Juan Cole: Romney’s Five Wars
1. The First War: Return to Iraq
Romney is just wrong that there is some sort of secular trend in Iraq toward the kind of violence that had racked the country half a decade ago, and it is wrong to think that the US military was anyway primarily responsible for the end of the mass killings. ... Guys! The Iraqis dont like you. They didnt want you in their country. They didnt give you candy or put garlands around your neck. They killed over 4,000 of your troops, hundreds more of your contractors, and only failed to kill more because they were poorly armed compared to you.
2. War number 2: Syria
Romney apparently wants to get deeply involved in the civil war in Syria. It is not clear why, except that he wants to differentiate himself from Obama. On Libya, he had grudgingly accepted the no-fly zone but called anything beyond that mission creep and mission muddle, and he thought too many resources were going into overthrowing Gaddafi. But apparently he isnt afraid of mission creep were he to put his hand into the Syrian beehive.
But the reason that not only Obama but the entirety of Europe has declined to get involved in Syria is that there is no UN Security Council resolution authorizing the use of force. In its absence, any army that used force except in self defense would be open to being hauled before judges in the Hague or judges in some country where the judiciary claims universal jurisdiction.
3. The Third War is with Iran
Romney couldnt stop Irans nuclear enrichment program if he were president, any more than Obama can. That step would require an invasion and occupation of the country. Simply bombing the facilities would only briefly set them back.
http://www.juancole.com/2012/10/romneys-five-wars.html
more at the link, including Afghanistan and 'small wars'.