Here, courtesy of Democracy Now!, is an excerpt of Romney's acceptance speech at the Republic National Convention. I want to pick it apart. First of all, his comment of ensuring freedom of religion can be translated to imposition of religion, due to his stance on pro-life, thus an agenda to eliminate abortion based on religious fundamentals.
"President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the world's oceans. And to heal the planet. My promise is to help you and your family."
Between those two comments about Obama's enviornmental policy is bouts of laughter, laughter at the enviromental problems we face. It makes me sad to see this ignorance towards environmental destruction and the obvious global deterioration of fragile ecosystems. It's obvious from this quote that Romney's administration, if elected, would entail more environmental deregulation and emphasis on non-eco-friendly energy sources such as coal and oil. He wants to create jobs, apparently, and the Republican record of the approach to this problem is always deregulation and a golden key for corporations.
"America, he said, had dictated to other nations. No, Mr. President, America has freed other nations from dictators."
Like Iraq? To call Iraq free now is would be sorely irresponsible and ignorant. I would challenge Romney to live the life of a common Iraqi for a month and endure the constant bombing and sectarian violence that plagues the country. He makes more hard line comments about foreign policy toward Iran, which I am highly critical of. And saying Obama has thrown Israel under the bus. I wish this was actually true, because it would mean the end of sole support for a racist regime continuously guilty of war crimes.
There was even a comment on relaxing sanctions on Cuba. The old enemy and barrier to American neo-liberalism in Latin America can expect more harsh treatment from the great superpower under Romney. What can also be expected is further arms racing and clashing with Russia, when Romney reverses the "abandonment" of Poland and re-starts the missile defence shield that Bush initiated during his term. And it's not to defend against Iran, that's an outright lie. The purpose of the missile defence shield in Poland is to nullify Russia's nuclear weapon deterrent, thus removing a barrier to American lead NATO foreign policy. This is inherently dangerous, as Russia will have no choice but to invest in further nuclear arms missile and delivery system research to protect their deterrent to American aggression, thus placing the world further under the shadow of total destruction from nuclear weapons. And there the irony is: the threat to the world by nuclear weapons is not from Iran, it's from American foreign policy.
From Romney's speech I can walk away and simply say this man is Bush 2.0. His rhetoric on freeing people from dictatorship, his hard line stance on Iran, his plans for missile defence, his plans for further antagonism of Russia, his environmental stance, and his economic policy on deregulation is parallel to Bush's policies during his two terms. I believe Romney is dangerous, and will surely be an inhibitor to civil rights advances and the progress towards world peace.
"President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the world's oceans. And to heal the planet. My promise is to help you and your family."
Between those two comments about Obama's enviornmental policy is bouts of laughter, laughter at the enviromental problems we face. It makes me sad to see this ignorance towards environmental destruction and the obvious global deterioration of fragile ecosystems. It's obvious from this quote that Romney's administration, if elected, would entail more environmental deregulation and emphasis on non-eco-friendly energy sources such as coal and oil. He wants to create jobs, apparently, and the Republican record of the approach to this problem is always deregulation and a golden key for corporations.
"America, he said, had dictated to other nations. No, Mr. President, America has freed other nations from dictators."
Like Iraq? To call Iraq free now is would be sorely irresponsible and ignorant. I would challenge Romney to live the life of a common Iraqi for a month and endure the constant bombing and sectarian violence that plagues the country. He makes more hard line comments about foreign policy toward Iran, which I am highly critical of. And saying Obama has thrown Israel under the bus. I wish this was actually true, because it would mean the end of sole support for a racist regime continuously guilty of war crimes.
There was even a comment on relaxing sanctions on Cuba. The old enemy and barrier to American neo-liberalism in Latin America can expect more harsh treatment from the great superpower under Romney. What can also be expected is further arms racing and clashing with Russia, when Romney reverses the "abandonment" of Poland and re-starts the missile defence shield that Bush initiated during his term. And it's not to defend against Iran, that's an outright lie. The purpose of the missile defence shield in Poland is to nullify Russia's nuclear weapon deterrent, thus removing a barrier to American lead NATO foreign policy. This is inherently dangerous, as Russia will have no choice but to invest in further nuclear arms missile and delivery system research to protect their deterrent to American aggression, thus placing the world further under the shadow of total destruction from nuclear weapons. And there the irony is: the threat to the world by nuclear weapons is not from Iran, it's from American foreign policy.
From Romney's speech I can walk away and simply say this man is Bush 2.0. His rhetoric on freeing people from dictatorship, his hard line stance on Iran, his plans for missile defence, his plans for further antagonism of Russia, his environmental stance, and his economic policy on deregulation is parallel to Bush's policies during his two terms. I believe Romney is dangerous, and will surely be an inhibitor to civil rights advances and the progress towards world peace.
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