By the way, what does Israel spend all it's money on since we/you/me pay such a large portion of their defense budget? Anyone? Bueller...Bueller?

Universal healthcare for it's citizens.
Who pledges unwavering financial support for Israel in the hopes of bringing about Armageddon? Righties. Romney/Ryan will get us hoisted into a war with the 75 million people in Iran. Iran is not Iraq.
Iran can't physically hit the USA with any weapons nuke or none-nuke.

http://www.veteransnewsnow.com/2012/09/1...
US taxpayers pay more to defend Israel than Israelis.

Oh, come on Baratheon. WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam weren't pretty much a bipartisan deal. Nice try and revisionist history though. Show me a Republican President who against any of those wars.

Americans die and Paul Ryan turns it into a political stunt for his campaign....the man is a J O K E !

No problems here...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...

you continue on with your spin class, I have better things to do, like spend some of this 200,000 yearly income Mitten thinks I have. Bahahahahah He is a joke of MAJOR proportion along with his horrible liar sidekick.

"enough to fill the city of Detroit."
What's the total for repub wars? Of course you leave that out. Why would anyone want to fill the city of Detroit? There's no jobs there, and if Romney and Ryan would have a say there wouldn't be ANY auto jobs and hundrends of thousands would be in need of that safety net you all want taken away.

"It's why people are burning our embassies. They don't agree with our values and they hate us. It's about time we realize that, and minimize our "leadership" of the world. It's not our job. Be strong, have a strong defense to protect our people and whatever interests are absolutely necessary for that defense, and leave the world alone otherwise. If you don't stick your nose out into other people's business, it won't get punched. America first. We're not world cops."
Take care of America first? You better tell that to Romney, he made his millions by taking over companies breaking them up, and selling them off, and laying of thousands, and keeping all this in a swiss bank account. Doesn't sound like he's 'taking care of America' to me, sounds like he's just taking care of himself.

Baratheon_Prince- there are many non-politicians that make that or more giving speeches, so what, are the US tax payers paying the speech fees? NO so nothing to complain about there. It's the politicians who cash in on war to make millions of personal profit OFF the US taxpayer, ask Cheney how that works, but you'll need a plane ticket to Dubai.
Repubs talk about cutting this and cutting that, all that help the poor and us 200,000 a year middle class, (Bahahaha I wish). But after they take away the safety nets they have left over tax money so they create companies to go into the war zones and label them 'security' and bill the tax payers millions. so the repubs take from the needy and give to the wealthy all the while the debt just keeps rising. Oh but they took away from the welfare and medicare and SS, just like the promised to do, they just give it to the likes of Cheney under made up companies. You all have no thought process past the words 'we're going to take away the income for thousands of needy' while under their breath they say 'and give it to our buddies to keep in overseas accounts'. Romney wants to give tax breaks to those who make over 250,000 - you know, the middle class, Bahahahahahah
Ryan's even a bigger joke, trying to say GM closed under Obama when in fact Romney AND Ryan voted to let them close up under Bush.

Romney will put us in a world war just like your Bush. Repubs rake in millions if not billions of personal profit off the tax payers during war, Go to Dubai and ask Cheney how he bills the US government millions for his private security co. If you think repubs don't see war as a personal profit maker!!

Mitt apologizes to terrorists.
http://www.americablog.com/2012/09/mitt-...

"Democrats and their sharky Obamedia defense lawyers are in a snit. For three dreamy convention days in Charlotte, they told themselves that, for the first time in decades, it was their guy who had the upper hand when it came to national security. Now that bubble has burst, the way contrived narratives do when they crash into concrete challenges. At that point, an airy president of the world won’t do; we need to have a president of the United States, a job that has never suited, and has never been of much interest to, Barack Obama.

Defense against foreign enemies is the primary job of the president of the United States. The rationale for the office’s creation is national defense — not green venture capitalism, not rationing medical care, not improving the self-image of the “Muslim world,” not leaving no child behind, not blowing out the Treasury’s credit line. Yet, though we are entering the late innings, foreign policy and national defense have not been factors in the 2012 campaign.

