israel decided to adopt towards Iran, military or otherwise, while suggesting it was not Washington’s place to take the lead in seeking peace. Being friends with Israel is one thing, but delegating the decision on whether to go to war is something else. Most European countries stopped making that sort of promise after stumbling into the First World War based on mutual aggression agreements.

His remarks on Russia have similarly elicited questions. Assessing America’s international challenges, Mr. Romney declared Russia is “without question our number one geopolitical foe.” The remark seemed to ignore China’s overwhelming growth in influence and stature, and the ongoing crises of the Middle East, not least Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Though, having ceded decision-making authority on that front to Israel, perhaps Mr. Romney felt the file was closed.

The Financial Times’ Geoff Dyer noted that “Mr. Romney’s agenda tone harks back more to the era of George H.W. Bush” than to any recent developments.


http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2012/07/30/kelly-mcparland-romney-unveils-foreign-policy-that-gets-tough-on-gorbachev/
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Romney unveils foreign policy that gets tough on Gorbachev (Original Post) Lucy Goosey Jul 2012 OP
mixing with the untouchables? Voice for Peace Jul 2012 #1
Funny how the GOP says jack shit about the war on Terror now that Obama kicked some ass... progressivebydesign Jul 2012 #2
Someone PLEASE Explain qwlauren35 Jul 2012 #3

progressivebydesign

(19,458 posts)
2. Funny how the GOP says jack shit about the war on Terror now that Obama kicked some ass...
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 12:37 PM
Jul 2012

Going back to the Cold War, are we??? Romney and his pals can THANK President Obama and his crew for making terrorism something that is not on the front burner this election. He made us safer, so now Mitt is creating new enemies. Basically, they got nothing. So they are going to revive the whole Cold War thing. So, Are we going to be building fall out shelters in our yards again???

qwlauren35

(6,112 posts)
3. Someone PLEASE Explain
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 01:06 PM
Jul 2012

Why is Russia a threat to us?

I really don't get it. Are they trying to bring back the USSR? Are they trying to start WW Three? They aren't even part of Bush's Axis of Evil.

Someone PLEASE Explain. I'm very clueless on this issue.

The only thing I know that Russia has done that is awkward is block intervention in Syria. And that's not worth fighting over. Is it because they sell arms to Afghanistan?

Help me here...

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