Romney responds to Hezbollah remarks

Candidate said U.S. should emulate terrorist group's social work WORLDNETDAILY - August 3, 2007 Responding to attention drawn to his assertion Hezbollah's social welfare efforts in southern Lebanon should be a model for the U.S., the campaign of Gov. Mitt Romney issued a statement reaffirming the Republican presidential candidate disdain of the terrorist organization. "Governor Romney believes that bloodthirsty terrorist organizations like Hezbollah and Hamas have smothered the progress of the people and nations where they have built their networks, Lebanon serving as an example," the statement said. In a campaign stop in Iowa last weekend broadcast by C-Span, Romney was asked what he would do as president to "restore the sense of goodwill toward America." "Did you notice in Lebanon what Hezbollah did?" the former Massachusetts governor asked. "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." 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 towards modernity and goodness and freedom for all people in the world. And so, I want to see America carry out that kind of health diplomacy." - - - - http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56994 FAIR USE NOTICE: This blog contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of religious, environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.