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Diamond Member
By Jordan Michael Smith
Missed the neocons? Don't worry: Mitt Romney's getting the band together again.
There was good reason for Republicans to cry foul over the Obama campaigns advertisement highlighting the presidents killing of Osama bin Laden; the GOP has lost its decades-long edge on national security. According to a Washington Post poll, By a margin of more than 2 to 1, Americans say the presidents handling of terrorism is a major reason to support rather than oppose his bid for reelection.
Republicans lost their popularity on security issues for one reason: George W. Bushs foreign policy was a disaster. And yet, the partys nominee, Mitt Romney, has assembled a foreign-policy team composed almost exclusively of individuals with the same war-always mentality and ideology that served Bush and the United States so poorly. In some cases, the exact same men responsible for Bushs catastrophic national security policies are advising Romney. The former Massachusetts governor could have included some of the pragmatists and realists from the George H.W. Bush administration. Instead, a Romney presidency seems like it would be Bush 43 all over again.
All told, Romney lists 37 holdovers from the George W. Bush administration the very same administration he and all other Republican candidates barely referenced during their many debates because it was so discredited and toxic, even to the Republican base.
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