That is worth bearing in mind when we hear the laugh-out-loud narrative of Obama as foreign-affairs chess master. The president badly wants to win reelection. If there were anything to his alleged prowess, we’d not have heard the end of it. What we’ve heard, instead, is a bumper-sticker: “Obama killed Osama.” The Left hoped to paste it over the president’s generally dreary record. Even with the Obamedia in coordinated overdrive, the plan can work only if Mitt Romney lets it work — and, thankfully, it looks like he won’t."

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/3...

It's a good narrative for the left wing media to say about Romney when Obama is a complete baffoon but he was the only one of the two that stood up for America. Rasmussen now has Romney up by three points instead of one (the most accurate poll of 2008)as of Friday's lastest.
Not only is Obama wrong on economic policy, he is a worse failure on foreign policy. Yesterday our credit rating dropped for the third time under this guy's watch. Time to go

There are certain times in the life of a politician that they should SHUT the BIG mouth and NOT say anything. This is a sad and very tragic event and not a time for ROMNEY & RYAN to make it a political CIRCUS. A real human that CARED would offer support to the families of those connected to the murders and keep POLITICS out of a very difficult time.

'Romney shot himself in the foot this week, then re-loaded, and shot the other foot'

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/worl...

susy, Are you sure they pined for democracy?
The Shah of Iran was a moderate, Now we have thugs like AJ and the ayatollas that have killed thousands of their own. Mubarak in Egypt was a moderate but offered stability, Now you have the muslum Brotherhood. Gaddafi was a loon but respected the US after Reagan took him to the woodshed, now you have radical islamist terrorist running the country. They have a REAL war on women there. Does not look like Democracy anywhere you look in the Mid East. As for Obama, weakness welcomes challenge.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompso...

Richard, do you remember Bush landing on the aircraft carrier and proclaiming "Mission Accomplished?" Well, if he meant what he said, then yes, he should have finished what he started instead of leaving the mess for Obama. Have a nice weekend, Richard.

Whzbng: It isn't right for people to wish for democracy? Hmmm... If I were president I would encourage such thinking.

poobah-What did you expect Bush to do? Hang around Washington to help clean up the mess he left? That was a cheap shot that you really didn't to need make. If Obama showed some of the same class as Bush he would get alot more respect.

Embassy protests and death in 20 countries today. They call Americans pigs and monkeys. They chant death to America. Sounds like the Carter era. Obama's foreign policies have worked so well. Appeasement is not the answer either. Obama owns this failure.

"Ryan: Attacks a reminder that the Republicans want another war"

Ever since the Iraq war, the public has been losing confidence in Republicans for the one area they traditionally tried to portray as a strength: foreign policy. The country is tired of endless wars and conflicts. Sec. of State Clinton has done an outstanding job, and the Republicans just can't take it during an election year. They turn every interneational incident into a condemnation of the US government. In the past, this would have been seen as sedition. Now it's just business as usual when you're down in the polls. Had a Republican won the last election, we would probably still have a army in Iraq. It's time to turn the page on the old ways of thinking about foreign policy.

Headline should read:

"Ryan: Attacks a reminder we are behind in the Polls."

Keep drinking the kook-aid coming from Romney and Ryan !!

George, that is wonderful.. spoken like a true race bating teaparty NUTJOB!!!

"When Obama intervened in Libya, Romney hopped between positions: First, he supported military action to support the Libyan rebels and even suggested that Obama had ruled out ground forces for unseemly political reasons. Later, Romney asserted that he supported only the enforcement of a no-fly zone. Eventually, he complained that Obama’s intent to topple Moammar Gaddafi amounted to “mission creep and mission muddle.” And when Gaddafi did fall, a top Romney aide said the outcome “does not validate the President’s approach to Libya,” which he said had been “unclear.” [ http://swampland.time.com/2012/05/30/rom... ]

What makes you think I was talking about Sarah Palin?

Poo, comment "the lady who can see Russia from her porch". Who said anything about SP? Read your own posts?

Peace through strength, whz_bng? Or war through strength?

"America’s war monopoly. The US is involved in military operations in countries you'd never expect. Further proof that war's what we do best." [ http://www.salon.com/2012/09/13/americas... ]

Watch Cairo explode tomorrow. Libya is Obama's war, he bombed it and ecouraged the Arab Spring. Now it has blown up in his face. We are more hated now all over the Mid East than ever. Thanks Mr Prez.

