Nobel Appease Prize fireworks: North Korea launches more missiles, Iran scoffs
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Yonhap news agency says that North Korea has fired two short-range missiles off its east coast. Yonhap quoted an unidentified South Korean government official as saying that the North test-fired the missiles on Monday afternoon…The report came hours after South Korea proposed two sets of working-level talks with North Korea. But Seoul also said it had no plan to resume high-level dialogue with its communist neighbor — amid lingering tensions over the North’s nuclear weapons programs.
Via Google News/AP.
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Meanwhile, Iran blows off the Nobel Appease Prize-winning Obama administration and plays beat the clock:
Iran dismissed on Monday a U.S. warning that major powers would not wait forever for Tehran to prove it was not developing nuclear bombs, saying any threats or deadlines would have no impact on the Islamic Republic.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi, speaking a week before talks on a proposal to send Iranian uranium abroad for further processing, also reiterated Iran’s refusal to discuss its “nuclear rights” with the six world powers.
“We have announced several times that we have nothing to discuss regarding that,” he told a Tehran news conference in comments translated by Iran’s state Press TV.
“That means continuation of our activities within the framework of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the safeguards agreement of the IAEA and enrichment on that basis,” he said, referring to the U.N. nuclear watchdog.
Such comments were likely to fan Western suspicions that Iran is seeking to win time by stringing out inconclusive talks while mastering nuclear technology and stockpiling enriched uranium of potential use for atomic energy or weaponry.
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The Axis of Appeasement continues apace. Iran and North Korea just need to get over their annoyance at not being co-winners of the Nobel Peace Prize.
..and the UN is doing?
Its usual great job.
Hmmm…I’m thinking that the Nobel Peace Prize should be renamed the Neville Chamberlain Appeasement Award.
At least we know now who is celebrating the award! Somebody should tell Brad Woodhouse
Let them shoot rockets off to their thrill’s content; I’m way way more concerned about the real business end of the things — the warheads — particularly the nukes. I pray CIA’s watching out each one.
James Greenidge
Queens NY
Appease Prize — Bullseye.
The CIA? They’re still describing Zelaya as the president of Honduras, last updated Sept. 29.
Of course, maybe that’s on the orders of a certain Nobel Prize winner.
Soft power? How about soft, umm, never mind.
Every sovereign nation is going to do what it thinks is in its’ own best interest. Each will balance the costs versus the benefits.
We did not stop India, Pakistan, South Africa, and the then Soviet Union from proceeding forward with their nuclear plans. Why and how would we stop Iran? We haven’t stopped North Korea.
And, Pres Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize says more about the committee than it does about the recipient.
What would be the questions had the Congressional Black Caucus given their person of the year award to Glenn Beck? The questions would not be about Glenn Beck, but about the CBC. What the heck were they thinking? Would certainly top the list.
I wonder what genius figured out that possibility. These people may also have a suspicion that water is wet.
Not this time, we have a nutjob who very well may be convinced that nuclear war with Israel is going to bring some religious savior. Remember how the lefties were squawking about how they did not want religion in politics after Bush said that he prayed? This is much more dangerous, and leftist morons are still worried about Christians, this boggles the mind. When the nukes fly, have fun paying 20 bucks a gallon for gas, then enjoy the price freezes and the national guard out patrolling the streets and ensuring you don’t take more than your “share” when national reserves are tapped. It is going to take much more than “hope” when the real “change” comes.
You’re wasting your time. The left is purposely ignoring the Doomsday Cult with Nuclear Ambitions. I’ve tried.
Everyday our “dear leader” and his minions dither on their almost nonexistent suicidal foreign policy I no longer worry about IF we will be hit by a mass casualty attack, but when and where. I felt safer sitting Strategic Air Command (SAC) alert back in my flying days at least the old theory of mutually assured destruction (MAD) worked until Ronald Magnimus policies led to the implosion of the former Soviet Union. With the medieval savages that follow their false God we now know they worship only death and destruction and MAD is no longer a player and our Neville Chamberlin in the White House would never stand up SAC ever again. Yep! Peace in our time.
“Whirled Peas” is beating “CoExist” as most likely correct bumper sticker.
Not many times I agree with a Time article. Since the world has had nuclear weapons, wars have been local affairs. A WW3 has, so far, been unthinkable. That’s because politicians know they can die in the initial days of conflict, as well as civilians; not like previous wars, safe and sound behind the lines.
