WASHINGTON (AP) -- the United States into the longest armed conflict, Mitt Romney (Mitt Romney) became the first republican since 1952, accept his party's nomination, not to mention the war.
In 2001, after the terrorist attacks, whether Mr Romney nor his running mate, representative election cycle Paul Ryan, have anything to say about the war on terror, and their party's largest stage. Do Thursday the only one who is the actor, who won the cheering invasion of Afghanistan is a mistake, and demanded his immediate withdraw troops - this line may have won one hiss hiss four years ago Clint eastwood.
Mr Romney strategy reflects fragile public support for the Afghan war, fatigue for over ten years in the campaign of terrorism fears and the core role in the economy. But it is still a significant change, even in times of peace, the specter of war calls for greater military expenditure and tough diplomatic policy of the party.
GeDeHua candidates, and Richard Nixon's Vietnam war criticism processing. Bob dole said, in order to prevent conflict way is better than countries more and more big war preparation, need to play. Ronald Reagan warned that weak will test the Soviet union.
"In my lifetime, the United States has four war, the young man life bleeding beachhead of sand, Europe and Asia of paddy field, the jungle and fields," Ronald Reagan said, in 1980. "We know only too clear about the war, no talking about free is powerful, but they are the weak."
Even if the President Gerald ford, in 1976 he announced, "no an American in the war in the face of this earth tonight any place," continued, "a strong military posture of the peace is always the best insurance."
Now it is different, 11 years later, the United States President George w. bush promised "starve to death terrorist funds, make them to fight each other, driving them from one place to another place, until have refuge or rest."
Osama bin laden has died. The war in Iraq is over. The "base" organization have been weakened. Color coded years constant, invisible danger warned that disappeared alarm. No one party President or vice President candidate had served in the army, 80 years first.
Although 79000 troops to remain in Afghanistan, has weakened public support for ten years activities. AP - GfK poll found that in five months, 66% of voters that the nation should not be involved in Afghanistan. The same survey found that only 37% of republicans branch of the war.
Republican strategist Tony eph rato said, very strange, personally heard a main republican speech was no mention of the problem, so dominant in the past ten years. Eph rato was a White House spokesman and assistant small President bush the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan consumption.
But the unemployment rate 8.3% nationwide, republican of economy as the drive problem this year. Eph rato said, Mr Romney's main goal is to Thursday night at the individual level and voters contact, and repaint one cartoon, he for wood and disrupted.
"If you want to leave some of the things that you want to leave things, is the highest voters list attention," eph rato said. "More important is to reflect the americans are interested in from their candidate now."
Mr Romney and briefly mention Iran and the United States President barack Obama is not doing enough to prevent the country to give up the pursuit of nuclear weapons. But he is not the only mention of the war in Iraq or Afghanistan. This is the second world war, he used it as a way to build his life story.
, "Mr Romney said:" I was born in the middle of the century, central in the country, a typical boomers. "This is a time when the United States from the war, eager to come back."
Conservative commentators William kristol's, the republicans flagman, criticize romney decision.
"My problem is not about political wisdom mitt romney and silence, and it opens a President Obama next week's opportunity," krystal er in his blog that. "Citizens ritual presidential nominee failure is more, the rather that, even in his accept the nomination speech, a war, we fight, and our young men and women who are fighting?"
At any time the incongruity of more apparent than in eastwood 'of the speech. Famous movie producer invasion of Afghanistan is a rash decision, and laugh at Obama, even in the bush the government under the leadership of the start.
"Do you think the war in Afghanistan is OK, you know, I mean, if you think it's worth doing, we have no check and Russia, see how they do there for 10 years, eastwood said:" great laughter.
Then, talk about Obama's schedule make forces by the end of 2014 home, eastwood, reasonable the question is, "why don't you just brought them home tomorrow morning?"
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