Mitt Romney still isn't a big fan of President Obama's
foreign policy, and is now saying Obama has been schooled by Russian
counterpart Vladimir Putin.
"I think Putin has outperformed our president time and
time again on the world stage," Romney told NBC News.
Romney, the Republican nominee who lost the 2012 election to
Obama, cited the examples of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and National
Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, now living under political asylum in
Russia.
"We are, and I've said this before, geopolitical
adversaries" with Russia, Romney told NBC's Peter Alexander. "Not
enemies but adversaries geopolitically. And Putin lines up with Assad and gave
Assad the cover that he needed and won a diplomatic battle with regards to
Syria."
Romney, who is doing interviews in connection with a new
documentary about his presidential campaign, also said Putin "likewise
keeps Edward Snowden as a bit of a stick in the eye at America.
And I think
most observers of the international political scene suggest that Russia has
elevated itself in stature and America has been diminished."
White House spokesman Jay Carney dismissed Romney's
criticism: "I obviously disagree with that."
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