Mitt Romney visits Western Wall planning tough speech on Iran.

Mitt Romney visits Western Wall planning tough speech on Iran.(Yahoo).JERUSALEM—Mitt Romney made an unannounced visit to the Western Wall in Israel's Old City of Jerusalem Sunday, one of the most sacred sites in Judaism.Arriving on Tisha B'Av, a Jewish day of mourning, Romney was quickly surrounded by dozens of worshipers, some of them Americans.
The candidate and his wife, Ann, parted ways upon arrival at the historic site, also known as the Wailing Wall. Ann Romney went to a part of the wall restricted to women.
Surrounded by Secret Service and machine gun-holding Israeli security on a sunny day, Romney made his way to the wall, greeting and thanking admirers who were shouting their approval for the Republican.
He was met at the wall by a rabbi bearing a map of the site and chatted with him for a minute before taking a slip of paper and making an inscription. Romney put his right hand on the wall and bowed and prayed for about 20 seconds. He then found a clear space in the wall, which is filled with slips of paper, and put it in the crevice. And there's the picture of Mitt Romney putting a note (known as a kvittl) in the Western Wall.Leaving the wall, Romney was given a copy of a book, "Touching the Stone of Our Heritage," by the rabbi.
Dan Senor, a foreign policy adviser to the GOP candidate, said Romney would back Israel if the country launched a unilateral military strike to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear capability—though the campaign was quick to emphasize the candidate is hopeful that diplomatic measures will prevent that from happening. "Gov. Romney believes we should employ any and all measures to dissuade the Iranian regime from its nuclear course, and it is his fervent hope that diplomatic and economic measures will do so," Senor told reporters. "In the final analysis, of course, no option should be excluded. Gov. Romney recognizes Israel's right to defend itself, and that it is right for America to stand with it." While Romney won't directly criticize President Barack Obama or his policies, aides said the speech will argue for a tougher stance against Iran, insisting the option of military action shouldn't be taken off the table. According to excerpts of his remarks released by his campaign, Romney will argue that Iran is testing the world's "moral defenses." They want to know who will object, and who will look away," Romney will say, according to excerpts. "My message to the people of Israel and Iran is one and the same: I will not look away and neither will my country."Netanyahu embraced Romney's aggressive language during a joint appearance with the GOP candidate earlier Sunday. "Mitt, I couldn't agree with you more," Netanyahu said, as the GOP candidate stood at his side. "I think it's important to do everything in our power to prevent the Ayatollahs from possessing that capability. We have to be honest and say that all the sanctions and diplomacy so far have not set back the Iranian program by one iota." The only chance of stopping Iran, Netanyahu said, is a "strong and credible military threat coupled with sanctions." In his speech, Romney will say that those who argue against threatening Iran with military action are actually increasing the threat that there will be a war.Read the full story here and here.