Mitt Romney continues his derision of Russia today with an op-ed today bashing Dmitry Medvedev–while also, naturally, accusing Barack Obama of going soft on our rivals. (“[A] sad replay of Jimmy Carter’s bungling at a moment when the United States needs the backbone and courage of a Ronald Reagan,” Romney writes.) Romney lists several reasons to mistrust the Russians, from missile defense to Iran. But he missed the chance to zing Obama’s progress with the Russians on the subject of the conference that brought Obama all the way to South Korea this week. Here’s the Wall Street Journal‘s reporting from the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit:
Associated Press is reporting that Iran hasn’t accepted–nor has it rejected–the plan negotiated in Vienna to have its uranium enriched for medical use in France or Russia. The Iranians instead propose that they be allowed to purchase the enriched uranium. There are two ways to look at this reaction: as a haggle or a stall.
