Romney: Obama 'weak' on Iran
By: Andy Barr
Politico
 
May 11, 2009 11:21 AM EST

Former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-Mass.) criticized President Barack Obama on Monday for looking “weak” over his administration’s handling of Iran and North Korea.

“Recently, Iranian President [Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad announced that his nation has successfully mastered every step necessary to enrich uranium, violating the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty it has signed,” Romney wrote in an e-mail to supporters. “And North Korea's Kim Jong Il launched a long-range missile on the very day President Obama addressed the world about the peril of nuclear proliferation.”

“In both instances, the world's equation for peace and security was altered, and the Obama administration chose inaction.”

The former Republican presidential candidate conceded that it is “still very early in the Obama years,” but said that he is “hoping for a stronger foreign policy” from the president.

The subject line of the e-mail reads “Obama’s weak foreign policy.”

Romney also hit Obama over Vice President Joe Biden’s comment during the campaign that enemies of the United States would “test” the new president early in his administration.

“Vice President Biden was right that the new president would be tested early in his administration,” he wrote. “What the world learned was not good news for freedom and democracy.”

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