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Cavuto: Middle East crisis spirals out of control

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-- -- -- it is out Mitt Romney is campaigning when -- -- to criticize the president and his handling of this latest mideast violence but but.

The president is not witty comments on his challenges -- remarks.

On the way to a campaign fundraisers so the president can raise -- -- Mitt Romney can't raise concerns look.

The president's outrage -- properly focus on dealing with this crisis the blood not outraged now that he's still can't campaign in the middle of this crisis.

I don't fault the president for doing what he has to do we is running for reelection after all.

But he's hardly the -- stand on the shoulders of angels claiming his opponents just about the elected an -- Now memory serves me right then Senator Obama freely -- then President Bush and that so called mistaken war in Iraq.

Well we were still very much warring in Iraq.

Four years earlier so did John Kerry this is hardly new here is what it's getting all sanctimonious about it.

Not -- Republicans didn't like it when Democrats did that.

And I'm sure the Democrats clearly -- no fans of Republicans doing it now that is politics and this pain raids well I think that's politics do.

Because I will say this of Jimmy Carter when he claimed that the Iranian hostage crisis kept him hunkered down -- a white hesitant to -- -- -- else.

He really was hundred out of -- white -- and wasn't doing anything else.

I don't know exactly what he was doing in the act Ted Kennedy was itching to debate and and later Ronald Reagan was it seeing a very eager to engage and but Carter remained a close only one debate that year.

True to his word or may be true to avoiding appearing less than presidential but then again that's strategy really didn't work out too well for Carter did it.

Which might be why Barack Obama isn't exactly copying it.

Saying.

You are all consumed with his mideast crisis.

But not so consumed that you're willing to actually be consumed 24/7 in the White House to deal with -- many.

Kind of had enough of that.

On a white as the dared to -- it Romney opportunistic -- the same time.

Passing up an in person chat with Israel's prime minister that I always amazing -- -- I'm just wondering -- city areas.

-- Because I'm just hearing the First Lady saying that that Americans.

Are the greatest threat to our national security.

-- Not mentioning violent mobs attacking -- and -- Americans abroad might be read it out now it's slightly more urgent threat.

To our national security and -- and -- that is where it's that.

That's that's honesty ever will.

-- well.