How To Win Friends and Influence Foreign Policy

Thinking a little bit more about Newt Gingrich's appearance on Fox News, it strikes me as almost sad, in a way. Perhaps President Obama mishandled the North Korean missile launch. Here are Gingrich's alternatives:

1. "bribe someone to blow it up"

2. "send a small team in"

3. "use lasers or another kind of device" to blow it up

The unifying theme here is that these are not serious answers. They're simply meant to make President Obama look feckless.

Ultimately, though, I wonder if people come away from the interview thinking that Gingrich is fundamentally not a serious person when it comes to foreign policy, or do they come away thinking that Obama is weak for not sending in a "small team" to infiltrate North Korea and blow up the missile on the launch pad?

UPDATE: For an example of a serious objection and counter proposal, see this piece by Joshua Stanton in the New Ledger.