Thursday
Sep132012
US Politics Analysis: Why Romney's Statement on Libya and Egypt is a Political Failure
Thursday, September 13, 2012 at 8:57 | Lee Haddigan in Africa, EA Global, EA USA, US Foreign Policy, US Politics
Mitt Romney's follow-up statement on Wednesday morning on the attacks in Libya and American deaths
The story of what happened in Libya is just beginning, but viewed through the prism of the domestic presidential campaign, Romney's haste to use the ongoing events in Libya as a political weapon appears to be a major error --- one that suggests he does not have the temperament to lead the nation through a foreign policy crisis –-- not so much because of what he said, but when and why he said it.