Obama Gives Critical Strikes to Romney on Final Debate

Obama Gives Critical Strikes to Romney on Final Debate

During the third and final debate of the presidential  election which was held in Boca Raton, Fla last Monday night, President Barack Obama described rival Gov. Mitt Romney as "all over the map" and inexperienced on key national security issues. Each candidate with all their efforts, tried to paint the other as an untrustworthy commander in chief, however, Romney's performance was less aggressive and a little bit hostile than Obama's, and the governor was often on defense in the 90-minute exchange.

"I know you haven't been in a position to actually execute foreign policy–but every time you've offered an opinion, you've been wrong," Obama said, referencing Romney's initial support for the Iraq war.

Generally, the president was pretty critical of Romney and in fact, landed a well placed yet striking remark. "The Cold War's been over for 20 years," he said in response to Romney's comment from several months ago that Russia is America's primary geopolitical foe.

He later said, "Well, Governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets," in response to Romney's criticism that America has fewer Navy ships than in the past. "We have these things called aircraft carriers, where planes land on them. We have these ships that go underwater, nuclear submarines," the president added, a touch of mockery entering his voice.

On foreign policy, Romney did not criticize how Obama handled the murder of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens in Libya, a topic he brought up in last week's town hall-style debate. Instead, Romney said the Middle East is in "tumult" and "chaos," and suggested Obama's tactic of killing Al Qaeda leaders in drone strikes is not enough to bring stability to the region.

Posted by James Fried on Wednesday October 24 2012, 4:53 AM EST. Ref: CNN. All trademarks acknowledged. Filed under Nation. Comments and Trackbacks closed. Follow responses: RSS 2.0