WASHINGTON - Last November, Mitt Romney rejected calls for the United States to back a no-fly zone and havens to help rebels in Syria, saying that nation’s government “is not bombing its people, at this point, and the right course is not military.’’
Today, those words have put Romney in an awkward position on what has become one of the most divisive foreign policy issues in the presidential campaign.

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Mitt has no clear stance on the issue because he never created a focus group to tell him what polls say he should do. Mitt never makes the hard decisions before the polls come in.
Romney's incompetence on foreign policy issues and his reliance on discredited neocon zealots like John Bolton make him unfit for the presidency.
Romney is and always will be a work in progress because he has no basic understanding of geopolitics, nor has he adopted a clear cut foreign policy that he can articulate. Don't forget, this is the man who said that Russia was "our number one geopolitical foe." He continually makes bellicose remarks about using troops. He's a dangerous choice. He will have the nuclear codes. Just imagine.
In the matter of Syria Romney demonstrates his dangerous streak and it is one of two areas that should give people great pause before voting for him. This one is foreign affairs and the other is the power to select Justices of the Supreme Court, a lifetime position, that will either unite or set cultural divides in our nation. Romney has not experienced the violence of war but does tune into people who think preemptive war brings peace. His list of foreign affairs advisors reads like a who's who of neoconservatives. Dan Senor anyone?. Remember as a young man he assaulted a "different" fellow student and later supported the war in Vietnam. This is not a person who believes in solving problems peacefully or in ways that benefits the greatest number. When Syria invaded Lebanon and stayed there for years there was no heulen cry from its people to desist or any effort, for that matter, to change their government. Unfortunately the people of Syria have made the bed they are lying in. If a groundswell of their numbers were rabid for a change of government, millions should rise up, and in doing so, like in Egypt, their military would recognize that their present government was defunct. Instead we have a hodge-podge of resistance with too few numbers at present to topple Assad. That day will probably come but it should be left to those who live on that land. At the moment Mr. Romney is taking the presidential candidate privilege by being oppositional and wrong but not having to take any responsibility for it. Mr. Romney's past history shows his forte was management, not leadership. He had to be given the project, told what's to be accomplished for a favored few, and then he acted. Even the Health Care Law in Massachusetts was a gift to the Health Insurance Industry by pushing everyone into overpriced or skimpy plans. This is not what a Presidency is about. Domestically because we have elections we can change government policy giving the people some sway over important matters in their lives. This is not possible in terms of intervening in other countries especially militarily with unnecessary loss of life and treasure or when judges are appointed for the rest of their lives. This is the real nut of this election.
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Romney is clueless as usual. Here 's an idea lets put his boys into uniform (has any Romney ever fought for the US or even worn the uniform. Note to the system worked .....L-O-L? Do you mean LOL? Either way the "term" fell out of the lexicon about 4 years ago, just about mthe time your opinions went out of fashion with the bank collapses.
Using neocons as foreign affairs advisors is not being cautious. During the primaries he was beating the war drums. What you call caution is a political put on. At the very least putting forth both ends of the argument leaves people not knowing what he would do in office. His growing up provides clues that he can be quite mean spirited at times. The economy would be better if we did rehire those public servants, police, firefighters, and teachers. Mr. Romney was quite clear he would oppose that. He was not even aware of federal funding for these positions. Definitely not my choice to run this country and as above I feel he would put our soldiers and citizens of other countries in harm's way.
Isn't Obama supposed to be the one making decisions about Syria? OOPS I forgot. Obama is AFRAID to do ANYTHING, so he will consult Mitt for advice. Obama has no intention of doing anything with regard to Syria. That's because he is completely afraid of desling with Iran. And Iran's leaders know this, along with Israel's leaders. they know that they are dealing with a foreign policy COWARD.------Then's there's Obama's foreign policy "Success" the Arab Spring in Egypt. ----The Globe, in one of its cartoons, called the "Arab Spring" a foreign policy "Success". let's see. The Muslim Brotherhood is about to take over, declare Sharia Law, and break Egypt's 30 year peace treaty with Israel. ------- And TOUGH TALKING but DO NOTHING Obama, and his equally TOUGH TALKING but DO NOTHING Secretary of State, didn't stop North Korea from testing more nukes.---Obama has said that America shouldn't be fighting more than one war at a time. Since he is already at war with the American people, then he can't afford to engage in any other wars.