Mitt Romney is out with a foreign-policy focused op-ed where he criticizes President Obama's strategy in the Middle East for lacking coherence and resolve. In his prescription for success, Romney connects success overseas with economic success domestically.
"President Obama has allowed our leadership to atrophy," Romney wrote in the Wall Street Journal.
"Our military, tested by a decade of war, is facing devastating cuts thanks to the budgetary games played by the White House. Finally, our values have been misapplied--and misunderstood--by a president who thinks that weakness will win favor with our adversaries," Romney wrote.
Tying in the importance of domestic economic security to international defense, Romney bashes the current state of economic affairs. "Our economy is stuck in a 'recovery' that barely deserves the name. Our national debt has risen to record levels," he wrote.
Pointing to ongoing challenges in the Middle East, including the civil war in Syria, the election of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, and Iran's progress toward a nuclear weapon, Romney wrote that the U.S.'s standing in the world matters, calling recent developments "dangerous."
Note EU-Digest: obviously the question is what alternative plan does Mr. Romney have? Start another war? For the 92 % of those who do not know the meaning of the word atrophy it means "to waste away; wither or deteriorate".
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