Who said anything about Sarah Palin?

It is hard to defend the president when the State Dept said today that they were aware of insurection 48 hrs before the violence erupted in Libya and Egypt. Instead the POTUS headed to Las Vegas.

Poo,Since when does bringing Sarah Palin into the disscusion have any merit on politics today as she is not serving the U>S> in any capacity. Is that the best you can do? What a mess the Obama FP expeience has made of things today. He is still nieave at best and living in fantasy land at worst. Peace thru strengh, do not kiss anyones behind.

whz_bng said, "explain how much foriegn policy experience Obama had when he became president."

United States senators are exposed to a good deal of national foreign policy information and decisions. Explain how much foreign policy experience Obama now has and contrast that with the amount of national foreign policy experience that Romney has. Romney's national foreign policy experience would be...zero. Unless, of course, you want to consider that he belongs to the same political party as a lady that can see Russia from her porch.

GeorgeMcGovern quoted The Telegraph, "The murder of the US ambassador to Libya is a shocking reminder to Barack Obama that helping to overthrow dictators does not guarantee stability in the region."

Believe me, Obama needs no reminder. He's still cleaning up the original event that Libya reminds us of. That being George W. Bush overthrowing Saddam Hussein and then running back home to Crawford, Texas while leaving Obama with a terribly unstable situation to clean up.

mjoseph, Obama's speach in Cairo, June 4th, 2009 should help you see the start of Obama's Middle East appology tour.

To you libs defending Obama on the violence in the recent days, explain how much foriegn policy experience Obama had when he became president. Less than 1 term in congress and a community organizer has given us todays tradgedy. He has emboldened our enimies and our friends have no trust left for Obama. He refuses to meet with Bebe Nat, but had Muslum Brotherhood members at the White house a few months ago. Two billion dollars given to Egypt in the last year, for what? Now we hear secty Clinton blame this on a movie trailer that came out 6 months ago. Call it what it is.911 terrorism revisited.Pure hatered of the U.S.

Well Ryan isn't lyin this time - the world needs US leadership. And him and Mittens are not up to the task. Memo to Mittens - It's not 1956 and the Soviets are not our top threat

You have to hand it to Obama and his left arm of the media. His complete meltdown in foreign policy has taken our minds of his economic failures.

Didn't your liberal bias media backwash tell you about the apology on 911 to muslim terrorist? Didn't you hear Hilary double down on that apology to muslim terrorist for our freedom of speech?

That's a shame.

Pres Bush apoligized to the Muslims in Iraq in 2008 for shooting and burning the Koran. They all do it.

dtb-So-Should he have shut down the airlines or all the airports? Did they give him the flight numbers, the airlines, the airports, the date? Anything he could have done would have been just guessing. Oh by the way at least Bush went to the daily briefings.

We need real leadership provided by Romney/Ryan.
The liberals blamed Reagan/Bush for muslim hatred around the world. Radical no matter which religion hate America and the Constitution. Hilary and Barack still don't get it. You don't apologize for our freedoms.

Ryan voted for the defense cuts.
Ryan voted for Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Ryan voted for the TARP bank bailout.
Ryan voted for the auto bailouts.

It's even too simple for you Ezoner. Obama's foreign policy resulted in 3 Middle Eastern countries overthrowing their dictatorships to begin the process of forming quasi-democracies without a single loss of American life. There are two more Countries whose fate has not yet been determined. The current conditions in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya are about the same or better than whats happening in Iraq and Afghanistan where thousands of American soldiers have sacrificed their lives. Obama's use of engaging our allies creates a united front which also serves to reduce tensions over "western" interference. Obama's foreign policy is exceedingly more effective than the Republican "Bush Doctrine" or anything Romney has mentioned. Does Romney even HAVE a foreign policy strategy besides sanctions?

"The forgein policy by the admin since he came into office was one of appologizing and attempting to reduce the US supremacy in the region. It has been one of showing support in the form of meetings etc to our enemies while rebuffing our allies."

Meetings? That's why Al-Qeada is upset? Give me one example of Obama meeting with an enemy.

