"Russia is our number one foe" claims Romney. Should we be rightfully concerned?
Mitt Romney cannot possibly be serious. To call Russia “our
number one foe” this week was a step back in time. But that’s one time
machine Russian leadership doesn’t want to travel in.
People in their 30s and early 40s probably remember Flavor Flav from the rap
group Public Enemy. He wore a clock around his neck because he knew what time it
was. Someone has to get the former Massachusetts governor one of those.
Romney told Wolf Blitzer on Monday that, “Russia, this is, without question,
our number one geopolitical foe. They fight every cause for the world’s worst
actors.”
Romney was referring to the fact that Russia has been against U.N. sanctions
on Libya, Iran, and Syria. And joined with China (and others) against the war in
Iraq.
But to say Russia was America’s biggest geopolitical foe was a stretch. And
not how Washington sees it. On Monday, President Barack Obama met with Russian
president Dmitry Medvedev at the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul, who said that
the two countries have never been closer.
So after hearing Romney’s comment, Medvedev said from Seoul, “This ‘number
one foe’ type of phrase smacks of Hollywood.” Then he issued a warning to
Washington White House contenders: “I would advise all pretenders to the U.S.
presidency…to use their heads. This is not a bad thing for a presidential
candidate.”
Romney was trying to appear like a real opposition candidate to Obama, who
said Monday that he could be more flexible after the elections with regards to a
NATO missile defense near the Russian border. Russia is against the proposal.
Romney called out Obama for appearing weak. Because apparently flexibility is a
sign of weakness for some right-thinking politicians.
“The idea that he has more flexibility in mind for Russia is very, very
troubling indeed,” Romney said on CNN.
But Medvedev, who steps down after four years in the Kremlin in early May,
told Romney to check the time.
“It’s 2012, not the middle of the 1970s,” he said. “Pay attention to
political realities.”
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+6That's funny. I could have sworn that the GOP's #1 foe was the United States of America.
What else does he have. Okay, we'll give him the Olympics he talks non stop about, although he had lots of help. He was a one term governor. We know how that played out. The best thing he came up with was Romneycare , now Obamacare, which he now seems to have memory lapses about how well it was received.
Foreign policy? Sure. He knows how to hide money in the Caymens. Romney knows something after all. But Russia? Bar Har Har Har Har!
Thanks................ LOL
Can you speak any Russian? Is you whole understanding of Russians based upon American media, or something wider?
Al-Qaeda, the Taliban and Muslim terrorists are just that .... terrorists.
Iran, N Korea, Syria, Yemen..... all of which we could squash like a bug if need be.
The only formidable foes we have on the planet are China and Russia.
China hasn't been involved in a war for quite a while and has no intention of taking aggression against us. They need us to keep Russia in check and vice versa.
Russia, has been leading 0bozo around like he's got a ring through his nose.
They're on the rebound and Putin has never left power no matter what people think about Medvedev.
He's Putin's puppet and you'll notice who showed up at Camp David because Putin doesn't give a sh!t about what 0bozo thinks.
He knows his real background and has him by the balls. Oops.... I meant raisins.
Russia (Putin) dictated to 0bozo that we would cancel our missile defense system that was planned to be based in Poland and the Czech Republic. What did Russia give up in return? ZILCH.
Their entire defense system is mobile, and all they had to do is roll the vehicles away from the borders while the cameras were filming and bring them back after the press went home.
Putin is still pissed about the 10 year Afghan war that we supplied the weapons and training against them, per the directive Carter signed in 1979.
He even got more pissed when Reagan effectively ended the cold war and the wall came down in Berlin.
Shortly afterward, the USSR crumbled and Putin has been biding his chance to rise to the top no matter what the cost. Although he wasn't their leader at the time, he's a very bitter and ruthless man and despises that his country was embarrassed on the world-wide arena.
The smaller rogue nations can cause us many headaches.... Russia could match us blow for blow in an all out global war.
I'm not saying they're going to fire on the U.S. but Putin would like nothing more than to regain control of the 'territories' who split off from the USSR and remake the region, especially taking Georgia, the gateway to Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea.
That material is still quite usable and the whole charade was nothing more than propaganda.
There are enough nukes around the world to end it as we know it 20 X over so the number of weapons is really not a factor..... who gets hold of the material and has no qualms about using it is a HUGE problem.
I like Putin.... not his politics but one has to admit.... he has balls and sticks to his convictions.
Is the financial system collapsed or making money? Has Obama made anything worse by legislation? If so, pls cite legislation and widespread effects. Thank you.
When he wakes up I hope the voting public has woken up.