BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — President Barack Obama sharply challenged Mitt Romney on foreign policy
in their final campaign debate Monday night, saying, "Every time you've
offered an opinion you've been wrong." The Republican coolly responded,
"Attacking me is not an agenda" for dealing with a dangerous world.
Romney took the offensive, too. When Obama said the U.S. and its allies have imposed crippling sanctions on Iran
to halt nuclear weapons development, the Republican challenger
responded that the U.S. should have done more. He declared repeatedly,
"We're four years closer to a nuclear Iran."
Despite
the debate's stated focus on foreign affairs, time after time the
rivals turned the discussion back to the slowly recovering U.S. economy,
which polls show is the No. 1 issue for most voters.
They
found little agreement on that, but the president and his rival found
accord on at least one international topic with domestic political
overtones — Israel's
security — as they sat at close quarters 15 days before the end of an
impossibly close election campaign. Each stressed unequivocal support
for Israel when asked how he would respond if the Jewish state were
attacked by Iran.
"If Israel is attacked, we have their back," said Romney — moments after Obama vowed, "I will stand with Israel if Israel is attacked."
Both also said they oppose direct U.S. military involvement in the efforts to topple Syrian President Bashir Assad..... Read More News.yahoo
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