And now for the ineffectual protestations from the world
Hey, Joe Biden said “gird your loins” for the testing of Barack Obama, didn’t he? Voila:
North Korea defiantly carried out a provocative rocket launch Sunday that the U.S., Japan and other nations suspect was a cover for a test of its long-range missile technology.
Liftoff took place at 11:30 a.m. (0230GMT) Sunday from the coastal Musudan-ri launch pad in northeastern North Korea, the South Korean and U.S. governments said. The multistage rocket hurtled toward the Pacific, reaching Japanese airspace within seven minutes, but no debris appeared to hit its territory, officials in Tokyo said.The U.N. Security Council approved an emergency session for Sunday afternoon in New York, following
a request from Japan that came minutes after the launch.
Readying ineffectual protestations from the world:
The South Koreans called it “reckless,” the Americans “provocative,” and Japan said it strongly protested the launch.
Obama’s statement here.
North Korea’s response:
“Nyah, nyah, nyah, we can’t hear you.”
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Another evil backward benighted country works on a way to further their aggressive agenda of conquest. Most of their people live in poverty and eat grass, leaves, and tree bark to stay alive.
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Possibly we could send our brilliantly intelligent Secretary of State–Hillary Clinton–to talk some sense into these junior grade Hitlers. Smart power will work well here–it did when Madeline Albright and President Jimmuh Carter did so.
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Hope and Change–we hope they will not build their nukes and bolt them on their missiles. When they do so and invade South Korea will send some really strongly worded sanctions from the U.N. to fix it all.
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John Bibb
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There won’t be any reaction. Maybe if it were nuclear tipped somebody would actually do something – like surrender or whatever. Iran’ll be next.
Obama’s press release: “Let’s have a round table meeting and hear out everyone’s feelings about world peace and stability, rockets and missles, and will North Carolina or Michigan State will win the NCAA Basketball Championship. I picked North Carolina with my bracket, so can we talk after the game? Thanks.”
Yeah, they’re scared…
Obviously not written by Obama. TOTUS, maybe.
Frankly, with the short track record the Obama Administration has with International Issues, the best we can hope for is an ineffectual protestation.
Anything effective this group of Clowns achieves could only be to the detriment of the United States.
…This is just another failed policy of Clinton, Bush, and Obama. Appeasement has consequences -its just a matter of when (not if) the these deleterious consequences happen.
Now now, Clinton said if everyone has nukes, no one will use them. Well, except for theocratic leaders who believe starting a nuclear war will bring some religious leader he is waiting for. I guess, except for those guys, we are all safer when everyone has nukes. I don’t get why that does not work for gun ownership though.
They’re liberals??? No, it’s just something they have in common. Both need a good spanking!
Oh, yeah. That’s always worked.
We can all go back to sleep, knowing the U.N. is on the job.
Maybe we can give the North Koreans an overcharge button. I’m sure that will make things better.
The North Koreans called it “successful”, and then just laughed, and laughed, and laughed.
Ahhh, come on, everybody. Kim Il Yong is just in a snit because Lil’ BO hasn’t paid him any attention since taking office, so he’s harmlessly “acting out”.
Maybe Obama can send Michelle over to the Dollar Store to scare up a gift to send him, like some hair product and a rat-tail comb that will give him a pompadour that would make any 50′s “hood” proud.
Odopey is to busy campaigning to be bothered, best not to disturb him. I think he’s more concerned for the sham wow guy.
This is one of those times when I wish N. Korea would actually put a nuke in the warhead and aim toward Japan or something…then have it fail. I don’t want anyone to get hurt, but maybe, just maybe, if there is an actual nuke in there, the world would sit up and take notice. Maybe, just maybe, we would carry out those “serious consequences” we inefectually threaten every year or so. This is such a joke. If you can’t follow through with your threats, DON’T MAKE THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE. The next missle could be the real thing. Then what???
By the way, Michelle…do you ever sleep??
What are the other options?
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Flyoverman,
We had an exchange discussing the missile intercept system. Do you recall the BLOG title?
Z
Good morning, AJ! I am wondering why Odumbo is still overseas. Didn’t the meetings end last week? Does that guy have something against being in the White House? It would be interesting to see what percentage of his time has actually been spent doing Presidential things at home and what percentage has been spent campaigning, appearing on comedy shows and picking the Final Four. This is getting serious. I would assume that dereliction of duty is impeachable?
