National Confidential: The News America Deserves

Home » Politics »

Romney Foreign Policy: “Sit Down With Your Attorneys”

By National Confidential | 11 November 2011 2:33 pm EST Updated 11 November 2011 2:36 pm EST
Topics: , , , , , , , ,

Mitt RomneyMitt Romney would bring a decidedly less aggressive posture to U.S. foreign policy, based on his answers to questions about Iran and Iraq. In 2007, Romney was asked what he would do about congressional authorization for a theoretical strike on Iran. In response, Romney answered, “You sit down with your attorneys and tell you what you have to do.”

Romney was asked another question about U.S. policy in Iraq under President George W. Bush and answered, “You know, we’re going to let the lawyers sort out what he needed to do and what he didn’t need to do.”

In 2007 as a presidential candidate when asked about the possibility that Osama Bin Laden was in Pakistan, President Obama said in a debate that “If we have actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets and President Musharraf won’t act, we will.”

In April of 2011, President Obama authorized a covert operation to kill or capture Bin Laden. On May 1, 2011, Bin Laden was killed by a Navy SEAL team. [Boston.com] [Politico]

Related Stories

Republican Official Reportedly Sent Racist Email About Former Miss America Erika Harold
Republican Official Reportedly Sent Racist Email About Former Miss America Erika Harold
DNC Chairwoman: NSA Leaker Snowden Endangered America
DNC Chairwoman: NSA Leaker Snowden Endangered America
Unskewed! Pollster Claiming Tie In MA Senate Race Claimed Romney Was Winning In 2012 States He Lost
Unskewed! Pollster Claiming Tie In MA Senate Race Claimed Romney Was Winning In 2012 States He Lost
Texas Man Being Questioned In Obama/Bloomberg Ricin Terror Case
Texas Man Being Questioned In Obama/Bloomberg Ricin Terror Case

Related News Stories

Republican Official Reportedly Sent Racist Email About Former Miss America Erika Harold
Republican Official Reportedly Sent Racist Email About Former Miss America Erika Harold

Unskewed! Pollster Claiming Tie In MA Senate Race Claimed Romney Was Winning In 2012 States He Lost
Unskewed! Pollster Claiming Tie In MA Senate Race Claimed Romney Was Winning In 2012 States He Lost

This Strip Club Got Gov’t Tax Breaks
This Strip Club Got Gov’t Tax Breaks

Bitter? Ann Romney Returns To Whine About Obama “Scandals”
Bitter? Ann Romney Returns To Whine About Obama “Scandals”

Spinnakr Active Analytics