ROMNEY MAY KNOW INTERNATIONAL FINANCE BUT HE HASN'T A CLUE ABOUT CULTURE AND PEOPLE

An article in Boston.com, from the Associated Press in London, talks about Romney's trip to Europe as an international audition. :"He also faces the tricky task of contrasting himself with Obama while staying true to his promise not to openly assail the president while on foreign soil, honoring longstanding tradition that American politicians don't criticize their government while abroad. Drawing implicit contrasts with the president also could be difficult because Romney has so far not outlined sharp foreign policy differences with his Democratic opponent." 

Evidence  of his naivete and inability to see reality comes from this Romney quote: "I don't want to be in any way critical of the president or to be fashioning foreign policy departure from the president, while I'm on foreign soil," Romney told NBC News during a Wednesday interview in London when asked about how he would help Israel as president. "But I can tell you that, that with regards to any nation that, that feels its security is at risk that they should have a firm conviction that America is securely behind them."  For the whole article, click here.


 Is Romney really so big a fool that he doesn't know that everything he says on the campaign attacks is known to all the countries of the world.  The campaign is being carefully monitored by the international community.  Obama has been quite well rated over his tenure so far in office.  Romney may think his charm will win him favors but it is doubtful he will accomplish anything but harm America's sense of unity.  Unfortunately, Romney's narcissism will not allow him to give Obama any credit for the great work he and his Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, and many others have done.He believes to have foreign policy savvy but has yet to say a word to prove that.

 

European Tour Romney's Trans-Atlantic Policy Needs a Reboot  A Commentary By Annette Heuser and Tyson Barker on Spiegel Online International (Germany). The authors suggest that Romney's Trans-Atlantic foreign policy needs a reboot. They write:  "Likely Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will visit the United Kingdom and Poland at a time when the GOP's policy toward Europe seems to be trapped in the days of the Cold War. It will be a chance for him to update his outdated views." 

"Apart from criticizing Obama's Russia policy, the most remarkable feature of Romney's vision is his lack of approach. His 48-page document outlining his foreign-policy strategy does not once mention the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or the European Union. That will certainly be a source of concern for his European hosts, two of the largest members of both organizations and countries with two of the largest troop contingents to the NATO mission in Afghanistan."  For the whole article, click here.