Hypocritical for a Republican to advocate for a smaller government, yet wants more government involvement abroad. Make up your mind.

I have yet to hear any solutions to what the US could have done differently in Libya or Egypt. Those are anti-government forces creating chaos over there. Reducing aid to Egypt would not have prevented what has happened. I'm reading a whole lot of hyperbole, and no solutions, from the wingnuts on this one.

Weaken American defense...LOL. America spends 4X what the rest of the world combined spends on military. It is not cuts to defense spending it is cuts to Military Industrial Complex Corporation funding. How can we be sure this was not instigated by someone in order to give the US an excuse to get into yet another war? Much like non-existent WMDs. I feel much safer with a President who maintains a cool head and tries to calm things down, rather than a war hawk who would like nothing better to get into another war just to provide more funding for MIC.
Ryan & Romney need to shut up and stop fanning the flames to an already volatile situation.

Its pretty simple, I actually stated it.... The forgein policy by the admin since he came into office was one of appologizing and attempting to reduce the US supremacy in the region. It has been one of showing support in the form of meetings etc to our enemies while rebuffing our allies. The support of the arab spring and the support (verbally and financially in Egypt through aid) to the new governments has lead to the current instability. You cannot negotiate with people that want to remove you from the face of the earth. You have no position to negotiate from. At best the current admin is naive. When you consider fast & furious and the current arab debacle -- it is obvious Obama is unqualified to lead.

We should be acting with force -- the position taken that its only a small group of people shows that people just do not realize what they are facing in that region. Our answer should swift and firm. No aid. Look at what we sent to sort out the problem in Lybia -- the FBI -- like this is a crime scene.-- its an act of war -- yes Marines went -- likely to protect the FBI. Obama in this case bears the load and the admin is resopnsible for what is happening.

"If you remember back -- the decision for at least Iraq included both parties. -- BY partisian, something not in Obamas vocab. Its in his speeches, but not his actions."

First, the word you wanted to use is bipartisan, not "BY partisan." Secondly, if a person uses a word while speaking, that word is in their vocabulary. Unfortunately, the level of ignorance shown in those two sentences is consistent with that displayed throughout the remainder of the comment.

BIGGEST LIE EVER!
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"""At least Bush kept us safe"""
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I don't blame GW for 9/11/01 but to even suggest that he "kept US safe"... LAUGHABLY SAD!

Ezoner and others on this blog. You are all cold blooded to personally blame Obama and his administration for the deaths of the Ambassodor and his aides. How is that different than saying the Bush administration allowed 3000 people to die at the WTC because he did not have a sufficient policy in place to stop these cold blooded terrorist?? Please tell me HOW?

Ezoner, please be serious. If what you just posted is your belief then you must also believe Bush basically allowed over 3,000 to be slaughtered on 9/11.

Zoom -- please be serious. The obama admin basically allowed 4 men to be slaughtered. They have no forgein policy or you can say that the lead from behind, is crawl from under. His absence in showing a strong US position has weakend our position globally and has opened the door for those that wish to test our resolve. If you remember back -- the decision for at least Iraq included both parties. -- BY partisian, something not in Obamas vocab. Its in his speeches, but not his actions. Obama is void of any significant forgein policy. We need a change at the top.

http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/netanyahu...

It's really laughable that Romney and Ryan would have us believe they could do better than Obama on foreign policy. One only has to look at the debacles in Iraq and Afghanistan to counter their argument of superior foreign policy leadership. Paul Ryan voted for both actions. As with the economy, Obama has to clean up their mess.

West it bothers me no more than biden's deferments bother you. Was there something of substance you wished to discuss or was that it?

You know what's even more funny RAF? Tell me how many draft deferments Romney received to avoid the Vietnam War. As a self described veteran, how does that make you feel? I bet it was nice to spend 31 months in France spreading his religion during the height of the Vietnam war.

Mitt Romney: Wrong on Libya, wrong for POTUS!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/f...

http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/0...

http://www.tnr.com/blog/plank/107173/for...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/t...

http://www.masslive.com/opinion/index.ss...

http://bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorial...
09/12/mitt-romney-comments-raise-doubts-about-his-foreign-policy-savvy/i0xzOdDInskSgZ2RLZyTaP/story.html

http://www.newsday.com/opinion/viewsday-...

http://seattletimes.com/html/edcetera/20...

http://www.mercurynews.com/editorials/ci...

http://voices.kansascity.com/entries/rom...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/1...
 

