In the third presidential debate tonight, Romney claimed that his ties to Israel are stronger than those of President Obama. I don’t think so, and evidently, neither does Israeli President Shimon Peres:
“I think under President Obama we have the best relationship on the issue of security. Never were the security [...] needs better met than today under president Obama.”
Nor does Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak agree with Romney’s assessment:
“I don’t think that anyone can raise any question mark about the devotion of this president to the security of Israel.”
And “Efraim Halevy, former chief of Israel’s spy agency the Mossad, said in two separate interviews on Sunday and Monday that President Obama’s approach toward Iran has been “courageous” and “brave.””:
“Negotiating with Iran is perceived as a sign of beginning to forsake Israel. That is where I think the basic difference is between Romney and Obama. What Romney is doing is mortally destroying any chance of a resolution without war. Therefore when [he recently] said, he doesn’t think there should be a war with Iran, this does not ring true. It is not consistent with other things he has said.”
