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Jim Lane

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19. Rove says virtually any President would have done that -- but Romney would NOT have.

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 11:24 PM

Mar 2012

As you point out, Romney was on the other side of this issue in 2007. At that time, candidate Obama outlined his policy:

Obama on Wednesday said if elected president in November 2008 he would be willing to launch military strikes against al Qaeda targets inside Pakistan with or without the approval of the Pakistani government of President Pervez Musharraf.

Candidate Romney's response was: "I do not concur in the words of Barack Obama in a plan to enter an ally of ours... I don't think those kinds of comments help in this effort to draw more friends to our effort."

Both these passages are from a Reuters story titled "Romney attacks Obama over Pakistan warning", August 4, 2007 -- link here: http://in.reuters.com/article/2007/08/04/idINIndia-28811520070804

In Rove's defense, however, he could point to some evidence that he's right. After Obama's decision to send troops into Pakistan resulted in bin Laden's death, Romney gave the Etch-A-Sketch a shake and said that he would have done "exactly the same thing." http://www.mediaite.com/tv/mitt-romney-bin-busted-candidate-like-myself-would-have-done-bin-laden-raid-except-2007-mitt/

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I was in a taxi that had some RW blowhard on the radio onenote Mar 2012 #1

that type of thing is inevitable as the election grows closer mnmoderatedem Mar 2012 #3

Bush didn't Mz Pip Mar 2012 #4

good ole george cindyperry2010 Mar 2012 #7

Is that the talking point of the day? Frustratedlady Mar 2012 #8

The phone rang at 3 am Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2012 #12

And Rove and Koch have unlimited funds to shove this bullshit down people's throats emulatorloo Mar 2012 #17

Bush didn't. He called for retreat at Tora Bora. The Wielding Truth Mar 2012 #9

Funny, if "any commander in chief" would have done the same thing, WHY.DIDN'T.CHIMPIE Ecumenist Mar 2012 #10

trying to downplay a gutsy call to take out the 9/11 perpetrator? mnmoderatedem Mar 2012 #2

GOP believes (and many support)that have a license to lie. I think it's called nanabugg Mar 2012 #5

George W. Bush, a Karl Rove Film.... gulliver Mar 2012 #6

Wrong (as usual) Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2012 #11

Exactly. n/t ProSense Mar 2012 #13

+1 mnmoderatedem Mar 2012 #15

We have a winnah... +1 deacon Mar 2012 #21

he did what any commander-in-chief would do except george w bu$h* spanone Mar 2012 #14

Right Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2012 #18

Ha! That is all Rove has. How pathetic. nt ZombieHorde Mar 2012 #16

Rove says virtually any President would have done that -- but Romney would NOT have. Jim Lane Mar 2012 #19

Psychopaths will always try and turn your greatest strength into your greatest weakness. The swift applegrove Mar 2012 #20

I have a feeling that this line of attack isn't going to work on Obama Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2012 #22