They can laugh about it now, but just wait until Obama’s strongly-worded protest letter hits the NYT’s editorial page. Then they’ll be sorry!
I just read Obutthead’s response. Here’s a short translation: “My administration will kiss the a$$es of our allies, & then go to the UN. They will issue a strongly worded warning. North Korea will tell the rest of the world to pound salt. America has become completely pussified under my leadership, & we will just accept it.”
Morning, No worries, he wants to get home so he can wear the Plastic Crown and Cape around the Oval Offfice he bought from the Buckingham Palace gift shop.
So, did we expect anything but a coft sock response to one Dear Leader from another? Why we didn’t send in a Tomahawk and blow that tin can off the launchpad is a mystery to me. That would have set the right tone for further “negotiations” with NK: “You put a missile on the pad, we put a missile on your missile”.
…and then President ’0′ will ‘taunt them a second time, eh?’
I like that. In fact, those should be the exact words used. Israel has that policy, and I expect them to act against Iran’s nukes any day now. Good for them. The best defense is a good offense. Next time, can we elect a real president and not a fake? Please??
I can’t stand Kim and North Korea, but I like their style. “The heck with you all. We’ll do what we want.” They know full well, that a whole lot of speeches and chest thumping will come, but nothing will be accomplished, other than the issuing of statements “condemning” them. Diplomats are more concerned with how good they look, than caring about North Korea. Right, Clinton, Obama? This country might take a lesson from that, a few times, rather than bowing to every country that hates us.
The next move by that two bit thug will tell the tale… no, I mean Obama’s next move.
Man, North Korea is so scared of us right now! I can feel the fear. Iran should be giving up their nuclear plan any second. Once the UN gets mad, well, you just don’t want to be around.
Sadly Lil Kim has 2 Americans hostage over there. Prayers for their safe return.
Isn’t North Korea head of some UN commission? Or am I thinking of China and Iran?
Obama has 300 million Americans hostage here…prayers for our safe return to prosperity and the rule of law.
I still can not believe the MSM did not pick up SoS Clinton begging on the Greta show that if anyone in North Korea is watching to contract her.
Watch: Sec’y Clinton on N. Korea
Oh and listen to her response what the US is going to do to North Korea.
So, after NK’s successful launch and our “response” do you, as an ally of the USA feel safer? As an enemy, do you emboldened? As dangerous as the world is, it just became an even much more dangerous place. Thank you Obama and the 52%’ers that voted to destroy America.
Is she that clueless? Has she seen nighttime photos of N Korea? The only people in that nation with power are in the capital, near Kim Jong Il’s residence and government buildings.
(Oh, wait…that’s what cap-and-trade would do to America, so it’s alright…).
Let me guess, nothing, right?
America’s going to go to the terrorist group with the biggest missile. Obama and his cabinet will fold like a house of cards and hand us over to whatever dictator makes them wet themselves fastest.
Heaven help us.
Kim Jong-il is quaking in his boots right now after hearing the “One’s” statement.
Teddy Roosevelt was fond of this West African proverb: “Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.” The “One” has the speak softly part down, but I doubt he knows what to do with, or when to use, the “big stick”.
It would appear that they have now sent a response.
Setting an example to the world on how to fight globull worming.
MacEamonn – Obama doesn’t believe in sticks…they are dangerous you know. His mighty oratations will deliver us from our enemy.
I wish that was our governments foreign policy attitude.
Or bore our enemies to death (as long as he remembers to obey….oops…..I meant “use”… the teleprompter).
Hillary should go over wearing a mini-skirt…that’ll scare em
The US is officially a paper tiger, and I’m just glad I don’t like in NYC or DC…I think they’ll get the full ‘benefit’ of obama’s policies…
So put Bill Ayers on the job.
He likes to bomb stuff.
Oh, just our stuff?
Nevermind.
Obama will do a little dance today and his fans will be pacified.
I, for one, wish to expend my congratulations to North Korea for their highly successful launch. I am sure that state radios are now conveying the news of their brilliant fearless leader Kim Jong Il’s accomplishment now that the new North Korean satellite has been successfully detected orbiting flawlessly at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.
You know, virtually everything Obama and his minions have done since the coronation has made us poorer and weaker as a country. We are becoming a laughingstock around the world. Way to go jacka$$es.
If Obambi met Kim Jong Ill, do you think he would bow to him just like he did to the Saudi ruler?
The “strongly worded letter” he would give him would probably be written in Japanese.
