Mitt Romney’s behavior is anything but nostalgic or trivial. The terrorist attack against the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, and those against our embassies in Egypt and Yemen are the result of a film made by Jewish-Americans demonizing Islam and denigrating the prophet Muhammad. The film was deliberately released on the eve of 9/11 with its content articulated in an Arabic dialect spoken in North Africa to make sure every Muslim in that region understood its meaning. The goal was, clearly, to incite violence and provoke and international crisis. Other contributing factors to the latest violence include the killing of Al Qaeda’s number 2 man by a drone attack in Pakistan a few days ago; an effort to undermine and de-stabilize the incipient democracies in North Africa by projecting an image of chaos that is inconsistent with reality and, obviously, a desire to hurt Americans.
As horrible as the attack in Benghazi was, the most disturbing part of this tragedy, because of its potential long term implications, was Mitt Romney’s irresponsible reaction. Mr. Romney irresponsible statement, issued while events were still unfolding, blamed President Obama’s commitment to peaceful coexistence for this tragedy and insinuated collusion with the terrorists. In addition to undermining our ability to handle an international crisis, he compromised the security of thousands of Americans living and working in Muslim countries by tacitly endorsing the film that contributed to this tragedy and at the same time insinuating our President and our government sympathize with terrorists. His lack of common sense, or worse, compromised our interests in the region, weakened the stature of emerging democracies in North Africa, and by endorsing the generalization of terrorism to encompass an entire culture he showed that he is no better than the neocons whose arrogant policies and provocations are a major factor for the violence and instability that prevail in that part of the world.
His statement was shameful, unbecoming of a man running for President of the United States, and a clear sign that he is not fit for the job; not only because he lacks foreign policy experience, but because he does not have the character, values, and ethics that most Americans expect from a President. No wonder most Republican senators, including Sen. McCain, declined to comment when asked about his statement. At this rate, it will not be long if Republicans running for congressmen or senators start distancing themselves from him…and political donations start shifting to congressional candidates.
Mitt Romney is a disgrace. He is the epitome of egotism, greed, arrogance and those not deserve to be considered for the highest office in the land.
BTW, Marines are not stationed at U.S. consulates, only at Embassies. Their presence in Embassies is very small, and insufficient to repel a large terrorist attack. Most of our diplomatic offices abroad rely on local law enforcement or military forces for their security. Moreover, nobody knew a film was going to be released to provoke violence in a region where religion is taken as seriously as our evangelicals do…minus beheadings. That film was a deliberate provocation that caused the death of four Americans, endangered the lives of thousands of Americans working in Muslim countries, and compromised our interests in the region. Those responsible for this crisis should be arrested and tried for high treason, and that includes Florida preacher Terry Jones and foreign leaders trying to influence the outcome of the upcoming U.S. presidential election.

All i can add to this elloquent description of Mitt Ronmey’s behavior is that he is a fool. He can never go near the whie house. Since the election got shifted into a higher gear, I have not heard Mr. Ronmey offer a sensible suggestion to any of the policies of the current administration that he claims not working.

He is a fool of the new century

You did not have communist Jews with power in the 50,s.

Americans longing to return to the way our country had been from the beginning till the 1950′s is a good thing. 2 parent families, a strong middle-class, good valuse and morals, a united nation, not divided like now, especially under Obama, not Millions of Illegal trespassers, not 16 Trillion in debt, etc., that’s what most of us would like again, not what we have now. It has nothing to do with “White men” like a post below, that is your bias, because you believe that changing our country by Federal Government policies to make us a mixture of unassimilated minorities is a good thing. Shows that you are not happy with the great country that we had established, maybe you would like it to resemble 3rd. world countries???

When conservatives are not fondly remembering the good old days that were not really all that good. They are pretending they know the mind of God Or they pretend they are expert in the Austrian school of economics and constitutional law . In the good old days corperations benefited society. Now they only benefit them selves. Churches used to save souls and build up civilization. Now they promote forced motherhood of rape victims, blowing up medical facilities and beating up gay people. To conservatives virtuous capitalism is out. Vulture capitalism is in. I don’t remember the glass being half empty in the fifty’s the way conservatives believe it is now, but I do remember virulant racism, jew baiting and wife beatings as common as clockwork.

Today’s children will look back nostalgically on these days we are living now . They will fondly remember having to push buttons on a hand-held iphone in order to communicate with friends rather than just letting the device scan their brainwaves, decode and send the thoughts through the ether to thousands of receivers. OMG, if you think today’s posts are mean and hideous, just wait until your communication device starts sending out every uncensored, demoniacal thought of your id!There will be many smackings in the singles bars.( And we’ll probably find out that Mr. Obozo and Montana Bill are really masochistic, closet Democrats!)
“Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit.”- Virgil, The Aeneid
“Perhaps someday it will please us to remember these things.”(Even political campaigns?)

I remember Eisenhower in the 50′s and he was a great Republican President. It is a shame today’s Republicans are all false talk keweping the population in the know of what is false and not the truth. I do not like any of the recent Republicans especially R and R, that Mitt and Rye and that’s no scotch. They are a bunch of rumbums