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With regard to the debates one has to be able to reconcile what he knows to be true, against what the candidates are saying. We do have boats that go underwater, that's true. We also need to be able to move massive amounts of men and materials in time of war. And we need to be able to fight on at least two fronts. In the case of our naval forces, the world's oceans are a vast and complex challenge even by today's standards. Romney is right, our navy is at least borderline too small.
On the grander scale Romney's point was much more insightful than the naive blusterings and bravado offered by the president. Romney correctly pointed out that we made some decisions with regard to the military in the year 2000, and less than one year later we were slammed by 9/11. Our military planners do a good job in anticipating coming threats but, the unforseen is the rule rather than the exception where war is concerned. In this day and time, we can hardly afford to wait until the threat is already manifested before we begin to respond. That is exactly the tack that la-la liberals would have this nation adopt.

Obama's stated position, is that Iran will not be allowed to build and deploy nuclear weapons. Even though some reports have zero hour as soon as two months from last week end. I mean seriously, are we saying that the so-called crippling sanctions imposed on Iran will stop them from building a bomb two months from now? Heck, they're already working on doing just that, and these guys would see thousands die if they had a completed bomb in sight. So, the question voters have to ask themselves after four years of Iran's unchecked nuclear progress is this, are you willing to let Obama tell you what to believe in spite of what the rest of the world is saying? Obama defers to the UN and other nations when dealing with world affairs in every other area and yet, where a nuclear Iran is concerned, he is satified to sit on his hands. Last night he said, "We're not going to allow Iran to perpetually engage in negotiations that lead nowhere. And I've been very clear to them." This is one of those junctures where what we know to be true flies in the face of what our president tells us. We don't know what the heck went on in Benghazi even to this day if the administration is to be believed. And yet , we can pinpoint the exact moment Iran will have the bomb? :please: In basketball, players set picks to assist a teammate in his effort to score. That's how I see Obama's foreign policy with regard to Iran's efforts to score with nuclear weapons, America is more or less setting a pick, especially on Israel. That's why Netanyahu keeps asking, "wait for what, wait until Iran gets a bomb?"

What this president does and what he says, are miles apart from ObamaCare to world affairs. BTW, the factcheckers are very quickly dispelling any notion that Romney said anything wrong or untrue in last night's debate, despite the Obama jackboots on the loop calling everything Romney stated as being lies. I will be so happy to see these thugs take a back seat I can hardly contain myself.

I agree with this statement, just don't think cutting taxes during a war is a smart way to pay for things...