Tim Kaine actually said...

The stakes are too high to embark on any other course.

Japan's remarkable commitment to dramatically increase its defense spending to historic levels is both welcome and critical to our Alliance.

the United States intends to still be the indispensable global partner with this network of alliances, this lattice of security arrangements...

I think sometimes those of us on this side of the dais understand some realities, but we do not explain them that well.