Arab Spring Obama vs. Romney

Obama appears to have reached three conclusions about the Arab Spring. It represented a genuine and liberal democratic rising that might replace regimes. American opposition to these risings might result in the emergence of anti-American regimes in these countries. The United States must embrace the general idea of the Arab risings but be selective in specific cases; thus, it should support the rising in Egypt, but not necessarily in Bahrain. (Friedman) He has went to reconcile Israel that has no intention of returning to the geopolitically vulnerable borders of 1967 with a Hamas with no intention of publicly acknowledging Israel’s right to exist with Fatah hanging in the middle. Obama's plan is saying, we must take risks in the short run to be on the right side of history in the long run. “If you look around the world and say, ‘Have things become better or become worse under President Obama?’, you know the answer. They’ve become much worse,” he said. (Eldridge)  Romney does not have aspecific stance on what he plans to do upon implementing change pertaining to that of the Arab Spring. He basically blames Obama for everything and says it is, "out of control in some respects because the president was not as strong as he needed to be in encouraging our friends to move toward representative forms of government."