Fmr. national security adviser: Intel community ‘clearly misread’ China’s Xi Jinping

Stephen Hadley, national security adviser under Pres. George W. Bush, joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss how foreign policy transitions from one administration to the next and why the Bush administration may have failed to anticipate the possibility of a Russia-China strategic alignment.

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[flodareltih]

IQ45: I’m the only one who didn’t misread China because I don’t read at all!

[jimgraham]

Countries are too dependent on China and Russia.

[Jessntime]

Thank you for educating us on the gravity of this situation.

[kathyleach]

Russia and China have had strong relations for years. Chinese absolutely love trading with Russia and love the Russian Ballet and Orchestra music.

[rezadaneshi]

In short and middle term, we need China. Short, middle and long term, China needs us all by our doing. We should welcome this approach

[MrStevemur]

This is trash talk from a player whose team isn’t doing as well as they expected to. Influential people like him have always seen geopolitics as a great game, and everything he says has to be understood in that way.

[theduppykillah]

Nixon Kissinger “ entreaties “ to China haven’t aged well…wishful thinking

[ruthdepew]

The advantage of a Russia/China alliance of evil means we have one faction there instead of two. Just cements the necessity to separate ourselves economically from China as quickly and definitively as possible. It may not be easy, but at least it's a clear imperative.

[jeffjr]

It was cultural.. its not your fault... just get in those old musty tomes that are chinese strategy.. and get some guys that understand the chinese on a personal level..

[johndilivio]

Did Bush everybody in nato Georgia ukraine

[bent]

...so if todays episode were to be released, say, during the time when BOTH parties were said to be investigated for taking, and/or storing CLASSIFIED docs. would that not be misconstrued the same illegal act and now a book has been written ??