Former Aide Says Romney Was Right, Russia Is No. 1 Geopolitical Foe

Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, watches a military exercise at the Rayevsky shooting range at Anapa, a Russian Black Sea resort, on Friday, March 29, 2013. Thousands of Russian troops participated in a mili... Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, watches a military exercise at the Rayevsky shooting range at Anapa, a Russian Black Sea resort, on Friday, March 29, 2013. Thousands of Russian troops participated in a military exercise in the Black Sea on Friday, aimed at showcasing Russia's resurgent military might. Putin attended the drill that also involved 30 navy ships, dozens of combat aircraft and hundreds of armored vehicles. At right is Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. MORE LESS
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Eric Fehrnstrom, a former top aide to Mitt Romney, took to Twitter on Wednesday to claim that the 2012 Republican presidential nominee’s widely mocked claim that Russia is the United States’ “number one geopolitical foe.” 

Fehrnstrom linked to a piece in The Atlantic by Michael Hirsh, who wrote that Romney “actually had things right” about Russia — although the point was made “inartfully.”

During an appearance on CNN last year, Romney said Russia was “without question our number one geopolitical foe” — a remark that President Barack Obama’s campaign used to highlight the Republican’s lack of credibility on national security.

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