“I’d thought of Romney as a mainstream Republican – supporting American strength and American leadership, but this doesn’t reflect that … Romney has proven himself a little bit of a weathervane and I guess he senses that positioning himself in this place is good for his campaign — attempting to appease Ron Paul’s constituents without actually being Ron Paul.”
– Danielle Pletka, vice president for foreign and defense policy studies at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, commenting on Mitt Romney‘s remarks during the New Hampshire Republican debate hosted by CNN Monday night. He said: “It’s time for us to bring our troops home as soon as we possibly can – as soon as our generals think it’s okay … One lesson we’ve learned in Afghanistan is that Americans cannot fight another nation’s war of independence.”
