While the average American has abysmal knowledge of world affairs, and the Presidential Debate on foreign policy doesn’t really stack the cards for any candidate, it provides us a snap shot of how the next four years might pan out in terms of security problems, economic and military aid and general American interests with reference to Pakistan.
The third and final US Presidential Debate on foreign policy this week saw a surprising departure from the general norm of the challenger trying to goad the incumbent. President Obama spent most of his time discrediting Romney’s statement and trying to prove that Romney did not have ‘clarity of leadership’ or a solid plan with respect to the rest of the world, and Pakistan. Romney on the other hand chose not to criticize Obama on most issues and agreed with many of his foreign policies, except his stance on Iran and Russia. He said that Obama had ignored Israel on his trip to countries in the Middle East, and ‘they had noticed’. He reiterated that Israel was America’s greatest ally in the region and in the event that another country went to war against Israel, American would stand by it diplomatically and militarily. This statement was made especially in the context of Iran’s nuclear program. Romney was of the view that the US must tighten sanctions against the Iran and take a hard line approach towards Iran’s attempts to gain nuclear capability, as it was a direct threat to Israel and United States. The strategy he wanted to use was to impose crippling sanctions and isolate Iran diplomatically.
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