Romney: Obama 'out of touch' on Islamic State, other global threats

Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Sunday ripped into President Obama for his handling of Islamic State militants and other foreign policy decisions, accusing the president several times of being 'out of touch.'

Romney, who lost to Obama in the 2012 presidential elections, eschewed several opportunities during a 'Fox News Sunday' interview to revisit his assertions during the campaign that Russia was the United States' biggest geopolitical threat, considering Moscow's recent foray into Ukraine.

He said he's instead focused on U.S. foreign policy today, including what to do about the rise of Islamic State militants.

'I think the president is really out of touch with reality,' Romney said. 'He's so out of touch with reality that he hasn't taken the necessary steps. ... He's too busy on the golf course. I don't know if you can see the reality from the fairway, but he doesn't see reality.'

Romney said Obama has known for at least a year about the Islamic State threat, yet has taken no action.

'The president has a very different foreign policy than what the United States has had over the past 60 years,' Romney said. 'It's based on common humanity, and humanity is not common. ... Bad people do bad things.'

And he criticized the administration for failing to clearly explain the facts that led up to the Sept. 11, 2012, terror attacks on the U.S. outpost in Benghazi, Libya, in which four Americans were killed.

'This goes on and on,' Romney said. 'This lands at the feet of Hillary Clinton.'

Clinton was secretary of state at the time of the attacks and would be the clear Democratic front-runner should she decide to make a 2016 White House bid.

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