I’m sure many of you remember this ad Obama put out in response to the 3am Clinton ad:
Well, as Mike wrote about earlier we can see how well that “good” judgment has worked out so far:
North Korea announced Monday that it successfully carried out a second underground nuclear test, less than two months after launching a rocket widely believed to be a test of its long-range missile technology.
John Bolton predicted this a few days ago:
The curtain is about to rise again on the long-running nuclear tragicomedy, “North Korea Outwits the United States.” Despite Kim Jong Il’s explicit threats of another nuclear test, U.S. Special Envoy Stephen Bosworth said last week that the Obama administration is “relatively relaxed” and that “there is not a sense of crisis.” They’re certainly smiling in Pyongyang.
And what does Obama do?
Today, North Korea said that it has conducted a nuclear test in violation of international law. It appears to also have attempted a short range missile launch. These actions, while not a surprise given its statements and actions to date, are a matter of grave concern to all nations. North Korea’s attempts to develop nuclear weapons, as well as its ballistic missile program, constitute a threat to international peace and security.
By acting in blatant defiance of the United Nations Security Council, North Korea is directly and recklessly challenging the international community. North Korea’s behavior increases tensions and undermines stability in Northeast Asia. Such provocations will only serve to deepen North Korea’s isolation. It will not find international acceptance unless it abandons its pursuit of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery.
The danger posed by North Korea’s threatening activities warrants action by the international community. We have been and will continue working with our allies and partners in the Six-Party Talks as well as other members of the U.N. Security Council in the days ahead.
Warrants action huh? Judging by your “good” judgment so far I’m guessing that’s going to be a stern lecture via the UN. I’m sure Russia and China will go along with that.
Nope….the days of using the UN to accomplish anything has been over for sometime but we know Obama’s history, what little there is of it, and that is the only tool he will use….unsuccessfully. He has no backbone, and no stomach to be ill thought of by the world, the days of the paper tiger have come back, and our allies know it:
TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese ruling party panel is to propose that pre-emptive strikes against enemy bases be allowed despite the country’s pacifist constitution, Kyodo news agency said on Monday, weeks after a North Korean missile launch.
North Korea fired a ballistic missile in April that flew over northern Japan after warning that it planned to launch a satellite, prompting the government to deploy missile interceptors to the area .
” Japan should have the ability to strike enemy bases within the scope of its defence-oriented policy, in order not to sit and wait for death,” Kyodo quoted the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) committee as saying in its proposal.
Thanks lefties……you helped to elect a totally inexperience community organizer as our President during the 2nd inning of a war on terror. But what do they do when the heat starts getting turned up? Why they make excuses.
Bolton:
…Iran and other aspiring nuclear proliferators will draw precisely the same conclusion: Negotiations like the six-party talks are a charade and reflect a continuing collapse of American resolve. U.S. acquiescence in a second North Korean nuclear test will likely mean that Tehran will adopt Pyongyang’s successful strategy.
It’s time for the Obama administration to finally put down Kim Jong Il’s script. If not, we better get ready for Iran — and others — to go nuclear.
What a laugh….Obama put down the script of Kim Jong Il! Face it, with this man at the helm there is no more getting ready for a nuclear armed Iran, it WILL happen.
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