http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docid=news-000003207575
In a preview of campaign refrains to come, prominent conservatives are saying President Obama’s foreign policy is hurting our allies and helping our enemies.
The “Obama as Carter” motif dominated the conservative Foreign Policy Institute’s annual conference, held in Washington Monday and Tuesday, with GOP headliners making unflattering comparisons to the 39th president to warn of a decline in U.S. international standing.
Obama’s stance on the presidential crisis in Honduras, willingness to engage Iran in nuclear talks and decision to scrap the Bush administration’s missile defense plans in Eastern Europe were popular targets.
“I think the president is communicating he is a reluctant and timid defender of freedom . . . time and time again,” said former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a 2008 Republican presidential contender and a leading potential candidate in 2012.
“Neutrality has an inevitable corollary . . . you draw more close to your foes and create distances from your friends,” Romney said.
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