Campaign Statements — Mitt Romney

Thursday August 30, 2012

“President Obama has thrown allies like Israel under the bus”

President Obama has thrown allies like Israel under the bus


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Friday August 24, 2012

ʺNo question in my view that we can put all manner of pressure on the regime that’s there”

ʺNo question in my view that we can put all manner of pressure on the regime that’s there, but they have to also know that a military option is one which we’d be willing to consider if they do not take action to dissuade a course towards nuclearization


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Friday August 24, 2012

Romney on policy towards Syria: “Ready to take whatever action is necessary”

“I think we have to also be ready to take whatever action is necessary to ensure that we do not have any kind of weapon of mass destruction falling into the hands of terrorists and whether that requires troops, or whether that requires other actions by our friends and allies.”


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Monday August 20, 2012

“We’re now just getting around to tough sanctions on Iran”

“We’re now just getting around to tough sanctions on Iran”


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Thursday August 16, 2012

“The Arab Spring is not appropriately named…...”

“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 George W. 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.”


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Wednesday August 15, 2012

“The United States should…arm Syrian opposition groups”

“The United States should work with partners to organize and arm Syrian opposition groups”


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Sunday August 05, 2012

“As president, Barack Obama has never visited Israel.”

“As president, Barack Obama has never visited Israel.”


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Monday July 30, 2012

“I believe that the issue of settlements is something which should be discussed in private”

ʺI believe that the issue of settlements is something which should be discussed in private by the American president and our allies,ʺ Romney told Wolf Blitzer on ʺThe Situation Room.ʺ ʺWhen we show diplomatic distance between ourselves and our ally, I think we encourage people who oppose that relationship to seek other means to achieve their ends.ʺ


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Monday July 30, 2012

“Culture makes all the difference”

As you come here and you see the GDP per capita, for instance, in Israel which is about $21,000, and compare that with the GDP per capita just across the areas managed by the Palestinian Authority, which is more like $10,000 per capita, you notice such a dramatically stark difference in economic vitality


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Sunday July 29, 2012

“After a year of upheaval and unrest, Egypt now has an Islamist President, chosen in a democratic..”

“Let me turn from Iran to other nations in the Middle East, where we have seen rising tumult and chaos. To the north, Syria is on the brink of a civil war. The dictator in Damascus, no friend to Israel and no friend to America, slaughters his own people as he desperately clings to power. Your (Israel) other neighbor to the north, Lebanon, is under the growing and dangerous influence of Hezbollah.”


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