If he is to lead our country , or even just his party , Romney must move past applause lines and catch up to a world that has moved on from Cold War-style fear mongering and feckless grandstanding . Chris Coons : Romney 's speech was empty rhetoric cloaked in patriotic bravado . Coons : He promises radically increased military spending without clarity about mission . Romney 's foreign policy team , he writes , are Bush / Cheney neocons who got U.S. into Iraq . Coons : We must get past applause tactics and into Iraq War - style fear tactics .
Chris Coons : Romney 's speech was empty rhetoric cloaked in patriotic bravado . Coons : He promises radically increased military spending without clarity about mission . Romney 's foreign policy team , he writes , are Bush / Cheney neocons who got U.S. into Iraq . Coons : We must get past applause tactics and into Iraq War - style fear tactics .