During the [[Syrian Civil War]], Romney called for arming various rebel groups that became [[ISIS]].<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/08/romney-hope-is-not-strategy-in-middle-east/</ref> In a 2012 presidential debate with [[President Obama]], Romney said that [[Russia]] was America's 'number one [[geopolitical]] foe'.<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-election/9168533/Mitt-Romney-Russia-is-Americas-number-one-geopolitical-foe.html</ref> Romney was highly mocked at the time for making such an outlandish statement. However, within two years, after [[Russian Federation]] [[President Vladimir Putin]] embarrassed [[Barack Obama]] for Obama's failed attempt to take over the [[Sevastopol]] Naval Base for [[NATO]] during the [[US]]-backed [[Maidan coup]], millions of [[Democrat]]s and other [[bigot]]s jumped on Romney's [[paranoid]] [[Russophobic]] bandwagon. | During the [[Syrian Civil War]], Romney called for arming various rebel groups that became [[ISIS]].<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/08/romney-hope-is-not-strategy-in-middle-east/</ref> In a 2012 presidential debate with [[President Obama]], Romney said that [[Russia]] was America's 'number one [[geopolitical]] foe'.<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-election/9168533/Mitt-Romney-Russia-is-Americas-number-one-geopolitical-foe.html</ref> Romney was highly mocked at the time for making such an outlandish statement. However, within two years, after [[Russian Federation]] [[President Vladimir Putin]] embarrassed [[Barack Obama]] for Obama's failed attempt to take over the [[Sevastopol]] Naval Base for [[NATO]] during the [[US]]-backed [[Maidan coup]], millions of [[Democrat]]s and other [[bigot]]s jumped on Romney's [[paranoid]] [[Russophobic]] bandwagon. |