Pete Buttigieg refused to answer The New York Times about how he'd handle Iran, North Korea, and other key foreign policy challenges
Mayor Pete Buttigieg declined to answer a slew of questions about his positions on leading national security and foreign policy questions posted recently by the New York Times.
For example, Buttigieg, who has made his military service in Afghanistan a centerpiece of his appeal to voters, chose not to answer a question about whether American troops would still be in that country at the end of four years in office. That was just one of the 19 questions about the most pressing foreign policy challenges — from Iran, North Korea, Israel and Palestine, Afghanistan, Russia, to the use of force for regime-change — that the candidate left unanswered.
The mayor didn't say whether he'd continue personal diplomacy with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, whether Palestinian refugees should have a right to return to Israel, or whether China's relationship with Hong Kong and its treatment of Muslim minority groups should affect US-Chinese trade relations.
On President Donald Trump's recent decision to assassinate Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani, Buttigieg didn't say whether the killing was legal, justifiable, or wise. Instead, he pointed The Times to a statement he made following the attack in which he said there are "serious questions about how this decision was made and whether we are prepared for the consequences."
Spokespeople for Buttigieg's campaign didn't respond immediately to a request for comment.
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Mayor Pete, don't you have any answers or are you keeping your answers a secret? If it's the former, I suggest that you come up with some answers should you end up debating Donald Trump. Otherwise, he will eat you up and spit out your bones.