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Related: About this forumToo bad Obama didnt catch this
Romney claimed that Iran needed Syria as a link to the sea..
What an idiot.. Iran has access to the sea on both the north and south..and it does not even share a boarder with Syria..
We knew he didnt know where his head or his butt were..but now this..
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/10/23/debate-mitt-romney-doesnt-know-where-iran-is-because-he-cant-be-bothered-to-check-a-map/
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Too bad Obama didnt catch this (Original Post)
Vietnameravet
Oct 2012
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Romney's mistake was omitting the word 'Mediterranean' when he said the word sea.
Tx4obama
Oct 2012
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crazylikafox
(2,760 posts)1. Not knowing the location of Iran is an instant disqualifier.
I'm surprised we're not seeing more about this.
What if the Mittster nukes the wrong country??
yellowcanine
(35,701 posts)2. That's his butler's job to tell him where Iran is. Oh Jeeves........
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)3. Romney's mistake was omitting the word 'Mediterranean' when he said the word sea.
Iran has to go thru Iraq and Syria to get to the 'Mediterranean Sea'.
Vietnameravet
(1,085 posts)5. Really well in that case .. "The US has no access to the sea!!"
Thats why we need good relations with Israel and Italy!
flamingdem
(39,316 posts)4. The spin is that he meant bases on the sea in Syria
But he's another Palin, at least in terms of how he expresses his knowledge of foreign policy
TroyD
(4,551 posts)6. It's spreading around a lot now
I watched Katie Couric's show earlier and Rachel Maddow mentioned it and it got a big laugh from the audience.
TroyD
(4,551 posts)7. Here it is on the David Pakman Show: