Mitt Romney actually said...

"That is the objective."

"I think it sends a signal to would be aggressors around the world of all kinds that we will stand by our commitments and that we honor and respect the rights of democratic people to retain their freed..."

"They have done a number of things which have weakened, from my perspective, their ties with those nations."

"My assessment is that there have been nations that have severed relations with Taiwan but have not gone the other way."