Obama Suggests Romney Wants to Take U.S. to War Over Iran, Syria
President Barack Obama called on Mitt Romney to clarify if as president he would war on Iran and Syria. Does Romney have the guts to answer?
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Obama Suggests Romney Wants to Take U.S. to War Over Iran
By Timothy R. Homan and Hans Nichols on September 23, 2012
President Barack Obama called on Mitt Romney to clarify his position on Iran and Syria, raising the prospect that his Republican presidential challenger might want to start another war in the Middle East.
‘If Governor Romney is suggesting that we should start another war, he should say so,’ Obama said in an interview for CBS’s ‘60 Minutes’ program, being broadcast tonight, as world leaders, including Obama, prepare to attend the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York tomorrow.
‘I’ve executed on my foreign policy,’ Obama said, citing accomplishments in Iraq and in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, according to a transcript released by the network before the program aired.
In a session taped separately for the show, Romney said his threshold for committing combat troops for any conflict was a ‘high hurdle.’ He criticized Obama for not scheduling a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week and said he would demand greater accountability from the new leadership in Egypt.
‘The president’s decision not to meet with Bibi Netanyahu, prime minister of Israel, when the prime minister is here for the United Nations session, I think is a mistake and sends a message throughout the Middle East that somehow we distance ourselves from our friends,’ he said. ‘The exact opposite approach is what’s necessary.’