Republicans Bash Romney’s Bungling on Libya

Republican Peggy Noonan, a former speech writer for President Ronald Reagan:
"I don't feel that Mr. Romney has been doing himself any favors in the past few hours," she said. "When you step forward in the midst of a political environment and start giving statements on something dramatic and violent that has happened, you're always leaving yourself open to accusations that you are trying to exploit things politically."

Rep. Peter King- Republican:
"I probably would have waited 12 or 24 hours and put out a more comprehensive statement," Rep. Peter T. King (R-N.Y.), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, told reporters on Capitol Hill. Romney's statement "can be perceived as being political."
Former Republican Senator John Sununu, NH:
They probably should have waited," Sununu said. "You look at the way things unfolded, you look at the timing of it, they probably should have waited."

Steve Schmidt, manager of John McCain's 2008 campaign:
"For people who are running for president, this is a test where people evaluate their mettle as commander in chief, and the Romney campaign put out a statement before the facts were in that politicized the matter and gratuitously attacked the administration for something they did not do," Schmidt said. "The decision to double down on the initial mistake has put them into a potentially very dangerous political situation. During a foreign policy crisis, you can't build a position on a foundation of politics. … The situation remains serious, it's volatile and Romney is appearing to be very political."

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/1...

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/...
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/romne...

Mitt Romney: Zero Foreign Policy Experience; DANGEROUS for POTUS!

I am waiting for actual text of any APOLOGIES that President Obama has made for the country.

No one will provide them, because they are another LIE communicated by right-winger disciples of Mormon cult leader Mitt Romney.

The world sees a weak President. 1979 Carter again now in addition to a crap economy, Obama is Carter's second term on foreign policy too.

It's so true. When American leadership is weak, the world becomes a less safer place.

President Obama has become a liability to the financial security and this nation’s safety. He has not at any time displayed leadership or bi-partisanship. He has cost us years and years of rebuilding our exceptional country. He was born that way. He was raised that way. He doesn’t share any values of most Americans and come November, like the elections of rejection of 2010, we shall see that reflected in his dismissal.

Romney was first to condemn attacks. Obama condemned Romney.
Romney got it right, we never apologize for America's freedom of speech or freedom of religion.
Obama doesn't get it and we are in trouble with security and economy now due to his complete ineptness.

Why don't the media ask Paul Ryan why he TWICE VOTED AGAINST the 9/11 First Responders Bill, and then didn't show up the third time when the bill passed!

Paul Ryan: Unfit for duty!

REPUBLICANS BASH ROMNEY'S BUNGLING ON LIBYA:

Republican Peggy Noonan, a former speech writer for President Ronald Reagan:

"I don't feel that Mr. Romney has been doing himself any favors in the past few hours," she said. "When you step forward in the midst of a political environment and start giving statements on something dramatic and violent that has happened, you're always leaving yourself open to accusations that you are trying to exploit things politically."

Rep. Peter King- Republican:

"I probably would have waited 12 or 24 hours and put out a more comprehensive statement," Rep. Peter T. King (R-N.Y.), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, told reporters on Capitol Hill. Romney's statement "can be perceived as being
political."

Former Republican Senator John Sununu, NH:

They probably should have waited," Sununu said. "You look at the way things unfolded, you look at the timing of it, they probably should have waited."

Steve Schmidt, manager of John McCain's 2008 campaign:

"For people who are running for president, this is a test where people evaluate their mettle as commander in chief, and the Romney campaign put out a statement before the facts were in that politicized the matter and gratuitously attacked the administration for something they did not do," Schmidt said. "The decision to double down on the initial mistake has put them into a potentially very dangerous political situation. During a foreign policy crisis, you can't build a position on a foundation of politics. … The situation remains serious, it's volatile and Romney is appearing to be very political."

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/1...

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/...

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/romne...

