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I had my fun yesterday with Mitt Romney’s comment condemning almost half of Americans as moochers, deadbeats and drags on society.  Today I turn my attention towards Mitt’s foreign policy blunders.

The same guy who offended our closest ally while in England for the Olympics and continued to show his lack of diplomatic chops while abroad stuck his foot so far in his mouth during the “secret tape” that it’s a wonder he hasn’t deep-throated his whole leg yet.

A few of my key take-aways from the foreign policy section of the now infamous video of his May fundraiser in Boca Raton (kind of ironic that the translation of that city’s name is Rat’s Mouth!):

Regarding the age-old Israel-Palestinian conflict Mitt said:

And I look at the Palestinians not wanting to see peace anyway, for political purposes, committed to the destruction and elimination of Israel, and these thorny issues, and I say there’s just no way. And so what you do is you say you move things along the best way you can. You hope for some degree of stability, but you recognize that it’s going to remain an unsolved problem. I mean, we look at that in China and Taiwan. All right, we have a potentially volatile situation, but we sort of live with it. And we kick the ball down the field and hope that ultimately, somehow, something will happen and resolve. We don’t go to war to try and resolve it.

On the other hand, I got a call from a former secretary of state—and I won’t mention which one it was—but this individual said to me, “You know, I think there’s a prospect for a settlement between the Palestinians and the Israelis after the Palestinian elections.” I said, “Really?” And his answer was, “Yes, I think there’s some prospect.” And I didn’t delve into it but you know, I always keep open the idea of, I have to tell ya, the idea of pushing on the Israelis?—to give something up, to get the Palestinians to act, is the worst idea in the world. We have done that time and time and time again. It does not work. So, the only answer is show your strength. Again, American strength, American resolve, as the Palestinians someday reach the point where they want peace more than we’re trying to push peace on them—and then it’s worth having the discussion. Until then, it’s just wishful thinking.”

So let me get this straight.  This guy who wants to be the leader of the free world says he won’t actively work to try to broker peace in the middle east, but he’ll “kick the ball down the field and hope that something will happen and resolve.” What?!?  

So, I guess if I just sit here and do nothing, magically all of my problems will somehow work themselves out?  That’s Mitt Romney’s reasoning? 

But it gets better.  He tells of a call from a former Secretary of State who tells him that there might be a solution to the region’s problems.  Mitt says “Really?” but “didn’t delve”.  Huh?

On the other hand, I got a call from a former secretary of state—and I won’t mention which one it was—but this individual said to me, “You know, I think there’s a prospect for a settlement between the Palestinians and the Israelis after the Palestinian elections.” I said, “Really?” And his answer was, “Yes, I think there’s some prospect.” And I didn’t delve into it …”

Well. why the fuck not? Don’t you want to be the one to broker world peace? Apparently not, as Mitt has come very wrong preconceived notions about what’s going on there. He continues:

“…you know, I always keep open the idea of, I have to tell ya, the idea of pushing on the Israelis?—to give something up, to get the Palestinians to act, is the worst idea in the world. We have done that time and time and time again. It does not work. So, the only answer is show your strength. Again, American strength, American resolve, as the Palestinians someday reach the point where they want peace more than we’re trying to push peace on them—and then it’s worth having the discussion. Until then, it’s just wishful thinking.”

Oh puh-leez. My 13-year old has more foreign policy chops than this mental midget has.

I railed on a lot more from that tape on the show this morning, including this gem that I haven’t heard much chatter about:

“In the Jimmy Carter election, the fact that we have hostages in Iran, I mean, that was all we talked about. And we had the two helicopters crash in the desert, I mean that’s—that was—that was the focus, and so him solving that made all the difference in the world. I’m afraid today if you said, “We got Iran to agree to stand down a nuclear weapon,” they’d go hold on. It’s really a, but…by the way, if something of that nature presents itself, I will work to find a way to take advantage of the opportunity.”

All you need do is read that statement to understand why Mitt Romney jumped on the attack on the US consulate in Bengazi – he wanted a bad situation to happen somewhere in the world so he could “take advantage of the opportunity.”

How anyone – ANYONE – could even consider voting for that man after hearing what he really thinks is beyond comprehension.

I was joined on the show this morning by John Amato, founder of Crooks and Liars to talk about it a little more… Listen and then do something!