10 “Foreign Policy: Mitt Romney” Kensey Olsen “You look at the record of the last four years and say: Is Iran closer to a bomb? Yes. Is the Middle East in tumult? Yes. Is Al Qaeda on the run, on its heels? No. Are Israel and the Palestinians closer to reaching a peace agreement? No.” Governor Mitt Romney On Monday, October 22, President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney delineated their plans for foreign policy. As Obama was on the offensive and made frequent sarcastic remarks, Romney replied with precise answers to questions concerning defense spending and the Middle East. The two candidates for the 2012 presidential election differ in their plans for foreign policy. Romney, with a traditional military perspective, wants to keep America strong by increasing the defense budget and Navy shipbuilding. Obama focuses on transnational threats like nuclear proliferation, climate change, and international terrorism. These non defense elements of national power allow for incremental defense budget cuts making the United States’ military weak, and America susceptible to attacks. Governor Mitt Romney wants to compete with Asia by shedding the protectionist approach. He plans to open international markets by reducing tariffs, bringing down corporate taxes, and by employing competitive advantage in the market.
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In June 2011, Romney stated that the Afghanistan troops should “come home based upon not politics, not based upon economics, but instead based upon the conditions on the ground determined by the generals.” Governor Mitt Romney will make America stronger and more united. His foreign policy succeeds President Barack Obama’s not only in defense spending but in the Middle East as well. His more combative approach will insure the security of Americans, and instill America as a powerful force.To learn about President Obama’s plan for foreign policy, read Margaret LaPre’s article in The Fourth Estate.
When President Barack Obama was elected in 2008, he took an “apology tour” around the world. He only cares about improving our country’s image overseas. Pertaining to this topic during the debate, Romney interjected to correct Obama: “You said that on occasion America had dictated to other nations. Mr. President, America has not dictated to other nations. We have freed other nations from dictators.” Governor Mitt Romney wants to improve and advance our country with a stronger military. He wants to increase the Air Force budget and reverse the cuts, placed by Obama, to active Marines and Army soldiers. Regarding the Middle East, Romney favors a more aggressive approach compared to President Obama’s. Governor Mitt Romney desires to defeat Jihadist’s through a threepronged plan. First, he wants to employ military options and pressure. Next, he wants to maintain diplomacy with regional and international players. Finally, he wants Muslims to reject extremism by sending in forces to work on synergy with locals to contain terrorism. Romney states, “We don’t want another Iraq. We don’t want another Afghanistan.” Obama only wants to hold
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a regional conference with Iran and Syria to discuss Iraq’s situation. The Afghanistan policy has not fluctuated drastically since the twelve years America have been fighting there. Governor Romney dislikes President Obama’s no mas policy and wants the generals to dictate his policy.
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I have been sitting in what is the inside of god-knows-where for about two hours. This little room is no bigger than a janitor’s closet. There are some old boxes lying around and two chairs. One is turned on its side in the corner and one I am sitting in. The room is very dusty and dirty, which is why I’m not sitting on the floor. I stare down at the roll of tape I’m playing with, that I found on the ground. I wrap it around my hand, over and over again. I need something to do, because I’m going to be hiding out in here all night and tomorrow morning. I don’t even wanna imagine the look on Kenny and Peter’s faces, as they are probably running around like wild chickens with their heads cut off trying to find me. Kenny and Peter are my Secret Service men who practically don’t even let me pee in privacy. Don’t even ask how I managed to slip away from them to get where I am now. It’s a long story, but the point is that I’m so deep into the walls of my house, that at this point I don’t even know where I am. After I got away from my boys, I immediately crawled into this door out in the yard that lead to a cellar. Then a hallway in the cellar lead to a bathroom that no one uses, and a closet in there had a really tiny door in it that I had to crawl to get through, and then I was in the oval office which has a secret stairwell that leads to the part of our house where we live, and the