Mitt Romney says President Barack Obama could have done more to persuade Russia not to annex Crimea.
Romney says Obama didn’t have the foresight to anticipate Russia’s intentions.
During the 2012 presidential race, Romney took criticism from Obama for saying Russia was America’s “number one geopolitical foe” — not al-Qaida.
Now Romney is using Russia’s action in Crimea as a way to sort of say “I told you so.”
Romney tells CBS’s “Face the Nation” that Obama’s “naivete” and “faulty judgment” about Russia has led to a number of foreign policy challenges.
Romney says the U.S. should have worked sooner with allies to make clear the penalties that Russia could have faced if it moved into Ukraine.
Romney acknowledges that would only have had the potential for preventing the invasion.
(AP)
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Just love armchair generals & Monday morning quarterbacks
I wish Mr. Romney was President.
I hate to disagree with RT about Gov. Romney but he is wrong. This is not being an armchair general or a Monday morning quarterback. this is telling it like it is and will be. He tried to warn about the Russian threat during the debates but Obama arrogantly dismissed him as knowing nothing when he indicated that Russia was The USA’s main security threat and not al-Qaida.
We all wish Mr. Romney were the president. And guess what , if we don’t learn who our friends are, we’re going to have Hillary in 2016, if the Mashiah doesn’t come first.
To Legaleagle
The fact that Russia has all some interests in Ukraine (not justifying it) does not make them Americas geopolitical enemy. The main difference between Romney and Obama, Romney views the world as Americas chess board, while the later one doesn’t. If you view it like Romney, sorry the majority of America is weary of wars.
What, exactly, does Mr. Romney or any of the US president’s other critics think should be done about the Putin seizure of Crimea? My suggestion is to invade Iraq, and I think that is as good an idea as I have heard from Mr. Obama’s opposition.
And if we don’t want to invade Iraq, perhaps we should sit on our hands and wait for sanctions to have an effect on Mr. Putin’s subjects – in Russia and portions of Ukraine – and let them deal with him, as they are authorized, if not actually empowered, to do.