Mitt Romney Praises Hezbollah

While I’m not a Romney supporter and he probably deserves a bit of criticism for his example, Romney is citing a tactic that the the US has used in every war since WWII, one that provides medical services to the local population to win their support.
As I’ve seen a few commenters at other sites aptly note, Pam’s title is very misleading. But what appears to have gone over Pam’s head is the fact that Romney wasn’t praising Hezbollah’s healthcare system, he was pointing out how they use healthcare as diplomacy to win people over – which is exactly how they operate.
Sure,he indeed said it clumsily and obviously didn’t get his point across very well since people, including Pam, are misunderstanding why he brought it up.

Hyscience, historic analogies often fail but I will give you one nonetheless. When the Nazi party / Herr Hitler took power in Germany, January 1933, it was not long before they brought Germany from depression to prosperity, all the while the American economy languished under FDR. Would it have been prudent for his Republican opponent, Governor Landon, to point to the movement’s success in Germany to make political a point?

Romney stated a fact, why are facts so threatening Pamela? It’s true that is why Hezbollah has a lot of support in that area and Romney is saying if the US did similar things, it could take the opportunity away from terrorist groups to do garner such support.
I don’t support Romney but there’s nothing wrong with this statement. We need to use our brains more and not be so emotionally reactive, one reason why the Republican party is imploding on itself, because we’re all so darn emotional and are becoming disconnected from facts and reality.

Related: DhiMITTude http://zillablog.marezilla.com/2011/12/dhimittude.html
Mittens is nearly as bad as Caliph Obama and islamoblow Chris Christie.

That’s an idiotic take on it, Pamela. You are sounding like a Kennedy-Obama lib when you take a portion of a sound bite out of context and use it against a Republican candidate. He wasn’t praising or supporting Hezbullah. That’s a vicious lie, or a “NewtTruth”. He was pointing out how the US loses out to Hezbullah by allowing them to win the hearts and minds of a populace by being a “charity”. This is the entire nonsense about “political and charitable” wings of terrorist orgs vs their “military” wings. I truly question why you have to lie about Romney to support the adulterer-in-chief who takes money from Freddie Mac to serve as an “historian” and, like Obama, has never previously held an executive position – Newt the Anti-Capitalist has only been an assistant professor, a congressman and a lobbyist – yet has made millions bloviating and selling his influence. But I guess your site will start becoming an attack zone for John Bolton next, because he clearly believes that Mitt has what it takes to be President. When you support a populist like Newt, you’re subject to be abandoned (like a spouse with an illness) when he decides Pelosi looks better than you and his hormones demand that he spend some time on the couch with her praising Al Gore. Just like Newt is getting ready to sit down with Al Sharpton soon in New York. The guy cannot be trusted to govern consistently – the people who actually worked with him in the Congress decided to throw him out of leadership. He can’t even keep a political team loyal to him. Princess Callista wouldn’t be denied a cruise to Greece last summer, so Newt’s team quit over his boneheadedness. He wants to be royalty, the American Caliph. He’s playing you and everyone else who thinks that America wants another big-ego professor to do a CEO’s job. Newt=Obama 2nd Term. Newt is the Republican Ralph Nader. And the debate last night shows that Newt can be shut up when you actually call him on his ridiculous assertions that he wasn’t a lobbyist and apologist for big government Freddie Mac. Obama will walk all over him.

@Pedohammed: First, thanks for hooking us up with NewsBusters.org. I’m just one of many who had no idea that they were even online. Second, Fareed Zakaria is a perfect example of what’s wrong with allowing a foreign power to be in control of (even decreasingly significant) information resources. Mr. Zakaria belongs in a cage in Guantanamo along with his racist Saudi puppet-masters.
@Kari: Exactly. Even in 2007, Mitt could have asked Bridgette Gabriel for information about Hellzbullah in southern Lebanon. Mitt’s lack of understanding is alarming – or has he been bought?
@Steve: Thank you!
KAFIR AND PROUD!!

@keith – “Character counts”. Romney didn’t sit on a couch with Nancy Pelosi praising Al Gore’s enviro-myth accomplishments. Romney made investments and earned money and employed people. He didn’t get paid off by big government Freddie Mac to peddle his influence and pretend he was an “historian” to skirt registering as a lobbyist. You and I paid Newt to be an “historian”. And Romney didn’t abandon his wife when she developed MS like Newt’s second wife, or cheat on his wife for 6 years and then spring an “open marriage” request on her in lieu of yet another divorce. Newt is a serial adulterer and cheater who will cheat on conservatives with Nancy Pelosi. Yes “Character Counts” – I wouldn’t trust Newt with the helm of the country – he’d run it into the rocks like a Costa Cruise captain trying to showboat for attention, and then “trip” into a lifeboat of being an influence-peddling “historian” when he gets sacked (yet again). A vote for Newt is a vote for Obama’s 2nd Term.

@Walter – I will grant you that Newt Gingrich is the candidate who most resembles William Howard Taft.