1. I read the headline and first thought “oh, another story about the Tea Parties”.
2. I wonder how our President (yeah, the same guy whose most famous campaign slogans come from Bob the Builder) will handle this… (or not handle it)
I bet the people living in Hawaii feel a whole lot safer today.
Actually, B Hussein Soetoro has announced to the world that America will be the one to lead the way to nuclear disarmament. Thus, he shall convince the Russians, the Iranians and even the North Koreans and Chinese that there is no need for anybody else to have these terrible weapons.
I only wish I was being sarcastic or making this up.
I think the plan was to send Kim an iPod with a message that said, “Don’t launch the missle. Don’t launch the missle. Don’t launch the missle…. subliminally buried in one of Obama’s “Hope and Change” speeches.
This is the problem with Obama and the left’s solutions. They think the main goal of these dictators is acceptance, like all they want is to be loved. It’s more like in Independence Day when the Prez asks the alien what they want from us and the alien says “We want you to die.” Screw gaining acceptance in the club, they’ll just destroy all the members.
Until our powers that be realize there are just some people in this world who are unapologetically evil and cannot be reasoned with or rehabilitated, we will remain at great risk.
Rely on the UN,thats a comfort.
If we shoot down the issle, what would have been NKs response? Shots fired on the DMZ, small naval skirmish or an actual war?
If a war, were we ready to combat that?
Just asking, don`t go all “shut up appeaser” on me.
or shoot down the missle, even.
Obama like Clinton is willing to disarm this country in the pretense of world peace. They hate this country so much they are willing to destroy it. Heaven help ud.
The mantra of the Obama administration is that every crisis (real or imagined) is an opportunity (to expand the power of the State). What horrid opportunity does Obama perceive in this event?
Many great leaders have occupied the White House, making it, in part, a monument to their achievements. When a President walks the White House halls and sits in the Oval Office, he is constantly reminded of this standard of greatness against which he is measured. Consequently, if the Presidency is occupied by a hopelessly mediocre and inept man, he might feel “imprisoned” by the White House, and seek to vacate it as frequently as possible
Obama is a coward. He will do nothing but spew rhetoric. No balls! No spine! Like most socialist liberal progressives.
Any action that Barack Hussein Obama takes will NOT be good for “Arrogant America”. The North Koreans are Japan’s, South Korea and Asia’s problem. The more interests, alliances and such we have world wide results in more targets for the likes of Kim Jong-il, Osama bin Laden and those Left Bank loonies in France.
The American people have chosen an Internationalist Statist (we had two running) so the question is not how to handle foreign affairs but how do we as Free People survive this period. Hunker down, isolate and HOPE we can defeat the Statist in 2010.
Even Kim Jong-il is not stupid enough to launch a hot rocket on us, he will shop it to terrorist and third world thugs. But as the American people agree there are no terrorist or thugs what is the problem? If any one wanted to hit us they could carry a bomb across the border==Bush, McCain and Obama all state that is their right to do so.
Hunker down, isolate and HOPE. Buy an iPod and send it to the Queen might help.Or send it to Left Wind Hawaii–Hawaii and Kim Jong-il deserve each other.
You just passed political science 101. That is the basic thinking of politicians. That, and add “how much money can I raise for re-election, from this crisis” which is the lesson of political science two.
I think the point here, Prez, is that we shouldn’t threaten that there will be “consequences” unless we are ready to administer those consequences. Just saying it and then not doing anything is stupid. It would be better not to threaten in the first place! We keep doing that and they don’t take us seriously any more.
Wow…excellent point!
I have no respect for the U.N. or those that think the U.N. has any real useful purpose for the world. I have no confidence in the U.S. politicians to be able to take care of any matters in the U.S. much less any of the problems in other countries. All that I have ever seen from the U.N. has been nothing but a mess.
Oh yes, Obama and his Jimmy Carter’s 2nd term type response.
He is weakening this nation — first the Gitmo prisoners to be released (most likely into the US, put on welfare because they can be “rehabilitated”.
Then, he takes away the “War on Terror”.
I guess he’s going to have biscuits and tea with Kim Jong Il because he can talks some “sense” into the guy.
We have another 9/11 waiting to happen. When or where is another question. It’s not a matter of IF, it’s a matter of WHEN.
The world sees Obama as a weak leader. More like a joke.
Our teleprompter president. Manchurian candidate. Emperor has no clothes.
We’re screwed.
fetchez la vache.
