Just going to repost what I posted just recently in another thread...gotta tell you, this blind, and it is totally and completely blind trust of Obama is something to behold.....


Not defending anyone...just recalling recent news...

Dec 2011



"As tensions between the United States and Russia increase over issues such as missile defence and WTO accession, Moscow is attempting to create a rift between Central Europeans and their North American allies, argues Lauren Goodrich.

Lauren Goodrich is a Russia expert and senior Eurasia analyst at STRATFOR.

"Tensions between the United States and Russia have risen in the past month over several long-standing problems, including ballistic missile defence (BMD) and supply lines into Afghanistan. Moscow and Washington also appear to be nearing another crisis involving Russian accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO)."

Russia's plan to disrupt US-European relations | EurActiv


March 3 2012

"Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton doffed her diplomatic gloves after Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution on Syria. Calling the February veto "despicable," she laid at Moscow's feet the "murders" of Syrian "women, children, [and] brave young men."
Not to be outdone, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin railed against the United States for indulging its "bellicose itch" to get involved in other countries' internal affairs. And he vowed that Russia will thwart American designs in the Middle East."

A cold-war chill? US-Russia relations falter over Libya and Syria. - CSMonitor.com

There are many more, and I certainly hope that Romney is wrong...but heard this tune from this administration before..one being the ME, and it is worse than ever,

More directly to Romneys point on geopolitics....

[B]"Despite the Soviet breakup twenty years ago, only Russia still possesses devices of mass destruction capable of destroying the United States and tempting international terrorists for years to come. Russia also remains the world’s largest territorial country, a crucial Eurasian frontline in the conflict between Western and Islamic civilizations, with a vastly disproportionate share of the planet’s essential resources including oil, natural gas, iron ore, nickel, gold, timber, fertile land and fresh water. In addition, Moscow’s military and diplomatic reach can still thwart, or abet, vital US interests around the globe, from Afghanistan, Iran, China and North Korea to Europe and Latin America. In short, without an expansive cooperative relationship with Russia, there can be no real US national security.


http://www.thenation.com/article/161...st-opportunity