
Entry 065Oct 22, 2012
“And the 1980s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back, because the cold war has been over for 20 years.”65
65Barack Obama, President of the United States (candidate for reelection), Third presidential debate, Lynn University, Boca Raton, Florida, October 22, 2012. Source
Why it’s on the record. Russia annexed Crimea in March 2014. On March 27, 2014, the UN General Assembly affirmed Ukraine's territorial integrity (Resolution 68/262). Russia then interfered in the 2016 U.S. election and invaded Ukraine in full in February 2022.
On the record
Obama mocked Mitt Romney for calling Russia America's 'number one geopolitical foe.'
- Said by
- Barack Obama, President of the United States (candidate for reelection)
- Where
- Third presidential debate, Lynn University, Boca Raton, Florida
- When
- Oct 22, 2012
- Source
- Third presidential debate, Lynn University, Boca Raton, Florida, October 22, 2012