I am so grateful that President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton are in charge in this crisis.

[highplainsdem]

Romney has shown once again that he's completely unqualified to handle diplomacy and foreign relations. Even the more conservative people on MSNBC when I first turned it on this morning were critical of his stupid, opportunistic and dishonest response.

[polichick]

1. Absolutely.

[C_U_L8R]

2. Romney is an amateur

and the neo-cons pulling his strings
are the worst of the worst.
We had eight years of those goons
fucking up the world and this country.
Haven't we had enough???

GOTV

[TDale313]

3. Totally agree. n/t

[annabanana]

4. No kidding. Romney would just go on and bomb something.

He should take a deep breath and say NOTHING for 48 hours when the ME blows up over something like this.

[WCGreen]

25. In my star trek Data voice...

Perhaps he has a small penis.

[Odin2005]

5. Gramps McCain would be bombing Iran.

[outsideworld]

6. Repigs

Are so war hungry its beyond comprehension

[alcibiades_mystery]

7. It's telling that Romney's first instinct is to turn this event into a wedge against Americans

That is precisely the Bush-Cheney way, the "watch what you say" way, the Karl Rove way. We suffered through eight years of Bush-Cheney using foreign policy as a battering ram against political opponents here at home, and it was a sickening display, and one that people throughout this country roundly rejected in 2008. It is the foreign policy of freedom fries, rank stupidity, and divisiveness. Romney wants that back. This is what a Romney Presidency would look like: an opportunistic and dishonest use of foreign policy to bash critics and opponents at home, to demonize other Americans, and to benefit oneself.

[Pachamama]

22. Agreed....

...and watching Romney attempt to play the tough-talkin cowboy made me feel the sickness in the pit of my stomach that we had to endure for 8 years of Bush Co. The only positive of watching Romney flap his gums showed that he has no foreign policy understanding and is clueless. He is no George W. Bush who at least could pretend well to be a cowboy. And we know how dangerous that was.

[Ineeda]

8. Terry "I-Got-My-Own-Christian-Jihad" Jones

is the one to blame, Mr. rMoney. You, Jones, and the other like-minded bigots on your side of the fence are more dangerous to the security of this country (and the world) than the Islamists you lump all together as terrorists. You assholes light the fuse, blame the bomb for going off, and accuse the smart, sane guy who's been trying to wield the fire hose. We are totally doomed if the war-mongering repigs win.

[onlyadream]

12. +1. Great post. Nt

[ProSense]

14. Exactly! n/t

[mopinko]

16. yes, but who is to blame for jones?

how does some backwater preacher find himself on the world stage this way? imho, they usually have a little help from some shady friends.

[Ineeda]

23. Hate sells.

Those that buy it and sell it, like Faux, are to blame.

[DinahMoeHum]

9. This crisis will NOT swing votes towards Romney/GOP. Bank on that.

Obama has already proven his mettle in similar crises. Any response from him will be subtle and discreet, but deadly. Ask bin Laden.

[ellisonz]

10. Amen. n/t

[DippyDem]

11. I am grateful for Obama and Clinton, too.

[gollygee]

13. Yep. Romney is currently in a position where he can't cause too much damage

when he puts his foot in his mouth.

[lobodons]

15. Romney's 3:00 am phone call test

FAIL

[TahitiNut]

17. Yep. The adults are in charge. Sane, rational, mature adults instead of scum like Cheney or Rmoney.

[woo me with science]

18. We need to get the Third Way out of our party.

We need Democrats who will stop the warmongering and get us out of the Middle East.

[YvonneCa]

28. Actually, we already have...

...them since January, 2009. I am very grateful the Dems handling this are President Obama and VP Biden, and that they chose SOS Hillary Clinton. And we have John Kerry in charge of Senate Foreign Relations who made a GREAT statement on this today:

http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/09/john-kerry-exactly-the-wrong-time-to-throw-political-135297.html#.UFDTE7SV3Nk.twitter

[woo me with science]

29. I'm sure we will be ending the drone attacks and proxy wars, then. nt

[YvonneCa]

30. No. The area was destabilized thanks to...

...GWB and the neocons. Going into Iraq instead of dealing with those that really attacked us on 9/11.

That destabilization is dangerous when Pakistan is a nuclear power and Iran wants to be. When Bin Laden et al could continue to proliferate in friendly ME countries...

Unfortunately, we will be cleaning that up for a while...which is what President Obama said he would do. Remember, he said he was against 'dumb wars' ...which Iraq was. REALLY dumb.

[woo me with science]

31. Defend the indefensible.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/101756623

[mountain grammy]

19. Agree, grateful every day!

[SaveAmerica]

20. Me too!! Romney is dangerous, he needs to shut up and sit down!!

[Myrina]

21. A stark reminder

Of the "bumbling, blustering foreign policy" of the previous administration that POTUS Obama warned us about in his convention speech last week.

[LiberalEsto]

24. Willard can't be trusted with a dog, let alone our country nt

[Indpndnt]

26. Oh, absolutely.

The alternative is stomach-churning.

[obamanut2012]

27. So glad today SOS Clinton is Pres. Obama's wingman

[Kurovski]

32. THIS is why it's important to show up at the polls,

even if we may have many complaints about the choices.

[nolabear]

33. Man, so am I. Two intelligent adults vs one frat boy.

The very idea of Romney gaining office of ANY kind gives me the creeps.

[nc4bo]

34. Thank goodness.

Huge, HUGE sigh of relief!!