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Spot on opinion piece by Krauthammer, fresh off his reception of an apology from the White House a few days ago.
You go Charles! WOO WOO WOO!!!!!
Charles Krauthammer: Romney’s excellent trip - The Washington Post
Regarding the 'shove it' comment...
You go Charles! WOO WOO WOO!!!!!
Charles Krauthammer: Romney’s excellent trip - The Washington Post
The Warsaw leg was a triumph. Romneys speech warmly embraced Polands post-communist experiment as a stirring example of a nation committed to limited government at home and a close alliance with America abroad, even unto such godforsaken war zones as Afghanistan and Iraq, at great cost to itself and with little thanks.
Without any overt criticism of the current president, Romney set out a foreign policy of radically greater appreciation of and fidelity to American allies.
Regarding the 'shove it' comment...
On the eve of the 2004 Democratic Convention, Teresa Heinz Kerry offered precisely that anatomically risky suggestion to an insistent Pittsburgh journalist. Not only did she later express no regret, but Hillary Clinton reacted with: Good for you, you go girl.
And at his previous stop, Jerusalem, Romneys speech was a masterpiece of nuance and restraint. Without directly criticizing Obama, Romney drew pointed distinctions deftly expressed in the code words and curlicued diction of Middle East diplomacy.
He declared flatly that Jerusalem is Israels capital. The official Obama position is that Israels capital is to be determined in negotiations with the Palestinians. On Iran, Romney asserted that Israel has the right to defend itself. Obama says this as boilerplate. Romney made clear he means it that if Israel has to attack, the United States wont flash the red light before nor punish Israel afterward.
What about the alleged gaffe that dominated reporting from Israel? Romney averred that Israeli and Palestinian economic development might be related to culture. A Palestinian Authority spokesman obligingly jumped forth to accuse Romney of racism, among other thought crimes.
The American media bought it whole, despite the fact that Romneys assertion was a direct echo of the United Nations Arab Human Development Report, written by Arab intellectuals and commissioned by the U.N. It unambiguously asserted that culture and values are the soul of development. And went on to report how existing cultural norms including traditional Arab culture and values are among the major impediments to Arab economic progress.
Look at how Romney was received. In Israel, its popular prime minister lavished on him a welcome so warm as to be a near-endorsement. In Poland, Romney received an actual endorsement from Lech Walesa, former dissident, former president, Cold War giant, Polish hero.
Two staunch U.S. allies salute a man they would like to see lead the free world. Yet the headlines were shove it and culture.