During the heat of the 2012 presidential election Vice President Biden mocked Mitt Romney's foreign policy at a York, Pennsylvania campaign stop, saying, "He [Romney] said it was a mistake to end the war in Iraq and bring all of our warriors home."
The Associated Press report of the campaign event touted Biden's foreign policy credentials and added:
But Biden, a foreign policy heavyweight, also cautioned voters that Romney would adopt a foreign policy that favors confrontation over cooperation.
“He said it was a mistake to end the war in Iraq and bring all of our warriors home,” Biden said of Romney. “He said it was a mistake to set an end date for our warriors in Afghanistan and bring them home. He implies by the speech that he’s ready to go to war in Syria and Iran. “
Romney has forcefully criticized Obama on foreign policy, particularly in the Middle East. He has faulted Obama for allowing the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad to remain in power and has pledged to defend US ally Israel, even if that means strikes on Iran’s suspected nuclear facilities.
During the same speech the so-called "foreign policy heavyweight" also mocked Romney's tough talk about Russia, “He wants to move from cooperation to confrontation with Putin’s Russia. And these guys say the president’s out of touch?”
