Romney Speaks on Foreign Policy.
Listened to Romney’s speech today and I have to say what a difference between what we have now and what I thought we were going to get….
I do have a few issues with Romney’s views. The biggest one being his “Arming Syrian’s” part. I’m probably a little further right than Attilla The Hun on this issue, but I say SCREW THEM. I wouldn’t give them a BB gun or a slingshot. Let them kill each other and the world will be better off.
What I do like is Romney does have a view that America should lead the world into the future. If we don’t and continue to lead from behind, someone else will step up and lead from the front. That someone else could be China, Russia, Venezuela etc. We don’t even want to sit back and let that happen.
I’m not an advocate of America policing the world. But I also am not an advocate of letting others do it. Think about it a minute and you’ll understand. Think “UN” and also think about their “Small arms treaty” IF we are not the biggest dog on the block, we are subject to world opinion and world rule. If that happens many Americans DIE. Trust me. Those of us who KNOW what being an American is will never go quietly into that good night.
I also like that Romney mentioned tying our dollars to our values. That is a simple solution to reduce the deficit. Remove ALL dollars from Pakistan poste haste. That would be one hell of a start.
2 Replies to “Romney Speaks on Foreign Policy.”
Gotta agree on the arming Syria thing… We armed the Mujahideen in Afghanistan in their fight against the Soviets… Look what THAT got us…
Let the rag heads kill each other on their own, when it’s done we have fewer rag heads with fewer weapons… Win-Win…
And here is the paragraph that NO ONE seems to have read or seen or reproduced:
“I will make further reforms to our foreign assistance to create incentives for good governance, free enterprise, and greater trade, in the Middle East and beyond. I will organize all assistance efforts in the greater Middle East under one official with responsibility and accountability to prioritize efforts and produce results. I will rally our friends and allies to match our generosity with theirs. And I will make it clear to the recipients of our aid that, in return for our material support, they must meet the responsibilities of every decent modern government—to respect the rights of all of their citizens, including women and minorities… to ensure space for civil society, a free media, political parties, and an independent judiciary… and to abide by their international commitments to protect our diplomats and our property.”
An actual “cash for RESULTS” — ?
BZ