We already know that Romney supports a U.S. war against Iran. He will initiate it if Iran doesn’t do what the U.S. says. Now Romney has come even more clearly out into the open in support of war against Iran. He’s in Jerusalem having talks with Netanyahu and Peres. His top national security aide is Dan Senor, a neoconservative warmonger. Senor said “If Israel has to take action on its own, in order to stop Iran from developing that capability, the governor would respect that decision.” Senor also has called for arming the Assad opposition in Syria.
Romney and the rest of the neoconservative warmongers are intent on American global dominance by force of arms. Romney’s slogan for foreign policy on his web site is “Foreign Policy: An American Century.”
Romney likes the idea of unity. Here are some examples.
Senor has said about Romney: “He feels strongly about the importance of locking arms with a number of these leaders. In the case of Israel, he feels strongly that threats to Israel are threats to America.” Romney sees Israel and America as one. The headline to the article with this quote characterized Romney as seeking “unity with Israel and European allies.”
Romney’s thinking fuses America and what he calls the “international system” into one entity, to be secured by American “strength” and “power.” He claims “It is only American power—conceived in the broadest terms—that can provide the foundation for an international system that ensures the security and prosperity of the United States and our friends and allies.”
Romney also fuses religion and the state, or replaces God with the state, when he claims “The ‘last best hope of earth’ was what Abraham Lincoln called our country. Mitt Romney believes in fulfilling the promise of Lincoln’s words and will defend America abroad in word and in deed.”
After the Aurora killings, Romney’s call to “come together” was headlined as a call to “unity.”
In my opinion, people who are hung up on unity and togetherness are inclined to downplay individuality and the person in favor of groups and abstract aggregations. They are more inclined to want to dominate and homogenize people, using force if they can. In the extreme case, we get Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer—One People, One Nation, One Leader.
Obama is not much different. He’s just more cute with his.
