10 Foreign-policy flashpoints in GOP platform

Published: August 27, 2012 -  http://www.newsday.com/opinion/oped/friedman-10-foreign-policy-flashpoints-in-gop-platform-1.3929267

By URI FRIEDMAN, Foreign Policy magazine WASHINGTON -- This week at the Republican National Convention
, delegates won't just be nominating a presidential candidate; they'll be voting on a 60-page policy platform prepared earlier this week in Tampa, Fla., by 112 Republican delegates. The platform, which won't be publicly released until Monday (Politico discovered a draft that was briefly posted online on Friday), has mainly attracted attention so far for its anti-abortion language.