Christie eyes a ‘military approach’ to China

[deminks]

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/christie-eyes-military-approach-china

When it comes to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s (R) foreign policy, one of the first anecdotes that comes to mind unfolded last fall, soon after Russian forces entered Crimea. The Republican governor was asked for his thoughts, and as regular readers may recall, it’s didn’t go well.

The New York Times reported at the time that the governor, “usually known for his oratorical sure-footedness, offered a wobbly reply, displaying little grasp of the facts.” One of the Republican activists in the room described Christie’s response as “disturbingly heavy on swagger and light on substance.” Another called it “uncomfortable to watch.”

The New Jersey governor’s pitch, in effect, was that Vladimir Putin wouldn’t take such provocative steps if Christie were president because the Russian leader would be so intimidated by the Republican’s bluster. “I don’t believe, given who I am, that he would make the same judgment,” Christie said.

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Christie called for a “military approach” to China’s advances to “let them know there are limits to what they’re allowed to do.”

According to the AP report, Christie told voters, “That is an issue that we can handle militarily by going out there and making sure that we show them that we don’t respect their claims to these artificial islands in the South China Sea that they’re building that they’re saying are theirs that are hundreds and hundreds of miles from the coast of China and are clearly in international waters.”

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Well, we can see that this is a one trick pony... he must be riding shotgun in the clown car.

[hollysmom]

1. cluck cluck cluck - Chicken hawk

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. Risky move on his part. Any Chinese satellite could pick him up.