Peter Bergen : The White House has been in a state of chaos since the president fired FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday. He says Romney 's problem is Obama set a tough line with drone war , bin Laden mission . Romney said he would not make a `` politically timed retreat '' from Afghanistan , a somewhat mystifying construction , since this year Obama negotiated a well-publicized Strategic Partnership Agreement with the Afghan government that will keep an as-yet-unspecified number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan in an advisory and counterterrorism role until 2024 . Romney made sense on idea of tying Egypt aid to democracy , fulfilling peace treaty , he says . Bergen : Romney trying to create illusion of substantive differences with Obama .
Peter Bergen : The White House has been in a state of chaos since the president fired FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday. He says Romney 's problem is Obama set a tough line with drone war , bin Laden mission . Romney made sense on idea of tying Egypt aid to democracy , fulfilling peace treaty , he says . Bergen : Romney trying to create illusion of substantive differences with Obama .