Charting Romney's positions on the issues is a daunting task. In fact, I had to scale efforts down considerably when realizing the monolithic rabbit hole being encountered... reminiscent of the rabbit warren in Watership Down.
To illustrate the difficulty of tracking Romney's ever-changing stances, take a look at some of what he's said on foreign policy (charted by date):
ROMNEY'S FOREIGN POLICY QUOTES (LISTED & CHARTED CHRONOLOGICALLY):
“The president's failure to secure an agreement and maintain 10,000 to 30,000 troops in Iraq has to be one of his signature failures.” (1) Dec 22, 2011
“President Putin has returned to some of the more heated rhetoric of the past, I think he endangers the stability and peacefulness of the globe.” (2) Dec 23, 2011
“Ultimately, the independence and the security of Afghanistan is going to have to be secured & maintained by the Afghans themselves. We're not going to stay there forever.” (3) Mar 18, 2012
“[Russia] is without question our No. 1 geopolitical foe” (4) Mar 26, 2012
“As president, my goal in Afghanistan will be to complete a successful transition to Afghan security forces by the end of 2014.” (5) Jul 24, 2012
“It’s disgraceful that the Obama administration’s first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions, but to sympathise with those who waged the attacks.” (6) Sep 11, 2012
“I will support friends across the Middle East who share our values.” (7) Oct 8, 2012
“America has a proud history of strong, confident, principled global leadership – a history that has been written by patriots of both parties.” (8) Oct 8, 2012
“I will roll back President Obama's deep and arbitrary cuts to our national defense.” (9) Oct 8, 2012
“We can't kill our way out of this mess [in the Middle East]. We don't want another Iraq, we don't want another Afghanistan.” (10) Oct 23, 2012How the heck can one man testify to holding so many positions on a single issue?