NEW SECRET VIDEO: On Israel, Romney Trashes Two-State Solution

[TroyD]

By David Corn | Tue Sep. 18, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

At a private fundraiser, the GOP candidate calls Middle East peace "almost unthinkable" and says he would "kick the ball down the field."

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/09/romney-secret-video-israeli-palestinian-middle-east-peace

[Firebrand Gary]

1. K&R

[powergirl]

2. Does Mitten's BFF, BiBi Netanyahu like the ole "kick the ball down the field" strategy

Maybe that didn't come up on Mitten's tour of of Israel???

[ChairmanAgnostic]

15. He also admits that netenyahu's top advisors are advising him.

If that doesn't scare people, I don't know what can.

[TroyD]

18. Is that acceptable?

Should advisers from another country's government be part of a U.S. Presidential campaign?

[Inuca]

21. Actually I think it's the other way around

meaning Netanayahu using US advisors.

[TroyD]

3. More detailed excerpt from Mother Jones

Romney spoke of "the Palestinians" as a united bloc of one mindset, and he said: "I look at the Palestinians not wanting to see peace anyway, for political purposes, committed to the destruction and elimination of Israel, and these thorny issues, and I say there's just no way."

Romney was indicating he did not believe in the peace process and, as president, would aim to postpone significant action: "[S]o what you do is, you say, you move things along the best way you can. You hope for some degree of stability, but you recognize that this is going to remain an unsolved problem…and we kick the ball down the field and hope that ultimately, somehow, something will happen and resolve it."

Romney did note there was another perspective on this knotty matter. He informed his donors that a former secretary of state—he would not say who—had told him there was "a prospect for a settlement between the Palestinians and the Israelis." Romney recalled that he had replied, "Really?" Then he added that he had not asked this ex-secretary of state for further explanation.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/09/romney-secret-video-israeli-palestinian-middle-east-peace

[tavalon]

10. He didn't ask because he doesn't care.

[hlthe2b]

4. Damn... How frightening that this cretin could get this close to the WH

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

30. Amazing isnt it? GObama!

[avebury]

5. You have to wonder what else David Corn may have

on video from this fund raiser. It will be interesting to see how this latest revelation is received. On Morning Joe they were commenting this morning that holding a hastily called press conference at 10pm at night is never a good sign.

[maryellen99]

24. The N word?

Do you think Mitt has used it at one of these fundraisers knowing that they were secret and it would never be made public?

[treestar]

6. He wants another war

What does war resolve exactly?

And going by what he says here, Israel never has to be satisfied - they can always be guarding themselves from their nearest neighbor with the same excuse, even if they manage to get all of Palestine, they still border Arab countries. Maybe they should have taken an island for their nation.

[PCIntern]

8. right...

and then it would be blockaded, everyone would be saying "that's ours and we want it back." Hell, if they'd been given the planet Mars, everyone would be claiming it as their homeland after the Jews got it up and running and gold and diamonds were found and the oranges grew to be the size of canteloupes, and they figured out how to fly them back to Earth cheaply and without spoiling.

In fact Madagascar WAS a consideration...rejected for a variety of reasons.

[treestar]

41. Mars, not so

Madagascar would have worked out better.

[Historic NY]

7. Really sad.

[tavalon]

9. I have got to learn how to imbed videos

I linked mine to the page but yours is much more accessible. Kudos.

[Heather MC]

11. You just paste the url. it should automatically embed

the YouTube. video

[tavalon]

14. I tried that

It worked the other night. Tonight, no go. My browser was pretending that I didn't copy the URL or I actually didn't copy the URL or I have gremlins. Annoying.

[Heather MC]

35. Ok try this

Go to a YouTube Video that is already posted on DU.
Right Click on the VID so the menu pops up. Click on "Copy embed URL"

paste that
<iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.you tube.com/embed/w3gapBh_yqk?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Then replace the URL with the url you are trying to post, see if that works!

If it doesn't work my only other idea is to bounce the computer outta the window!

[tavalon]

38. OMG, I think you just asked me to do some HTML

I'm not sure as my eyes glazed until I saw the part about the computer out the window. Made me laugh.

Thanks for trying to help, though. Eventually, this luddite will get it.

[Heather MC]

43. Opps sorry I think everyone is a code nerd like me LOL

I forget about the people in the real world

[davidpdx]

12. So he's meddling in foreign affairs with a former SOS

while he's a candidate. Where have we seen this happen before?

[TroyD]

17. Wonder who the former SOS is?

Last edited Tue Sep 18, 2012, 08:06 AM - Edit history (1)

There are only so many possibilities.

If this conversation happened within the past year, and if it was with a Republican, it would probably have to be one of:

Colin Powell

Condoleeza Rice

George Shultz

Henry Kissinger

James Baker

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Lawrence Eagleburger and Alexander Haig are recently deceased, so unless they talked to Romney before they died, it's unlikely to be them.

[LiberalFighter]

22. Seamus

[tavalon]

39. Oh, fuck, you made me spew water out of my nose

Damn it!

[unc70]

23. Romney said "he", so not Condi

[TroyD]

32. Didn't notice that, thanks

I guess it's down to James Baker, George Shultz, Henry Kissinger or Colin Powell.

[Tom Rinaldo]

13. Mitt Romney on the need for strong U.S. leadership in the Middle East:

"...we kick the ball down the field and hope that ultimately, somehow, something will happen and resolve it."

[get the red out]

16. There's some leadership for you!

He's got no leadership skills at all, nor does he want any. He has no ideas either. He wants two things, to get more $$$ for his rich cronies and to be crowned President and run around with people standing at attention at his appearance all day. That's it. He's GOT NOTHING TO GIVE, but he's got plenty he wants to take, from us and our country and even the whole world.

What a miserable excuse for a human being.

[Botany]

19. So he is against a lasting peace in the middle east?

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

29. Why, not at all...

After we kill all the Arabs, all will be peaceful.

[Strat0]

20. Maybe that's something you want to delve into...

idiot.

[MissNostalgia]

25. Wow So Scary

If Mitt wins he will basically be a puppet like Bush. Yet unlike Bush who had Cheney pulling the strings, Mitt will have several puppeteers.

[BeyondGeography]

26. He is weak-willed when it comes to anything other than stealing money

and obviously very close-minded. Terrible traits for the presidency, but, fortunately, he won't even sniff it.

[mucifer]

27. Are there going to be more videos released?

[TroyD]

28. Yes, I believe so

I think David Corn said on Rachel Maddow last night that the full dinner fundraiser was an hour to an hour & a half and that there would be several more excerpts released in the days to come.

[Bohunk68]

31. Corn was on one of the Current TV programs

last night and stated that there is close to an hour and a half, and that more would be released.

[Bohunk68]

34. You're right.

It was on Rachel. I usually listen to Current TV and whoops, had switched over. I briefly caught a bit of Dead Intern Joe Scum this am and all they were talking about was how to change the campaign, not the substance. Shifted quickly over to Bill Press and now have to do something to disinfect my tv.

[Vietnameravet]

36. Maybe there is a prospect for peace..but

but like G Bush and the memo about "OBL determined to strike in the US", he didnt bother to "delve into" it..

[graywarrior]

37. I hope Brad Pitt was in the kitchen making coffee

[TroyD]

40. Why Brad Pitt? n/t

[graywarrior]

42. Fight Club