Posted on 04/07/2007 8:13:54 AM PDT by Clintonfatigued
GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney assailed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday for visiting Syria's president and accused Democrats in Washington of playing politics with Iraq.
Likewise, Republican rival Rudy Giuliani criticized Democrats for pushing a deadline for a military withdrawal from Iraq, saying the idea "lacks common sense." And, a third GOP candidate, Tommy Thompson, presented his own plan to create stability in Iraq -- including letting the Iraqi government vote on whether U.S. troops should stay.
The candidates vying for the GOP nomination focused on a standoff between Democrats who control Congress and President Bush over a bill providing money for the Iraq war. Democrats want to include a date for a U.S. troop withdrawal in the bill, and Bush has threatened to veto any measure that includes a timetable.
At the same time, Democrats are urging Bush to engage more with Syria. The administration accuses Syria of backing terrorism and claims the nation is fueling Iraq's violence by allowing Sunni insurgents to operate from its territory. President Bush denounced Pelosi's visit.
Romney, taking on Pelosi, said of her trip to Syria, "It's a very bad idea to be carrying out a separate and independent foreign policy from the president of the United States."
"I just don't know what got into her head, to be completely honest with you," he said. "Her going to a state which is without question a sponsor of terror, and having her picture taken with (Bashar) Assad and being seen in a headscarf and so forth is sending the wrong signal to the people of Syria and to the people of the Middle East.
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Good shot by Romney. Rudy Giuliani also denounced Pelosi’s actions.
The more I hear from Mitt the more I like him.
Mitt Romney wants a timetable for retreat in Iraq. I will never support him.
What’s his position on the “global warming” scam? Right now I veiw McCain as totally unacceptable and am wavering between Giuliani, Romney, and Thompson. Hence, I’ve not given any money to anybody.
Romney looks like Bob Eubanks.
I've got to remember your strategy on my next date.
Honey. I can't decide between Chinese, Indian or Continental cusine...could you pay?
HANNITY: What do you think about Speaker of the House Pelosi, against the will of the White House, the recommendation of the State Department, is going to Syria to meet with the Syrian president? Is that the wrong thing to do? Does that send the wrong message to the world?ROMNEY: It's outrageous. What she's doing is absolutely outrageous. I'm afraid she has been taking John Edwards's talk to heart, which is that there are two Americans, one led by the president and the other, which is led by her.
But there is one America. It's the United States of America. We have one foreign policy. If people don't agree with that foreign policy, they can elect new leaders. They can elect a new president in two years, and they can pursue a different course.
But the idea of having the speaker of the House, the third person in line for the presidency, of the United States, being with Assad, being welcomed and given diplomatic coverage, shots of her on TV and the media and the way she's being used by the Arab press is just outrageous.
Romney supporters is that true?
I’m glad to see some Republican coming out strongly against this fool’s errand by Pelosi.
Wow. How courageous. /s
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1811315/posts
“When asked by ABC News’ Robin Roberts on “Good Morning America” if he believes there should be a timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, Romney replied, “Well, there’s no question that the president and Prime Minister al Maliki have to have a series of timetables and milestones that they speak about, but those shouldn’t be for public pronouncement.” “
Thanks to this interview, al-Qaeda now knows that Mitt Romney would set timetables, but that they would be “secret”.
The only timetable is victory. Not benchmarks and milestones.
Absolutely false, rob21. AKSurprise has given you the facts in Post #7.
It's Romney's position that 'timetables' are associated with milestones, not dates for U.S. troop withdrawals from Iraq regardless of conditions in the country as the word is interpreted by the Democrats and the Democrat Media.
It's not a change in Romney's policy position or any different from what President Bush and the U.S. military brass are already using with the Iraqi government and military forces.
Milestones to stand-up Iraqi military units and security forces without a timetable would be a meaningless, open-ended wish list. The timetables for milestones are indeed already kept secret as best they can be.
Next week he will change his story.
Well that makes me feel better to know.
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