Pete Buttigieg skipped more than half the questions on the NYT foreign policy questionnaire.

[Gothmog]

Link to tweet

[dalton99a]

1. I thought six months in Afghanistan made him a foreign policy expert

[Jarqui]

2. They're not very good questions

Some of them are hypothetical with scant details
some of them are too simplistic

for example:
"Would you continue the personal diplomacy President Trump began with Kim Jong-un?"

Does that really require an answer?

another example:
"Regarding possible future military action against Iran, is there any type of response that is off the table for you?"

That question is so broad and simplistic and why should he telegraph what he might or might not do and under what conditions? It's toying with hypotheticals which just leaves him open to twisting his positions.

His non answers suggest to me that he really understood the questions and the folly of trying to answer them. Some of them might require a chapter to explain various scenarios, conditions or details.

[FreeState]

3. This n/t

[Celerity]

4. +2

[Corgigal]

5. Good.

F/U New York Times. We remember the last presidential election.

[denem]

6. 12 (real) questions by the Council on Foreign Relations

answered in full with the depth, detail and insight which is typical of the man.
https://www.cfr.org/article/pete-buttigieg

Pete Buttigieg clears the commander in chief bar bar
He set a high bar for other candidates

On Tuesday, South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg gave his first major foreign policy speech of the primary season. He deserves high praise for willingness to devote a full speech to the topic, speak for more than an hour, cover not simply major themes but hit issues affecting each continent and direct even-handed criticism at both Democrats and Republicans. ...

A candidate who can identify, not to mention analyze, the rise of illiberal regimes as a threat to our interests and can find Sudan and Algeria on the map, let alone speak intelligently about them, deserves praise. A candidate willing to explain that immigration is a national security issue because we want and need the talent of those seeking to come here to help innovate and contribute to the economy should get credit. A Democrat forcefully defending the good that the United States does in the world deserves encouragement. He set a high bar for other candidates.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/06/11/pete-buttigieg-clears-commander-chief-bar/?utm_term=.2c268ecc83ee

[George II]

7. Of 36 questions he didn't answer 19.