Mitt Romney: Wrong on Libya, Wrong for POTUS!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/f...

http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/0...

http://www.tnr.com/blog/plank/107173/for...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/t...

http://www.masslive.com/opinion/index.ss...

http://bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorial...

http://www.newsday.com/opinion/viewsday-...

http://seattletimes.com/html/edcetera/20...

http://www.mercurynews.com/editorials/ci...

http://voices.kansascity.com/entries/rom...

Forgive Paul Ryan. He has NO foreign policy experience and doesn't know what he is talking about.

Paul Ryan commenting on what the U.S. should be doing in world affairs, is like Mitt Romney commenting on what it is like to be poor.

Romney's money has more foreign policy experience than he does. And being high school captain of the chess team and Stratego champion does not qualify.

They told me if I voted for McCain the world would lose respect for the US and blatantly attack and kill our ambassadors. And they were right.

The left wing fringe spin is a fun read...pure hilarity.

haven't read the comments, I can guess most of them. Just thinking about how little I saw of the Dem. Nat. Conv. in this paper, yet Ryan is front page, again. As a citizen of Janesville, there is NO pride in a hometown liar making points and taking shots at the President. Shame on him and shame on anyone who applauds the man who will say anything to please his big donars! Rob Zerban for the House and Obama/Biden in the WH! Let him work in the real world for a while. Oops that won't happen, because he has already accumulated millions of dollars (while "serving" us) . LOL

I think you we are seeing the the growing desperation of the romney - ryan team. They are slipping in the battle ground states and have pulled out of Michigan altogether. gazettefan - I agree with you about you about ronald reagon being a leader, I remember him leading our troops right out of Lebanon when 242 Marines were killed in a bombing. I remember him raising taxes six or seven times during his term. He was a real leader.

This attack on Sept 11 appears to this viewer as an attack with purpose under the guise of anger over a film no one ever heard of or seen by anyone before sept 11, 2012. jmo

How terrible...On the campaign trial at a picnic in Racine, W.Va., Romney devoted almost his entire 27-minute address to a critique of Obama. On a day when seven U.S. servicemen were killed in a suicide bombing attack in Afghanistan, Romney termed the war in Afghanistan "catastrophic." Still later, he blasted the president's record on job creation, health care, energy independence and education.

How dare he during this time question national policy....oh wait. That wasn't Romney talking about Afghanistan, that was actually John Kerry talking about Iraq and Bush during the 2004 campaign.

Just shows how hypocritical the media and the left wing sheeple are. Sad.

To the Republicans and their water boys Romney and Ryan, world leadership means another useless, expensive war.

Georgemcgovern- you are one scary thinking dude. I hope there are not many more like you.

April 23, 2012 "The war on terror is over," one senior State Department official who works on Mideast issues.

http://decoded.nationaljournal.com/2012/...

This depicts the direction taken by the leadership of the current administration. Sadly, this failed policy has not worked.

When Obama was elected in 2008 it was said that we could survive 4 yrs of his(socialist) presidency, but we could not survive the people whom elected him. A read of this comment post pretty much proves that.

George you sound like the quack Rush.

garyprimer wrote, "Sound bites do not count as foreign policy.
Let's have some specifics from Mitt and Paul."

Good luck with that request, gary. Mitt and Paul are consummate spin doctors and totally avoid specifics. The scary part is that so many people fall for it.

GeorgeMcGovern, you can be a leader and still be evil. There's character based leadership, such as Churchill, Lincoln & Washington and there's destructive leadership such as Hitler, bin-Laden, Khomeini & Stalin. Although I wouldn't put Obama in with the bunch, I believe if we allow him to continue to carry on with his anti-constitutional execution, the fallout from that would most likely put him right up there when the future generations look back at history.

Romney has already ID'd Russia as the US's top foe -when we have domestic and international terrorism abound. Talk about clueless. Meanwhile Putin gets an ego boost.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wire...

Romney wants a tangible target to justify expanding our military. Teenage suicide bombers, deadly as they are -aren't going to cause the defense budget to increase.

The Romney Ryan notion is to give the people an enemy we can see on a map -like Russia and Iran (or Iraq previously), so we can continue to spend more than double on defense spending than Russia and China...combined.

Makes it tough for our nation to compete economically when we have the load to bear with defense spending. And with this economic weakness comes geopolitical weakness. So it's a waste.

