During the 2012 Presidential Campaign, Obama ripped into Romney's views on foreign policy. Here's the clip. Obama mocks Romney for identifying Russia as the number one geopolitical rival. He also gives him grief for making a nuclear treaty with Russia. To read the news since the 2016 election, it looks like Romney was a seer! He then attacks Romney for wanting more troops in Iraq. As it turned out, ISIS exploded on the scene in 2014 and there was virtually no US presence to oppose it and the Iraqi army collapsed. Gee, Romney is an oracle! Then he hammers Romney for dithering on Afghanistan, apparently not having a mirror on hand to examine his own record on that account.
Asked two years later - in light of troubles in Ukraine and Syria - if Romney was right on Russia being our primary geopolitical foe, Obama dodged a direct response to the question and offered vague analysis instead.
Though I'm certainly no Romney fan, he demonstrably had the clearer view on foreign affairs in general and Russia in particular. Even Democrats would have a hard time justifying Obama's 2012 statements in light of current events. If Russia has had as much influence as many Democrats are now saying, those above clips will eventually be cited like Neville Chamberlain's 'peace for our time' proclamation. According to some accounts, Obama sat on his hands while Russian operatives rigged the election for Trump. Thus, the effort to delegitimize Trump's election must simultaneously paint Obama as hopelessly clueless and incompetent with regard to Russia.
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