As the election gets nearer and nearer, the presidential candidates have begun moving their respective campaign messages toward topics other than the economy, including foreign policy. It’s an area Mitt Romney believes he has the best solution for fixing.
“It is my belief that all of the United States’ foreign policy decisions should be made by Israel,” Romney said in a speech in Virginia last week, and has reiterated every day since.
“Obviously, Israel is our greatest ally, and a country who understands the world, and the United States’ place in it, far better than any U.S. citizen does, including myself.”
The move has been met with positive feedback within the Republican party, including from John Boehner. The Speaker of the House said the decision really makes the Republican candidate stand out against Obama, who still believes Americans should make policy decisions about America.
“Do we really want a President who would make his own decisions based on American intelligence, or do we want Israel making decisions for us?” Boehner said at a speech in his home state of Ohio, to chants of “Netanyahu,” the Israeli leader.
While the Obama campaign has questioned leaving the foreign policy decisions of most powerful country in the world to a nation who must constantly be on the defensive because they are surrounded by countries who refuse to even acknowledge they exist, many Americans believe Israeli leadership may just be what America needs.
“Netanyahu and the Israeli people aren’t afraid of starting World War III and annihilating the world if that’s what is necessary to preserve what is right,” Dan Pederson, a Romney supporter, said.
‘We need that kind of leadership in this country, not that sissy ‘let’s avoid nuclear war at all costs’ policy of Obama’s.”
A recent Gallup poll, showing Romney ahead by six points, has forced the Obama campaign to declare that, while Obama still will make America’s own policies, he will allow Israel to veto any policy they don’t like.