President Ojellyfish is going to do nothing but Campaign with his lil friend teleprompter and spend money the next four years, we need him O.U.T. N.O.W. TODAY.
“On April 5th, 2009 at 2:02 am, Mr Michael said:
Frankly, with the short track record the Obama Administration has with International Issues…”
It has a track record, Michael?
OK Mr. President. This is a test.
I want you to read your script completely through before you start. I know this is hard.
With the sage advice of your adroit Vice President and the permission of The United Nations Security Council you can pass this.
Don’t forget to get the permission of the King of Saudi Arabia!
Also that girl being beaten by the Taliban is included. I know that is small stuff for you, however, it does crank into the equation.
Maybe you could get a dedicated teleprompter for each pesky problem.
Something you should consider if you really care. This test will work out in the grand scheme of things. It really is also small stuff. Bill Clinton didn’t even blink when he sent a Nuclear Power Plant to North Korea and Missile Technology to their neighbor, China.
Just consider the test the American People have to take coping with the calculated crap you have put on them.
Like Stevie Wonder said on American Idol, “It’s about positivity.” (barf)
Mrs. Malkin, rather than being a snark, please enlighten us about what u think the response should be. What do you and your neocon buddies want to do; invade North Korea?
That would go verrrrry well right now.
Nyah, nyah, nyah.
Bombing raid to take out their nuke and launch facilities.
Considering that we’re in a Depression and involved in two other wars, not even a President Palin or Cheney would be that stupid.
The sanctions will be economic in nature. All of you blood-thirsty rightwingers will have to hope that the Afghanistan conflict lasts as long as possible to satisfy your lust.
If Obama were to lose in 2012, perhaps ou can all persuade the next GOP president to invade Iran and Pakistan for “spits and giggles”.
A good large scale war would be just the ticket for bringing the economy out of the doldrums.
Oh, the UN is handling it?
Sean Penn wasn’t available?
Can’t expect too much from an empty headed, empty suit…what does the TOTUS have to say about all this?
underseige…
“All of you blood-thirsty….”
Gosh don’t you just love it. The evil in the world that wants no freedom in this world is NOT the problem, its us rightwingers are blood thirsty….
Wow.
Sooooo, the call came in the middle of the night (3:30am or so) to the White House and was to announce that North Korea has launched a missle… where was O-Doobie?
Hmmm?
Don’t you find strawmen to be boring? I do. Grow up. I could give a freak about what freedoms Kim is deying his people in North Korea. Until he attacks a U.S. interest in any way, we should not and will not engage him militarily. If that disappoints you, or fails to satisfy your lust, that’s your problem.
Or it could bankrupt us, and bring WW3 into existance, and end the civilized world was we know it.
Enough of this, I’m going to the movies.
“I Love You, Man”
and be subservient to these socialist, commie thugs.
The world tried the plans of undresiege just prior to WWII. “Why we mustn’t do anything to provoke Hitler because he might be mean to us in response.”
Any guesses as to how that turned out?
underseige…
Straw men? So the threat that Iran is making to whom North Korea will sell its missles is a straw man?
I find you attempt to label matters in a dismissive way boring and juvenille.
My lust is to NOT see my daughter’s blood be split over the likes of your sophomoric view of the world sir.
JHSII said:
Yeah, appeasement always works. /sarc
He can’t be really serious. Countries, especially ruled by dictators and despots, aren’t going to give up nuclear weapons. It’s makeable, it’s out there, and it will be used eventually, no matter how we repeat our karmas and bow to the “messiah”. Sounds great; not workable. He has to know that, but wants to look good. I doubt he convinced anyone, but fantasy fanatics shouting, “Peace”.
*These rogue dictators and their countries know they are dealing with Jimma Carter Redux and a 9/10 mentality; They will take utmost advantage; China is allowing NK the freedom of these actions; They could stop it in a heartbeat, but they welcome the diversion; Watch for them to takeover Taiwan during the P-BO administration while Hillary proclaims, “call me, we have to talk”; Laughable.
Yes, we WILL taunt them a second time.
h/t Reuters
IMHO, I find it unnecessary to reply to trolls, having been caught up in the emotions of their wordy, meaningless, name calling attacks. There is a few worth conversing, debating with, very few, chap(at times), the rest, such as lgm, omu, underseige, zero and others, for the most part only get their satisfaction when they can piss you off and get your ire up, making a response which they could care less what it is you say, just that they know they got your goat makes their day. But, can you imagine the building anxiety within them when waiting for a response that never arrives. Maybe worth a thought, before jumping in and playing their game with their rules.
