Debate Raises Troubling Questions About Obama's Conduct of Foreign Policy

Debate Raises Troubling Questions About Obama's Conduct of Foreign Policy

Mitt Romney's foreign policy address has shifted some of the discussion to foreign affairs.  In that context, there are three facets of Obama's performance in last Wednesday's debate that raise troubling questions:

(1) Is this how he copes under pressure from (or with surprises from) foreign leaders?

David Axelrod has tried to promote the narrative that the President's poor performance is attributable to having been "taken aback at the brazenness" of Mitt Romney's supposed policy shifts (in fact, the shell-shock came from Obama being confronted by Romney's actual positions, rather than the untruths and distortions the Obama team has...