JOHN BOLTON:: ROMNEY—The Conservative Who Can Beat Obama – WSJ
By MB Snow at January 21, 2012 | 12:30 am | Print
With America’s future at stake in November, I decided to support Mitt Romney for three reasons: his Reaganaut philosophy, executive experience and general-election campaign strengths.
Our country’s political focus on economic recovery has allowed President Obama to escape responsibility for his failures in the area of national security. Mr. Obama clearly doesn’t recognize that lasting prosperity is impossible without robust foreign and defense policies and capabilities—and, conversely, that the requisite political, military and intelligence resources are not sustainable without a strong economy. Today’s textbook example: the president’s rejection of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada.
Mr. Romney fully understands the inextricable prosperity-security linkage, and that America’s global adversaries aren’t waiting around graciously for our economic recovery. Instead, they see Mr. Obama’s weaknesses and are vigorously exploiting them.
Mr. Obama has been gutting our armed forces through defense budget cuts that will total nearly $1.5 trillion if the debt-ceiling legislation’s sequestration mechanism takes effect. These reductions are compelling evidence that the president is entirely comfortable with America’s international retreat and decline.
The Navy has only 285 ships today, the fewest since World War I, and it is straining to uphold its unique global responsibilities. Our Air Force has only 39 fighter squadrons, fewer than half the number it had two decades ago. And yet the military’s missions remain, and the threats grow.
via John Bolton: Romney—The Conservative Who Can Beat Obama – WSJ.com.
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