Foreign Policy experts in agreement about Mitt Romney’s Bad Judgment

Yesterday, Mitt Romney stated that Russia is the United States' "number one geopolitical foe." It is a comment that has derived responses from foreign policy experts across political lines - from General Wesley Clark, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, to former Ambassadors and even the former Secretary of the Navy. Here's a roundup:

General Wesley Clark, Retired:

“Surely one lesson of the 21^st Century is that America’s security in the world depends on making more friends and fewer enemies.  Governor Romney’s statement sounds like a rehash of Cold War fears.  Given the many challenges we face at home and abroad, the American people deserve a full and complete explanation from Governor Romney.  Good policy does not come from bumper sticker slogans.  The next president is going to have to take America forward, out of war, and into other challenges.  The rekindling of old antagonisms hardly seems the way to do it.”

Richard Danzig, former Secretary of the Navy:

"Governor Romney offered his judgement today that Russia is our nation’s number one geopolitical foe. This conclusion, as outdated as his ideas on the economy,energy needs, and social issues, is left over from the last century.  Does Governor Romney believe that a Cold War foreign policy is the right course in the twenty-first century? Does he believe that Russia is a bigger threat to the U.S. today than terrorism, or cyberwarfare, or a nuclear-armed and erratic North Korea? 

“Oddly, before calling Russia our number one foe, he issued a foreign policy white paper that only got around to Russia after sections on China, Afghanistan and Pakistan, the Middle East, Iran, North Korea, and Latin America. His most recent statement is yet another revelation that Mitt Romney repeatedly speaks inconsistently and in ways that are disconnected from twenty-first century realities."

Timothy Roemer, former Ambassador to India:

“Today, Governor Romney said that Russia is without question our nation’s number one geopolitical foe.  Does Mitt Romney really believe that Russia – a country that has supported our international efforts to sanction Iran, for example – is a bigger threat to the U.S. today than a nuclear-armed Iran or al-Qaeda? Does he truly believe Russia is more of a challenge than a nuclear North Korea or the Straits of Hormuz being closed? I proudly served our nation overseas as Ambassador to India, and the level of naiveté about foreign relations that Governor Romney displays is astounding. Worse, it is potentially dangerous for our country.”

Colin Kahl, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East:

“Today, Governor Romney said that Russia is our nation’s number one geopolitical foe. Mitt Romney has an economic, energy, and social agenda of the last century – and now he has a foreign policy to match. Does Mitt Romney think Russia is a bigger threat to the U.S. today than a nuclear-armed Iran or the terrorists of al-Qaeda? Is Russia a greater challenge than a rising China or instability in the Middle East? For a country that Mitt Romney called our top geopolitical enemy, he only addresses Russia in his foreign policy white paper with Cold War-era talking points and none of the sense of urgency that he demonstrated today. This is yet another example of Mitt Romney’s willingness to say anything to get elected, no matter how reckless it may be.”

Source: http://www.democrats.org/news/blog/foreign_policy_experts_in_agreement_about_mitt_romneys_bad_judgment

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