Mitt Romney actually said...

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

I appreciate the fact that you have given me a heads up on this already today privately that we are going to make progress on the demonstrat...

It would seem that they are succeeding in that effort, and we are probably not being quite as effective.

I am actually thinking about some of the more direct economic impact, for instance, anticipating that China relies on Taiwan, for instance, ...