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How effective was Romney's foreign policy speech?

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    Fox News national security analyst K.T. McFarland weighs in

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So this caught our attention in the governor's speech today.

In Egypt I'll use our influence including clear conditions on our game.

To urge the new government to represented all egyptians.

To build -- democratic institutions.

And to maintain its peace treaty with Israel.

Fox News national security analyst KT McFarland KP what did you think of -- like the speech.

I have been waiting over twenty years for this speech he was channeling Ronald Reagan.

He was making a speech that talked about not just a pretty words but -- policies to back it up where he understands that America can use its economic power.

To influence events to help shape world events or use our economic power and a sense of foreign -- if we're going to -- it why -- something back forward.

But at the same time he talked about American military and he talked about for example -- an aircraft carrier groups.

In eastern -- in the golf using economic warfare against Iran using sanctions tighten sanctions.

He realizes -- like -- -- that notion have peace through strength isn't -- throwaway line.

It means have a strong military -- you never have to use it because nobody picks a fight with you.

Peace and try to calculate that -- sort of another piece of sound as.

Can you cue up the Egypt -- he talks about cutting off aid to Egypt if we need to listen.

All that was in the tropics aren't.

We also have one where he talked about potentially.

How did how we should deal with Libya right well you are you satisfied with what you're.

I'm indicate I think what he's talked about doing -- understanding that advance it happened I mean he wasn't angry he didn't say.

-- bombing ended this drawing you did that -- you did this wrong he said these are the advance and now we're going to use some are going to shape -- going to use our.

Institutions of -- democracy going Eric and I are.

Paris didn't take a listen to it impact.

The blame for the murder of our people in Libya and the attacks on our embassies in so many other countries.

Lies solely with those who carried them out no one else.

But it is our responsibility.

And the responsibility the president to use America's greatest power to shape history.

Not to lead from behind.

Leaving our density at the mercy of a -- -- There are two examples when country's fallen revolutions happen one -- a Jimmy Carter example.

With the fall of the Shah of Iran that we helped bring down the Shah of Iran and then afterwards Jimmy Carter said let events take their own course what we know what happened with around it should have been an enemy of ours for thirty years on the other hand -- and after the fall of the iron curtain used American power to help -- shape their institutions of democracy free press.

Job independent judicial review and look what we have now we have survivor's strongest allies.

Other European countries he -- your putting pressure so I think Reagan sparking -- -- me rob me of Reagan are two syllables I think he's throwing channeling rate.

And if you take a listen to the Obama is that the -- -- -- campaign are super -- to put out but it's and it's it's an -- Talking about Romney's.

Foreign policy experience and -- Reckless and amateurish and that's what news media and fellow Republicans called Mitt Romney's gaffe filled July tour of England Israel and Poland.

And our US diplomats were attacked in Libya the New York Times -- Romney's knee jerk response showed an extraordinary lack of presidential character.

And even Republican expert said Romney's remarks were the worst possible reaction to what happen.

Only amateurs.

In the -- of everybody amateurish when they wanna put him down.

-- -- -- and make a few mistakes and he went here sure but that's you know that's sort of what happens first time out of box.

I think that the policies -- in the substance.

Are what really makes a difference is just pretty speeches with nothing to back them up.

And the other hand it's not just using American military to sort of push our way around the world and so -- found the speech actually really phenomenal.

And I are kind of commander for doing right now -- The thing -- asked that produces put together -- we -- this over the weekend this is the Israeli via air force knocking down a drone and I believe they I don't think they've announced where the -- came from a watch this.

So you can see -- right here chaos it takes it out of here.

What is the what what's the message I mean message -- we have a lot of firepower what's the message on the timing of releasing that video right there.

It's a couple of things one is Iranians.

We think did take that -- Americans are honest downer for Afghanistan and reconfigured it.

Stated probably Feyerick that they may have loaded -- given it to Hezbollah's southern Lebanon they probably fired it was a test run.

To see if it worked in the Israeli defense system work any Israeli defense system work.

Now and he.

It Israelis you're watching what's going on here politically.

Was anything political ball releasing that that video.

You know -- -- from the timing of our Israel's right to release a record for an election now I don't think so I think -- was -- -- the point that Israel has the ability to shoot down browns -- coming his way and has the ability to defend itself -- -- -- you can do -- they're keeping the -- thank you so much you -- pres Obama.

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