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1) Syria is Irans only ally in the Arab world. Its their route to the sea. Romney has his geography wrong. Syria doesnt share a border with Iran and Iran has 1,500 miles of coastline leading to the Arabian Sea. It is also able to reach the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal.
2) And what Im afraid of is weve watched over the past year or so [in Syria], first the president saying, well well let the U.N. deal with it
. Then it went to the Russians and said, lets see if you can do something. While Russia and China have vetoed multiple resolutions at the U.N. Security Council on Syria, the United States has also been working through the Friends of Syria group and other allies in the region. Obamas approach would essentially give U.S. nods of approval to arms transfers from Arab nations to some Syrian opposition fighters.
3) Former chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said that Admiral Mullen said that our debt is the biggest national security threat we face. This we have weakened our economy. We need a strong economy. We need to have as well a strong military. If Romney is worried about the national debt, why does he want to increase military spending from 3.5 percent of GDP to 4 percent? This amounts to a $2.1 trillion increase over a ten year period that the military says it does not need and Romney has no plan to pay for it.
4) [W]hen when the students took to the streets in Tehran and the people there protested, the Green Revolution occurred, for the president to be silent I thought was an enormous mistake. Obama spoke out about the Revolution on June 15, 2009, just two days after post-election demonstrations began in Iran, condemning the Iranian governments hard-handed crackdown on Iranian activists. He then reiterated his comments a day later in another press conference. Iranian activists have agreed with Obamas approach.
5) And when it comes to our economy here at home, I know what it takes to create 12 million new jobs and rising take-home pay. The Washington Posts in-house fact checker tore Romneys claim that he will create 12 million jobs to shreds. The Post wrote that the new math in Romneys plan doesnt add up. In awarding the claim four Pinocchios the most untrue possible rating, the Post expressed incredulity at the fact Romney would personally stand behind such a flawed, baseless claim.
6) [W]e are going to have North American energy independence. Were going to do it by taking full advantage of oil, coal, gas, nuclear and our renewables. Romney would actually eliminate the fuel efficiency standards that are moving the United States towards energy independence, even though his campaign plan relies on these rules to meet his goals.
7) [W]ere going to have to have training programs that work for our workers. Paul Ryans budget, which Romney has fully endorsed, calls for spending 33 percent less on Education, training, employment, and social services than Obamas budget.
8) And Ill get us on track to a balanced budget. Romneys $5 trillion tax cut plan and his increases to military spending could explode the deficit.
9) Well, Republicans and Democrats came together on a bipartisan basis to put in place education principles that focused on having great teachers in the classroom. Education experts have faint praise for his proposals while he was governor. His impact was inconsequential, said Glen Koocher, executive director of the Massachusetts Association of School Committees. People viewed his proposals as political talking points, and no one took Romney seriously.
10) So Id get rid of [Obamacare] from day one. To the extent humanly possible, we get that out. Romney cannot unilaterally eliminate a bill passed by Congress and his plan to grant states waivers may also be a non-starter.
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(326 posts)Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)Good thing he picked Ryan otherwise he would have a lying void.