Mitt Romney actually said...

"I know there are many who feel like an invasion could be imminent. But if you really believe that America was in decline, a position I disagree with, but if you were to believe that..."

"The best way to restore predictability and stability... is for there to be a margin of military superiority sufficient so that it is evident to people in Beijing..."

"China apparently believes that America is in decline, that our social networks are frayed, that our industrial base is not as strong as it once was."

"Yes, I actually would hope to have a more clear priority that, yes, there has to be an enormous humanitarian need, but there also has to be a very clear U.S. interest in intervening in that particular..."