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"Because we talk to them" is not a nonsense answer; it's the right answer. It's a huge answer. Because they are involved in diplomacy, and have been moving in the right direction with respect to joining the rest of the world in handling matters diplomatically, China will not be a threat to the security of the US or the world.
The nations that are mentioned are ones that do not respect the diplomatic channels to get things done, yet enjoy brandishing their swords. What do you do with such nations? If the rest of the world is timid and content with allowing the problem to get worse, then things could get much much worse before they got better.
It would appear that all the rest of the world can offer is objections, not solutions, to problem like Hussein, who is known to use nerve gas on his own people. I'd sure like to find something wrong with the policy but so far all it's done is to liberate an entire nation. Just on that basis alone I'm willing to give the administration a pass.
All he's done is utter a few words and everyone's abuzz. If action is otherwise inevitable, maybe the talk will save a few bucks and a few lives.
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