Romney raps Obama over Arab Spring
US: Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama of minimizing volatile
Middle East threats as "bumps in the road" Monday after the White House
branded such Republican attacks as "desperate and offensive." The White
House hopeful's fellow Republicans meanwhile complained Obama had
downgraded the US alliance with Israel, seizing on the president's
interview with CBS "60 Minutes" in a bid to erode his electoral edge on
foreign policy.
Obama said in the interview broadcast Sunday that there were going to
be "bumps in the road" following the Arab spring as nations dominated by
Islam and formerly governed by autocrats evolve towards democracy.
But Romney said the comments smacked of weak US leadership and
amounted to downplaying the death of ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens
and three other Americans in Benghazi.
AFP
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