Somehow Romney and Ryan plan to pay for extra defense spending to save us from Russia, with more tax cuts for the wealthy.

Romney and Ryan act like it's the 1950s early 60s in America a Patriarchal White run society with Russia as our foe, and Mom wearing her pearls in the kitchen,etc etc. Come to think of it - they do resemble Wally and the Beav a bit.

george, you and those or your ilk are the real danger to this country! the extremes of both parties and lack of any bipartisanship is what is bringing this country down...

richard, he got a daily briefing memo in August 2001 from the CIA that said terrorists were planning on hijacking and using planes for terrorist activities AND HE DID NOTHING. How is that guessing?

GeorgeMcGovern what is wrong with you?

Romney's comments today are a complete embarrassment. When the country is under attack, that is the time to put politics aside. Romney just doesn't get it.

Sound bites do not count as foreign policy.
Let's have some specifics from Mitt and Paul.

The US has leadership! We have President Barack Obama.
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Romney doesn't understand foreign policy and he should just stay out of it. What a mess he has made for himself. I am sure Ryan is wondering why he accepted the VP nominee position with such a buffoon.

If we just leave every country and say we are headed home and never intend to come back, I would assure you that would please every single country. We need to stop acting like we are the World Police when we have so many problems at home.

Really??? Kind of like those planes flying into buildings? And our allies did trust us until we started fighting with the wrong damn country. Idiot. :“We do not want a world climate where our adversaries are so tempted to test us and our allies are worried about trusting us,” Ryan said

No problem......he made it very clear at the beginning of his term that he was accountable and that if he didn't have things turned around after three years that he presidency would end at one term. Those were his words and he was very clear about it........One could only surmise that if he believes he is deserving of a second term, that he accomplished what he clearly said needed to be accomplished at the beginning of his first term......no??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCN5-ovvF...
After all, he recently seemed to clearly think that he private sector was doing just fine.....until everyone around him reminded him that is wasn't.....:)
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/061...

LEADERSHIP...something this country hasn't seen since Ronald Reagan.

"Today, I wonder if Mitt Romney drones on about not apologizing for America because he, like the former version of me, simply isn’t aware of the U.S. ever doing anything that might demand an apology. Then again, no one wants to feel like a bad person, and there’s no need to apologize if you are oblivious to the harms done in your name — calling the occasional ones you notice collateral damage (“stuff happens”) — or if you believe that American force is always applied righteously in a world that is justly divided into winners and losers." [ http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175590/t... ]

Mia: Is that a fact?
Vincent: No, it's not. It's just what I heard.
Mia: Who told you this?
Vincent: They.
Mia: They talk a lot, don't they?
Vincent: They certainly do.

The only people calling Obama "heroic" or "master" or "the chosen one" are idiots making straw-man arguments.

when has President Obama apologized for America? I always hear Fox News and right wing pundits say it but they never have video or a direct comment.
does anyone have a youtube video of him repeatedly apologizing for america? Or is it just in there mind?

"That's right, Mr. Martini. There is an Easter Bunny."

"So our embassy is attached..." What is it "attached" to? I think I understand better why you support the right-wing nut jobs that you do...

How can these people even suggest that the President is weak on foreign policy. Where have they been? Ask Bin Laden and Gaddafi how weak this guy is in the area of foreign policy. And don't think for a moment that the US was not heavily involved in the fall of the Libyan dictator.
Romney's criticism of the President over the U.S. embassy attacks in North Africa proves that he is a foreign policy fool. Even fellow Republicans are criticizing his comments.
I will wait for comments here on Mitt's foreign policy experience. Give me a fricking break....please!!

There is a reason Republicans didn't mention Iraq and Afghanistan at their national party convention.

down big time in the polls does anybody even care what this guy says anymore.

Why didn't Clinton take out bin laden when he had a chance? Surely Obama must have known the attacks yesterday could happen-why didn't he stop them? You can say what you want,dtb but you're just guessing.

Bush did NOT keep us safe on 9/11. Not only did he get the memo in August, there is now evidence that there were other warning signs that an attack was coming. Even if he had done something simple like tighten up airport security in August 2001, it could have been avoided.

