Romney flip-flop: "foreign trip not the time for my foreign policies" ... "Obama got it all wrong"

[muriel_volestrangler]

Yesterday:

Romney: Foreign trip not the time to detail my foreign policies

"We did speak at some length about Syria, about Iran, Egypt, Tunisia, Libya as well as Pakistan, Afghanistan, among other places in the world," Romney said. "I don't want to refer to any comments made by leaders representing other nations. Nor do I want to describe foreign policy positions I might have while I'm on foreign soil. I think discussions of foreign policy should be made by the president and the current administration not by those that are seeking office."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/romney-foreign-trip-not-the-time-to-detail-foreign-policy/2012/07/26/gJQA1QNuBX_blog.html

Today:

Israel deserves better treatment than it received during the term of U.S. President Barack Obama, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney told Israel Hayom in a special interview this week. "I would treat Israel like the friend and ally it is. We share not only common interests, but also common values."

"I cannot imagine going to the United Nations, as Obama did, and criticizing Israel in front of the world," he said. "You don't criticize your allies in public to achieve the applause of your foes."
...
"The Arab Spring is not appropriately named. It has become a development of more concern and it occurred in part because of the reluctance on the part of various dictators to provide more freedom to their citizens. President Bush urged Hosni Mubarak to move toward a more democratic posture, but President Obama abandoned the freedom agenda and we are seeing today a whirlwind of tumult in the Middle East in part because these nations did not embrace the reforms that could have changed the course of their history, in a more peaceful manner."
...
"The president gave in to Russia on their number one foreign policy objective, which was the removal of missile defense sites from Poland, and obtained nothing of great significance in exchange. That kind of posture leads other nations to wonder whether America has strength or instead is seeking to appease and accommodate others. I happen to believe that the New START Treaty was another accommodation and reset for Russia and I don't believe that Russia is deserving of gifts from America. Instead, Russia should be appropriately viewed as a nation with which we negotiate and show our backbone, recognizing that they intend to do the same."

http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=5207

I presume Romney's excuse will be that he gave the interview in the US before he left, and it's just a complete coincidence that it was to a paper in one of the countries he's visiting, which held it until the day before he arrives there ...

[xxqqqzme]

1. The Arab Spring

paragraph makes no sense. It is word stir-fry. Here you go willard, throw these words into a wok, toss them around and dump them in on a plate. Then read it.

He IS the perma-frost princess.

[nc4bo]

2. BwAHAHAHAH. Perma-frost princess

[tanyev]

3. No one's asking you to discuss foreign policy, Mittwitt.

Just stop making a frakking arse of yourself.

[Skidmore]

4. I thought it was his stated intention to polish his creds in foreign policy/international relations.

Is it possible that he saw a visit to Putinland looming in the future and got really scared. Nothin' like playing chicken with a train.

[okieinpain]

5. had not thought about that. good point. n/t.