Gov. Rick Perry, wading into foreign policy, is calling the Obama administration's actions today on Syria "long overdue."
This morning, for the first time, President Obama called for President Bashar al-Assad to step down, after a brutal crackdown on his own people. The White House also announced that it has frozen Syrian assets, and will impose other new sanctions to pressure Assad.
"President Assad, he's threatened the safety and security not only of the Syrian people but the surrounding world there, as well," Perry said during a campaign stop at a company in Pembroke, N.H., that makes custom modular homes. "He supports terrorist organizations like Hezbollah and Hamas and he threatens the security and stability of the entire Middle East.
"Today's action is long overdue, and every diplomatic option should be brought to bear to prevent President Assad from wrecking further violence on the people of that region."
Rival Mitt Romney also called Obama's action overdue.
"It has taken President Obama far too long to speak out forcefully against Assad and his vicious crackdown in Syria," he said in a statement issued by his campaign in which he said that Obama's soft stance on Assad emboldened the strongman and discouraged dissidents. "America must show leadership on the world stage and work to move these developing nations toward modernity. This means using the bullhorn of the presidency and not remaining silent for too long while voices of freedom and dissent are under attack."
Source: http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/08/perry-and-romney-obama-tardy-i.html
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