Posted on 11/08/2014 10:25:49 PM PST by Nachum
Former Presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Friday criticized President Barack Obama over his policy in the Middle East and his attitude towards Israel.
Romney, who spoke at the inaugural Israeli American Council National Conference in Washington, accused Obama of being naive and of distancing ourselves from allies.
Commenting on reports that Obama had sent a letter to Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei suggesting cooperation against the Islamic State (ISIS), Romney was quoted by The Washington Times as having said, I was frankly stunned that the President of the United States would write a letter of that nature, in effect legitimizing a nation and a leadership which is violating international norms and is threatening the world. I find it astonishing.
You can talk about a president talking to other world leaders. But to suggest that somehow we could somehow work together is something that is so far beyond the pale I was speechless, Romney added.
The right kind of approach is to recognize Iran in the way we thought about South Africa during apartheid. We considered it a pariah. Their leaders were shunned, they were not invited to international bodies. We exerted moral sway. To somehow have communications with Irans supreme leader is, in my view, an enormous error, he said.
It is tempting to think that the President is simply inept in dealing with foreign affairs. The reality is, he does have a foreign policy, Romney said, characterizing it as ineffective and wrong.
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How about the Ebonics of Obama? I guess some of us have to stretch to make petty slams...
Oh look. Twins poking each other in the eye.
Jimmy Carter wrote a longhand (cursive) letter to the Ayatollah Khomeini. The attempt spoke to Carter's weakness as President.
Obama’s Foreign Policy = Bow
"You should know that I imposed BOTH socialized medicine
and gay marriage, and tanked the Mass. economy."
RINOmney sucks as much now as before.
Squawk all you want, Mitt, but you blew it last time and we're not going to give you another chance at the nomination.
I agree. He knows exactly what he is doing. He looks like he is bumbling, but he is actually working on a schedule.
Think of him as working opposite everything we have ever known. We would expect our president to act courageously on behalf of us. But what if he is really our enemy and he has never had the intention to work on our behalf? He'd still need to "appear" to be leading us while not acting on our behalf.
So he is caught in this dilemma - he needs to look like he is leading while he is not leading. That's a huge matzo ball to lug around, but that kind of activity requires someone who is not bothered by something like a conscience.
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Obama is not naive about foreign relations he is muslim and wants to destroy America. Why do people insist on thinking that he is naive. It sure gives him an out.
Apparently mitt never heard the wisdom of striking the iron when it is hot. Iron is stone cold now mitt.
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