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Some Schock-ing ideas about U.S. foreign policy
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| Last Edited | RP Nov 09, 2007 08:47pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - State Journal-Register: Springfield, IL |
| News Date | Friday, November 9, 2007 02:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | State Rep. AARON SCHOCK, who is running for Congress, has some audacious — well, maybe “shocking” is a better word — ideas about foreign policy.
I couldn’t attend Schock’s official announcement of his candidacy for Congress, but I did recently receive a copy of his speech, which included a number of foreign policy proposals.
In particular, Schock’s plan to offer nuclear arms to Taiwan if China doesn’t go along with U.S. policy toward Iran seemed odd to me.
An international relations expert I checked with agreed, saying that idea not only shows “incredible naivete,” but, if carried out, probably would lead to war between China and Taiwan.
“The statement about selling nuclear weapons to Taiwan reflects an incredible naivete about international relations,” he said of Schock’s idea. “Transferring nuclear weapons technology to any state is a violation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. It would also encourage other states to do the same, specifically to enemies of the United States.
“I can’t think of anything more provocative to China than giving Taiwan nuclear weapons, assuming that they would even foolishly accept them. A nuclear Taiwan would not be strong enough to deter China and indeed (would) probably provoke an attack before the missiles could be deployed.” |
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