Yeah, Mitt Romney is so electable that he lost to McCain, his comrade, who lost to Obama!.
Please…

Someone further up commented that Romney may not have got his point across very well (referring to the video clip in the op). Well, the USA folk can’t afford someone who isn’t consistently articulate.
To win this battle against Obama and the Dems, you need an intelligent and articulate savvy person – you can’t afford to have someone who falters, or trips up, or who can not get his views and points across cos he’s having a bad hair day.
Gingrich doesn’t have a problem with intelligently articulating his views/opinions, he is consistent.
This is such an important time for the USA and the rest of the World. The USA can not afford to take chances and lose this election.

Calling it a ‘Health Care System’ is misleading. Romney should have put a caveat on his statement. They basically bribed the locals to protect themselves and support their attacks on Israel.
And Romney sure does not understand Islam or jihad.

I have to agree with some of the former comments, Pam. When I saw the headline and the highlighted sections of your piece I was afraid I was going to see a Jihadi appology coming from Mitt and that wasn’t the case at all. I would have been surprised because he has been consistent in his support of Israel and his condemnation of Islamic extremism. You also implied that he is referencing the Obamacare system, when he was referring to the system of health care in place under Bush. Don’t let Ann Coulter get under your skin, I saw the interview too and I was just as astonished at some of the ridiculous points she was making. But then again she only wanted Christie and Christie came out early and strong for Romney so I’m not surprised.

Kari at 09:28 AM, Mitt Romney has a history of apologizing for Islam. Did you see the December 10 Iowa debate where he took the side of the Palestinian killers against Gingrich who rightly said they are terrorists?

Harry at 09:51 AM, why praise a genocidal / racist organization, movement or party? Romney says Obama is a nice guy who loves his country. He is? He does? What’s with this man?

KeithMahone (aka Charles Martel) at 10:13 AM, there are many flawed men who have pretty good leaders in certain respects. FDR reportedly had numerous affairs with secretaries, etc. Churchill’s wife Clementine had at least one extra-marital affair as did Churchill. No one is condoning this bad behavior. For all we know Obama is a first-class husband and father. Churchill foolishly supported Edward VIII in his abdication crisis. Edward was a Nazi-sympathizer. Both Churchill and FDR (albeit he was a socialist) went on to be pretty decent war-time leaders with some exceptions.

Yes Coulter has gone off the deep end. Here she is at CPAC this year saying that we should elect Christie or we will get Romnewy and he will lose to OBAMA!!! She has as much cred as…. well, as Romney! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo6SOpOE788

“It is instead an entirely different entity. In no way do I suggest it is a part of Islam….” Typical cowardly response.
Sorry, Mittens – you are clueless on this subject and not fit for command whatsoever.

Obama Administration US foreign aid and diplomacy policies as well as UN health programs are all infected with the abortion and LBGT agenda propaganda and goals.
The US funds AIDS treatment with one hand, while promoting sexual orientations and activities that cause a 44 times greater increase the incidence of AIDS and the highest risk of all other STDs according to the latest CDC report. This is an example of liberal disconnect with reality. It is the height of insanity and dishonesty. Sentiment, not science; politics, not prudence, determines Obama/liberal foreign and domestic policy.
Romney as a governor did not resist these groups, but at every turn has given into and accommodated them.
His record is liberal, but he is being run as a conservative, backed by the Republican establishment.
Conservatives aren’t buying it.

I actually wanted to point out the obscene absurdity of this article dear Pam. But look at that, others already did it for me. I hope you do read the comments, probably you do. So next time, don’t take your readers for a bunch of brainless lemmings, will you? People are smarter then you think. You may be on the ‘keep America dumb’ payroll, but there has to be a line somewhere.

thanks for the ifno, Geller. hissollah is a terror group committed to the destruction of Israel (and the United States).

Ann Coulter has been getting on my nerves lately. Her constant fawning over that fat stealth jihadist Christie is more than I can take. She opposed McCain for being a RINO but somehow Christie is acceptable. Where is the logic?

Romney is promoting JIZYA to keep muslims from hating the West..
it’s that simple..

NEW YORK — New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says police used terrible judgment when they showed a film about Muslims during counterterrorism training seminars.
http://www.policeone.com/training/articles/4968853-Mayor-blasts-use-of-The-Third-Jihad-during-NYPD-training/

“As far as I am concerned Romney sounded no different from Obama. Answering this question proved he is a major RHINO.”
Right to the point! He indeed sounds not so much different from Obama. This guy stands for nothing. The more he smiles and the more recites his bland
slogans, the more you wonder who is this guy on stage and what really is under his skin.
He is too plastic and is too flexible. If his supporters want gay rights, then he will fight for gay rights. If global warming seems to be a concern, then he will fight for the reducing carbon emissions. He is a clueless on Islam and clueless on domestic Islamic terrorism.
If elected, we get another four years of Obama not being in office.

VOTE NEWT!!!! AT least he has a pair of balls. And he speaks well, for a white man.