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)--- In his speech at the closing night of the Republican National Convention, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney accused his rival President Barack Obama of 'throwing allies like Israel under the bus.'
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TAMPA (EJP)---In his speech at the closing night of the Republican National Convention, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney accused his rival President Barack Obama of 'throwing allies like Israel under the bus.'
The President, he said, had "thrown allies like Israel under the bus, even as he relaxed sanctions on Castro’s Cuba. He abandoned our friends in Poland by walking away from our missile defense committments, but is eager to give Russia’s President Putin the flexibility he desires."
In his speech officially accepting the nomination of the Republican party, in Tampa, Florida, Romney also said that every American "is less secure today because he (the President) has failed to slow Iran’s nuclear threat."
He declared: "Every American was relieved the day President Obama gave the order, and Seal Team Six took out Osama bin Laden. But on another front, every American is less secure today because he has failed to slow Iran’s nuclear threat. In his first TV interview as president, he said we should talk to Iran. We’re still talking, and Iran’s centrifuges are still spinning."
On the eve of Romney’s speech, Paul Ryan slammed President Barack Obama for worsening America’s position in the world and hurting its relationships with allies, as he accepted the Republican nomination for vice president.
John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee in 2008, ttacked Obama for not doing more to help Iranians rising up against their leaders in 2009.
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"The president missed a historic opportunity to put his full support behind an Iranian revolution," he said in his speech. McCain also criticized the man who bested him for causing allies "to doubt America’s leadership."
He particularly singled out Israel, which faces "an existential threat," as an ally who has been threatened by Obama’s policies. The crowd cheered loudly at the mention of the Jewish state.
Following McCain’s address, a video showed highlights of Mitt Romney’s recent trip to Israel.
The crowd applauded when Romney was shown declaring that "America will always stand with a free and strong Israel" and when he called Jerusalem the capital of Israel.