Head Like a Hole II

Sarah Palin made a foreign policy address "to a group of Hong Kong business types with former McCain campaign foreign-policy guru Randy Scheunemann in tow," says Josh Rogin at Foreign Policy.

Ex-Gov. Palin said:

China has some 1000 missiles aimed at Taiwan and no serious observer believes Taiwan poses a military threat to Beijing. Those same Chinese forces make our friends in Japan and Australia nervous. China provides support for some of the world's most questionable regimes from Sudan to Burma to Zimbabwe. China's military buildup raises concerns from Delhi to Tokyo because it has taken place in the absence of any discernable external threat.

China, along with Russia, has repeatedly undermined efforts to impose tougher sanctions on Iran for its defiance of the international community in pursuing its nuclear program. The Chinese food and product safety record has raised alarms from East Asia and Europe to the United States. And, domestic incidents of unrest -- from the protests of Uighurs and Tibetans, to Chinese workers throughout the country rightfully make us nervous.

She pretty much manages to demonize just about everybody in the world outside of western Europe! Impressive. But these were harsh statements for China, even by our accepted culture of permissive unease with China. That immediately jumps out. Come on lady. Imagine if she were president? It'd be the end. She'd start some serious wars, I think.

Sarah Palin: Not that anyone cares about you, but if you want to stop people from laughing at you, then please, it is not necessary to provoke our tenuous relationships with the rest of the world these days.