And Obama says he wants a nuke free world
… JUST LIKE DUKAKIS DID!!
STOP or I shall say STOP again!!!
STOP or I shall say STOP again!!!
STOP or I shall say STOP again!!!
STOP or I shall say STOP again!!!
STOP or I shall say STOP again!!!
Repeat untill an american city is destroyed.
Yes lets get rid of the one weapon that has prevented world war III since 1945.
underseige says…
And that, my friends, is all a snotty lib has to offer. Also sounds like his world view of things can be found at the same theater:
Some will never learn what is really going on until they are held under the thumb of some rogue dictator, and his ribs can be counted from mal-nutrition, wife and daughter raped, son murdered, house burned, etc.
But instead we get:
Finished venting…thank you.
sono,
The problem is countries like ours will never use nuclear weapons. We know what the result would be. That’s why they have become irrelevant. The countries that MIGHT use them, that is the problem. So Iran, etc., having them is the problem.
For us to say we are going to reduce our nuclear arsenal is really quite meaningless. We are saying we are going to reduce a weapon we won’t ever use.
I’m fairly certain Russia, even though I don’t trust them, is probably at the same place.
Now them giving the technology to folks like Iran so that Iran can then bug the snot out of us, yes, they’ll do that.
Pakistan, yes makes me nervous.
I hope this doesn’t get interfere with the Congressional hearings on the fairness of the BCS system for selecting college football championships. Focus people, focus.
How old is this troll anyway…12? Good grief!
This is SHOCKING, JUST SHOCKING!!! I say we go to the UN first thing Monday morning, and get them to adopt a RESOLUTION!!!
Just give North Korea a couple trillion dollars and I’m sure they would put their rockets away.
Sorry Z, jsut got on. The thread was entitled Comrade. Your first entry was at 3:51 pm.
The title is the ineffectual world’s response that is coming first thing in the morning, yes?
This is a perfect example of Obama’s “hope and change” strategy. North Korea threatens not to interfere as it laughs at the UN and the world. Obama responds by “hoping” that Kim Jong Il will “change” his mind and not launch the missile.
Results: missile launched.
Now Obama will go to the UN and “hope” that the UN will be cross with North Korea and make them “change” their ways.
Truly, one the most ignorant examples of strategy and international relations I have ever seen.
Wonder how long it will be before we hear that Obama/Clinton strategy WOULD have worked if not for Bush destroying N. Korea’s view of the U.S.? So its not Obama/Clinton’s fault you see….
Since you asked. North Korea’s regime is not so much communist as a criminal enterprise. They are the Mafia in charge of a country with no industry and no goods worth trading for.
Their income comes from drugs, arm sales and counterfeiting. Want to know why all your paper mony changed; North Korea.
We cut off their ability to sell arms and use the banking industry to degrade their ability to counterfeit. Believe it or not we in effect agreed to turn a blind eye to this, which was nonsense.
If they threaten I would destroy their nuclear reactors, and their missle launch sites. I would cut off all aid to them. If North Koreans starve; that’s life as they as the enemy.
Could this lead to war? Yep, but who cares. We have dealt with these people for the last 56 years after failing to take them out in 1953; thanks to yet another Democrat; Harry Truman. Time to put an end to them and tell the Iranians what’s in sote for them if they don’t back off.
For those who fail to learn the lessons of history…
Why am I suddenly reminded of Neville Chamberlain waving his piece of paper and declaring “Peace in our time”?
One can easily superimpose the face of Obama or his Secretary of State on that image.
This administration is demonstrating how ineffectual it can be. With Madame Clinton begging for anyone in a N. Korean kareoke bar to please call her, with Barry off on his megalomaniac need for acceptance and worship, and the rest of the Capital crew fiddling…blame Bush and the nasty uncaring Conservatives for all the troubles in the world while the US burns. Lord help us all
This brings to mind Neville Chamberlain vs. Winston Churchill.
Chamberlain pursued a strategy of appeasement. Is that what you liberals want? Look how that worked out.
BlameAmericaLast,
Thank you for understanding, but my question/comment works beyond the simple appeasement question (of which it ranks right up there. Agreed, we are in a situation in which Hope and Change is becoming synonomous with appeasement.
In diplomacy, talk is talk. We are entering (again) a need for action not discussion. “Well Done is always better that Well Said”.