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Mitt Romney Is Over the Top On Barack Obama and Israel

Some of Mitt Romney's campaign statements on foreign policy have been doozies, writes Aaron David Miller, but none seems to be more exaggerated than his assertion in Tampa that Obama has thrown Israel “under the bus.” Miller has been part of five administrations and says no American president has ever (or will ever) throw Israel under the bus.
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney smiles as he arrives onstage to accept the nomination during the final session of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, August 30, 2012.  REUTERS/Adrees Latif (UNITED STATES  - Tags: ELECTIONS POLITICS)

Mitt Romney has made some doozy campaign statements on foreign policy. But none seems to be more over the top than his assertion in Tampa that President Obama has thrown Israel “under the bus.”

The Republican nominee’s comment poses an intriguing question.

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