Paul Ryan cited two foreign policy principles when describing how a Romney-Ryan administration would handle the attacks on the U.S. embassy in Libya differently from the Obama administration at a town hall event in Wisconsin Wednesday. Ryan said the Obama administration was timid, and on the wrong foreign policy path.
“Peace through strength works,” Ryan said.
Ryan said the U.S. should be doing more to make its values known abroad.
It is very important that a president speak with a singular voice representing our principles and our values. We don’t want people around the world wondering what our values are …
Point No. 2, if you show weakness, if you show moral equivocation, then foreign policy adventurism among our adversaries will increase. We do not want a world climate where our adversaries are so tempted to test us and our allies are worried about trusting us. That is unfortunately the path we’re on right now. And I really worry about that.