And to follow that comment, and quote westorbust:
...a vast swath of the right wing actually believes this stuff. Amazing.
That's what scares me.

"He was born that way. He was raised that way. He doesn’t share any values of most Americans"

The America I know seems to be much different than the America you know.

the right wing hot air has shown up with the Fox News fantasies and rhetoric that they all believe. Was wondering where they all were....

President Obama has become a liability to the financial security and this nation’s safety. He has not at any time displayed leadership or bi-partisanship. He has cost us years and years of rebuilding our exceptional country. He was born that way. He was raised that way. He doesn’t share any values of most Americans and come November, like the elections of rejection of 2010, we shall see that reflected in his dismissal.

carlitosway, stand with Obama's first tweet of the day yesterday was for his own selfish interests begging for campaign help. Romney's first tweet was in memory of the victims and prayers for their families.

Lack of leadership for sure!

Talk about a fantasy world. One only has to look at the Dem's and see that they live in the land of perfect bliss where only they know everything and everybody else is just beneath them. Must be nice to be so =

poobah, it's the Obama administration that continues to fund Pakistan, Libya, and the muslim brotherhood. At least Bush kept us safe through strenghth after 911.

It is proven that a Senator who voted "present" and served less then 4 months has no idea what he is doing.

We already have leadership We need others to stand with them. Leadeshiip not war mongers. Ryan and ROMNEY exploit anything they can to plead for votes. Yesterday on 911 ROMNEY again could not keep one simple truce. I stand with OBAMA

“Peace through strength works.” - Paul Ryan

I beg your pardon! Peace? Two wars in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan. That's not what I call peace through strength! Bring our troops home. All of them. Quit bankrupting America with insane levels of spending on the military. America is spending $711 billion per year on the military, China $143 billion per year and Russia $72 billion per year. We could reduce our military spending by $496 billion per year and still be spending as much as China and Russia COMBINED.

Paul Ryan, stick to the deal you pushed through the House to cut defense spending. Don't back down now that your political livelihood depends on it.

"Paul Ryan slammed President Obama for scheduled defense cuts on Tuesday, despite voting for the bill that created them and playing an instrumental role in selling it to skeptical Republicans. The cuts, which were part of last year’s debt-ceiling deal, are set to take effect Jan. 1, 2013, because Congress failed to reach an agreement on alternative savings. Both Obama and Ryan say that Republican’s refusal to put tax increases on the table are what’s driving the standoff. " [ http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/0... ]

R & R are trying to take advantage of this situation to "look presidential" when they need to stay out of it. They aren't our leaders and have no business interjecting themselves into it. They really just look like fools.

And if Ryan is serious about balancing the budget, he's going to need to cut the largest single budget item we have. Military spending is 25% of our budget. I don't see how we can cut total spending without cutting some money here.

Sure, 916wi, so let's vote in a guy a believes in magical underwear and a representative who is the absolute definition of career politician. I'm sure they'll "fix" everything. What's said is that a vast swath of the right wing actually believes this stuff. Amazing.

916WI - I have read many of your posts. You really don't get it and I suspect never will. You and others live in a right wing fantasy world that has embraced hate and deceit as its basis of knowledge.

The United States has around 10,000 nuclear weapons and Ryan is using the killings in Libya as a reason why we shouldn't cut the defense budget? How many more countries are we going to invade? How many more people do we need hating us? How is this showing "leadership"?
I'm with Phil Donahue. Let's hear his point of view:
http://youtu.be/iP67IQU3nhc

got it fordfan......How could they possibly compete with the amazing leadership that Obama, Biden, Reid and Pelosi have blessed us with. Respect and admiration from nearly every country around the world and an incredible turnaround of our country's economy within the 3 years Obama told us it would take. Low unemployment, debt under control and government and business working hand in hand...........Yep--Mission accomplished Obama!! In fantasyland possibly.........

Cracks me up that they have Ryan talking about Carter...how old was he during the Carter administration???? Ha, ha, ha! Clearly, scripted political spin.

Ryan, Romney and Walker, the three stooges of leadership and especially foreign policy are offering criticism and advice on handling this situation. Their thoughts - add to the bloated defense budget, start a few wars, give a tax cut to the wealthy and blame others for the deficit. Brilliant!