Ros-Lehtinen Attacks Obama for Playing 'Political Games' on Israel

Mitt Romneys presidential campaign continues to turn to leading Republicans from Florida to unload on President Barack Obama. Late Monday, the Romney team called upon U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., the chairwoman of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, to bash Obama for not visiting Israel as president.

Next week, Mitt Romney is traveling to Israel for the fourth time, said Ros-Lehtinen. Meanwhile, Barack Obama has yet to visit Israel as president, even as he has found time to visit numerous other countries around the world, including in the Middle East. We can only speculate about why the president has failed to visit the capital of our closest ally in the region, but we dont need to speculate about the timing of the latest hint from the White House that President Obama will travel to Israel in his second term. Its politically inspired, coming as it does only days before Mitt Romney heads off to Jerusalem. One should not play political games with U.S. foreign policy, particularly at a moment when the Middle East is a tinderbox.