The same day Mitt Romney’s foreign policy speech at the Virginia Military Institute, the Obama campaign rolled out a new TV ad knocking the Republican's leadership skills on the international stage.
The new TV ad, airing only in the swing state of Virginia, reminded viewers of the Romney’s "reckless" and "amateurish" trip visiting England, Israel and Poland in July. Romney, who ran the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City, angered many Brits after suggesting London wasn't fully prepared for the Games.
The ad criticized Romney for his "knee-jerk response" to the deadly protests in the Middle East. "If this is how he handles the world now just think what Mitt Romney might do as president," said the voice-over in the Obama ad.
In Romney’s short-on-specifics speech, the former Massachusetts governor accused Obama of being too soft on foreign policy rhetoric and too hasty withdrawing troops from Iraq."The president is fond of saying that, 'The tide of war is receding,''' Romney said. "And I want to believe him as much as anyone. But when we look at the Middle East today ... it is clear that the risk of conflict in the region is higher now than when the president took office.''
The second presidential debate on October 16 will include a portion on foreign policy.
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Love you Lawrence your show is great.I would like you to think about this.I wonder if it is possible if he grew a heart duh only kidding 2 billion increase in military spending Follow the paper trail if he wants to increase military spending someones palms will be greased.I recall a name I think it was Halliburton & Cheney was involved.I will never believe mutt has anyone but his & his cronies best interest at heart & pocket book imploding interest will be attached to that contract somehow.Ships firearms etc gotta be a connection pending come on it has got to be a back room deal somebody that has put up that kind of donations to his campaign are not going to put up millions without a kick back somehow.You know the old saying you grease my hand & I will grease yours.Gotta be something I swear it is not because he cares if the soldiers fight with a stick.As far as Trump the slump is concerned is not that he love Romney I bet he is sweating out some back room deal also but none the less Trump is just a comb over & I hope he loses his fortune and then he can sign up for food stamps with the rest of the homeless.Mr greed should know what karma is.Keep up the good work exposing the frauds.There fathers should be so proud of the worst American we have.
Recklessness is more of a "trait" - especially among the rich and clueless - rather than a "skill," don't you think?
Romney could start World War III with one of his "jokes" about the middle east.
Don't believe we will see this ad played much nation wide. This President is now facing the fact that his policy of "leading from behind" is backfiring when it comes to the reestablishment of Al Qaeda and Al Qaeda sympathizing groups (like the group of militia that aattacked our consulate in Benghazi, Libya and killed our Ambassador and three of his colleagues, the first US Ambassador to be assassinated since the Jimmy Carter failed Presidency, both domestically and in foreign affairs. Carter, like Obama, talked up the old Neville Chamberlain line of "Peace in our Time", while drastically cutting our preparedness and Defense forces. I'm looking forward to the foreign policy debate when Obama gets his ears pinned back on his Administrations lies about the origins of the attack in Benghazi, and his foreign policy surrogates being all to anxious to apologize for our nation's values of freedom of speech and no government censorship of speech.
As to that foolishness about the "amateurish tour of England, Israel, and Poland" that the Obama loving main and lame stream media so did love to push, that actually showed Romney in so much of a better light as a serious thinker on foreign policy issues than the "amateur newly elect President Obama" who went on his "apology for America" tour that incredibly won him a Noble Peace Prize, but not for any accomplishment, but for voicing his readiness to have America stand down from its strong military posture in the World, and especially in the troubled Middle East, Northern Africa, and Western Asia. Remember how we were treated to the aburdity of the Democrat National Convention wrestling with a series of increasingly failed votes to support referencing support for Jeresulem as being the capital city in Israel, followed by the absurdity of a "playing it safe" candidate for reelection Barrack Obama refusing to meet with the Prime Minister of Israel (or any the foreign leaders) at the UN Conference of foreign leaders he attented to speak at only, but went on his Whoopi Goldberg and JZ and Beyonce and Letterman tour instead? So who is the amateur, really?
Reagan gave about $4 billion to Osama bin Laudin to fight the Soviet Union in Afghanistan.
Charlie Wilson's War.
You might find it entertaining.
Reagan and Alzheimer's.
What a combination.
Looks like Keith is continuing on his "Apology for Mitt Romney" tour.
Bravo, soprano-boy...there's a lot to be apologetic for with that boy. He's what's known as a "target rich environment".
Love the show.
Sitrep: Iran.
Romney stated he wants to bomb a country that has nuclear technology and long range missiles which also hates us because we murdered their democratically chosen leaders (click here).
Russians built a working nuclear power plant in Iran last year that is ready for the first refueling cycle to remove plutonium suitable for making atom bombs (click here).
Iran demonstrated a long-range naval cruse missile system in January (click here).
Republicans murdered hundreds of Muslims from influential families so we could install a dictator that would let British Petroleum steal oil without paying the kind of royalties paid to the Saudis (click here).
If brains are required to have a successful headache them Mitt must be blissfully free of pain.
Iran thinks nuclear weapons will stop us from invading.
I think they are correct.
I think there is nothing we can do to stop them.
Kdep on smoking that funny stuff and your brain synpses will be failing to prcess information just as your above comment shows, Crackhead!
@Keith,
You didn't click any of the links.
Did you?
I always use proof in my posts, so you are actually disagreeing with the whole rest of the world.
This post is why president O got a Nobel peace prize.
"Kdep"?
What kind of English is that anyway?
Keith never lets anyone's facts get in the way of his dismissively superior attitude towards anyone who doesn't agree with his points of view, most especially if they prove something he doesn't like. Don't worry, Crackhead Awards, you're not a party of one with him. You can find numerous samples of this throughout the Last Word blogs myriad of topics.
He never uses factual site sources himself, so it's doubtful he'd know how to use the ones you include in your posts.
As for his English and grammar skills...well, there's ample evidence that he's more than a bit deficient in their use, but you be the judge. "Proof reading" is a totally foreign concept to him.
Citing bloggers that you agree with is hardly factual resources to be respected. The net is alive with that sort of nonsense. I'll take my ability to synthasize the news of the day thru my own screen of good well rounded education and a life time of experience to arrive at the truths, thank yu very much! And I won't hide behind a made up monikor it delivering those truths.
Highly doubtful as you make it a point never to provide any corroboration for anything you say. And, as you have been caught lying more than a few times, your credibility rating is hovering at zero...perhaps less...no doubt due to your highly suspect ability to "synthesize of the news of the day."
Your "screen" has some pretty big rips, tears and holes in it.
"Yu" are very welcome!
Speaking of truths...did you ever find, through that mesh of yours, any "truths" to support your assertion of wrongdoing at the BLS?
So...you can't defend what you said with factual evidence, can you. So you just...lied. Again.