Mitt Romney Wants America To Be More Like Hezbollah

You don’t find this precious bit every day in American politics. I would entitle it: “Mormon Presidential Hopeful Praises Extremist Shiaa Militia”

These words came after deep reflection..

At a town hall meeting in Iowa last Friday, Mitt Romney offered an eye-catching twist on his usual stump speech when he held up Hezbollah as a model for the effectiveness of using social services as a way to win hearts and minds. “Did you notice in Lebanon what Hezbollah did? Lebanon became a democracy some time ago. And while their government was getting underway, Hezbollah went into southern Lebanon and provided health clinics to some of the people there and schools. And they built their support by having done so,” Romney said. “That kind of diplomacy is something that would help America become stronger around the world and help people understand that our interest is an interest toward modernity and goodness and freedom for all people of the world.”

Ahhh.. So profound