"Romney Breaks With Every GOP President, Pledges To Never Criticize Israel"

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Romney Breaks With Every GOP President, Pledges To Never Criticize Israel

By Zack Beauchamp at Think Progress

http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/07/29/603141/romney-breaks-with-every-gop-president-pledges-to-never-criticize-israel/

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Fresh off of telling the United Kingdom that it wasn’t ready for the Olympics during an tour of London, Romney unsubtly jabbed President Obama in Jerusalem this Sunday — as he often does on U.S. soil — for criticizing Israeli policy. Romney suggested that any public criticism of Israel in public would be off-limits in a Romney Presidency:


We cannot stand silent as those who seek to undermine Israel voice their criticisms. And we certainly should not join in that criticism. Diplomatic distance in our public between our nations emboldens Israel’s adversaries.

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Romney regularly attacks While Romney is right to say that Israel is a close American ally that deserves our support, that doesn’t mean we can’t or shouldn’t ever publicly criticize Israel when we believe it to be in American (or Israeli) interests. Indeed, though Romney said the United States and Israel have “been the most natural of allies” since 1948, every Republican President since then has publicly criticized Israeli policies:

•George W. Bush: President Bush, who once said “it is untenable for Palestinians to live in squalor and occupation,” rebuked Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for announcing construction in the West Bank town Ma’ale Adumim, saying “the road map calls for no expansion of the settlements.”

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[Politicalboi]

1. Trying to get rid of the guilt

Of baptizing the dead Jews. But of course Rmoney will deny they do that.

[WI_DEM]

2. well then he is useless as an honest broker in the Middle East

This guy has absolutely no back bone.

[Lucy Goosey]

3. It's ridiculous on its face to promise never to criticize someone...

...or some nation. He's effectively saying that if Israel does something, no matter what it is, it's the right thing to do, because Israel did it. Does Romney not get what a weak position that puts him in? Or does he not care?

Or has he still not figured out that his words are being recorded and analyzed by journalists and his opponent's campaign?

Romney's tone deafness and lack of self awareness continues to baffle me.

[progressivebydesign]

4. He's just saying what Adelson paid him to say. He doesn't understand it, either. n/t