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I still haven't heard Romney or any of his supporters say what Romney would do differently in the middle east.

What is Romney's position on drone attacks (he says Obama is weak and lacks resolve, yet bin Laden and many al Qaeda leaders are dead), Afghanistan? He wants to defeat the Taliban not negotiate. Does this mean we leave 10's of thousands of troops there then?

Why Romney Is a Foreign Policy Lightweight

His ideas range from vague to ill-informed to downright dangerous

...Second, in this election in particular, Mitt Romney’s statements on foreign policy range from vague to ill-informed to downright dangerous.

Does Romney believe the things that he’s said about arms control, Russia, the Middle East, the defense budget, and the rest? Who can say? He has no experience on any of these issues. But his advisers do; they represent, mainly, the Dick Cheney wing of the Republican Party (some, notably John Bolton, veer well to the right of even that). While not all presidents wind up following their advisers, Romney has placed his byline atop some of his coterie’s most egregious arguments—not least, several op-ed pieces against President Obama’s New START with Russia, pieces that rank as the most ignorant I’ve read in nearly 40 years of following the nuclear debate.

In any case, Romney does not explain what he would have done differently in Obama’s place. Would he have stood shoulder to shoulder with our old ally, Mubarak? (That would have served America’s image very badly and wouldn’t have saved Mubarak’s hide in the end.) Would he have poured billions of dollars in aid and investment into Egypt at the first sign of Mubarak’s fall? (Extremely doubtful.) Would he have demanded that the military turn over power more completely to the parliament? (If so, how?)
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Lightweight? Romney has no weight at all regarding foreign policy. He's clueless. To make it even worse, John Bolton is his go to guy on foreign policy.
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What's the option?

Oh, a total incompetent nincompoop lightweight, who is still a total incompetent nincompoop lightweight after nearly 4 years of OJT.

Of all the reasons to not support Vinnie Vitalis, this ain't one of 'em.
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courseofhistory said: ↑

His ideas range from vague to ill-informed to downright dangerous
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If that's the criteria you're using then he's a domestic policy lightweight, too.
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Greenbeard said: ↑

courseofhistory said: ↑

His ideas range from vague to ill-informed to downright dangerous
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If that's the criteria you're using then he's a domestic policy lightweight, too.
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???? That's a reference to Romney (subtitle of the article not anything I wrote).
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He would probably attend more intelligence briefings.
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courseofhistory said: ↑

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Good grief! What a pathetic article. (You posted the link starting on page 2, btw.) It's an article about who sucks the least. This guy should get a hobby.
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How much weight does he need to overcome a foreign policy of bowing, appeasing, and apologizing? The only successful policies obummer has are the ones he continued of Mr Bush.
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We are screwed, if Romney is a lightweight. Because this week has shown that Obama really is a lightweight.
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courseofhistory said: ↑

I still haven't heard Romney or any of his supporters say what Romney would do differently in the middle east.

What is Romney's position on drone attacks (he says Obama is weak and lacks resolve, yet bin Laden and many al Qaeda leaders are dead), Afghanistan? He wants to defeat the Taliban not negotiate. Does this mean we leave 10's of thousands of troops there then?

Why Romney Is a Foreign Policy Lightweight

His ideas range from vague to ill-informed to downright dangerous

...Second, in this election in particular, Mitt Romneys statements on foreign policy range from vague to ill-informed to downright dangerous.

Does Romney believe the things that hes said about arms control, Russia, the Middle East, the defense budget, and the rest? Who can say? He has no experience on any of these issues. But his advisers do; they represent, mainly, the Dick Cheney wing of the Republican Party (some, notably John Bolton, veer well to the right of even that). While not all presidents wind up following their advisers, Romney has placed his byline atop some of his coteries most egregious argumentsnot least, several op-ed pieces against President Obamas New START with Russia, pieces that rank as the most ignorant Ive read in nearly 40 years of following the nuclear debate.

In any case, Romney does not explain what he would have done differently in Obamas place. Would he have stood shoulder to shoulder with our old ally, Mubarak? (That would have served Americas image very badly and wouldnt have saved Mubaraks hide in the end.) Would he have poured billions of dollars in aid and investment into Egypt at the first sign of Mubaraks fall? (Extremely doubtful.) Would he have demanded that the military turn over power more completely to the parliament? (If so, how?)
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President dumshit has no experience at anything.....but you swallow everything he squirts your way.

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