Mitt Romney and Afghanistan

[PaulieWalnuts]

What are his views on this? I know he probably thinks this election will come down to only the economy, and he is probably right. That said, his most important job while in office is commander-in-chief.


Any ideas? Who is advising him on foreign policy? Do we even know? This is getting a little bizarre.

 

[Rockytopman]

Needs to look at Palin....at least she knows where Russia is.

 

[utvolpj]

what are you looking for him to say? There's a plan in place and he's said it works but he will consult with the military leaders. Same thing happened with Obama, things change once you get all the info

 

[PaulieWalnuts]

what are you looking for him to say? There's a plan in place and he's said it works but he will consult with the military leaders. Same thing happened with Obama, things change once you get all the info

What is his plan? Who is advising him on foreign policy? Is it the Bush-era war hawks?

 

[YorkVol]

Romney's advisors on Afghanistan are James Shinn and Ashley Tellis

James Shinn background:

Senior Fellow for Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations from 1993~96.

From 2007~8 he served as Assistant Secretary for Asia in the Department of Defense, where his area of policy responsibility ranged from Herat to Honolulu and included the War in Afghanistan. Before coming to the Pentagon, he was the National Intelligence Officer for East Asia, first at the Central Intelligence Agency and then for the Director of National Intelligence, from 2004~2006. James Shinn | 

Ashley Tellis background:

Ashley J. Tellis is a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, specializing in international security, defense, and Asian strategic issues. While on assignment to the U.S. Department of State as senior adviser to the Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, he was intimately involved in negotiating the civil nuclear agreement with India.

Previously he was commissioned into the Foreign Service and served as senior adviser to the ambassador at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi. He also served on the National Security Council staff as special assistant to the president and senior director for Strategic Planning and Southwest Asia. Ashley J. Tellis - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

 

[volinbham]

Funny that Obama attacked Romney and Ryan for not having foreign policy experience.

 

[Gramps]

Funny that Obama attacked Romney and Ryan for not having foreign policy experience.

I noticed that too.

 

[PaulieWalnuts]

Funny that Obama attacked Romney and Ryan for not having foreign policy experience.

Obama does now. Power of incumbency.