Why shouldn’t they? Obama has officially become the biggest clown in the world. I just wish that the ONE item that he’d win fairly and uncategorically would be the “Darwin Award,” by being so stupid that he bumps himself off–for instance, drinking anti-freeze because he feels chilly (and doesn’t feel he looks good wearing a parka), or becomes so arrogant in the notion of his own god-like aura that he visits Tehran, Iran, leaves all of his secret service men back in America, and walks the streets totally unprotected (expecting the unwashed masses to lay palm leaves in his path, singing “hosanna in the highest”).
More correct to call it the Nobel Appease Bribe
Recent Libland activity re: Dear Leader is actually pretty transparent.
1) CNN “fact checks” SNL Jack & Squat skit.
2) Always objective TIME grades the president’s performance. A-
All together now…WTF!!??!?
3) Nobel Putz Prize for…?? Giving good speeches. Or something.
Is it not clear that Dear Leader’s epic fail performance and corresponding tanking job approval are causing panic in Lib La-La Land? Desperation yields absurdity.
That might be true, and Obama not accepted the award. I can tell you without ANY hesitation that the racist Congressional Black Caucus wouldn’t EVER give their award to someone whose ideas were 180-degrees counter to theirs; however, even if I were to grant you that ridiculous scenario, Glenn Beck wouldn’t accept it, simply because whatever reasons that the CBC had for giving it wouldn’t have anything to do with who Beck is, and he’d deny their fraudulent purposes in naming him their winner.
Obama, on the other hand, is a perfect fit for the squishy, beta-males in the Nobel Committee. Had Obama not fit in with them, and had he thought that their reasons for choosing him were not valid, then he could have rejected their doing so, and the egg would have gone on THEIR faces. The egg is all over Obama for the expressed reason that he accepted an award that he obviously had NOTHING whatsoever to do with. He has as much to do with winning a “Peace” award as he would if he were granted one for his “genius.” Indeed, Obama’s stepping into the biggest pile of dog manure in the universe is the biggest indication that I can think of that he’s an idiot.
You mean the nutjobs in the axis of evil aren’t impressed with ‘Bama’s medal? I thought the Iranians, North Koreans, and terrorists would be singing Kumbaya by now.
the u.n. can’t settle a squabble between lichtenstien and monaco. how exactly does anyone think the u.n. or their lackies the u.s. state department could possibly solve wars. let’s review the 20th century. ww1, ends in truce by the league of nations. leads to ww2, ends in defeat of germany, italy and japan, which are now peaceful productive nations. korea, ends in u.n. truce, which keeps 40,000 u.s. troops in korea for 60 years to protect that peace at a cost of trillions. viet nam, ended in state department/u.n. truce in 1973, which was then violated and the north defeated the south in 1975. panama/grenada, we defeated a couple of pissant dictators ala chavez. peace reigns. yugoslavia, u.n./nato dithers while folks died, u.s. bombed belgrade, peace. iraq 1, state department/u.n. decided we didn’t need to kill saddam and his army. iraq2, we had to go back and finish the job. afghanistan, defeated taliban in 2003, turned it over to u.n. forces and afghani president, need to go back and finish the war. do you see a trend here?
they’re still learning the words in their language. I think they have The Won song down pat, mmm mmm mmm.
iran and n korea were not going to listen to the gutless comedy act called the un, nor to zero and his pathetic administration’s demands, really who would? iran and n korea will do as they please, becaus liberal cowards will do nothing other then submit.
Everyone (friends and enemies) knows a Democrat administration is a paper tiger. They may puff up their chests, and talk tough, but no action will be taken without a UN mandate.
I think chap was right about the Nobel being a Preemptive Award. It will keep this administration from doing anything that could be percieved as beligerent.
Maybe they can borrow his telepromter and learn it karaoke style.
Quick question. Does anyone know who nominated Obama for the Nobel Peace Prize?
I was just thinking that perhaps it was Iran knowing that it would fan his ego and get him distracted so they could continue on their path to nukes.
I’d like a direct line to the Nobel committee to ask their opinion when Iran and/or to NoKos launch their first nuke tipped weapons. I’m fairly sure they will discover a way to blame the “Jewwwws”.
Ya think?
Idiots.
If there was ever a group of people who needed a 2×4 between the eyes to begin to understand a situation correctly….
THE NoKos…
I suspect Israel will blow Iran’s nuke toys to another planet before they get a chance to launch one. Likely Israel knows exactly what Iran has and where it is. Either way Barry’s Nobel Putz Prize will be a profound joke.
In the photograph the 8 missles in the picture are all U.S. built.
Israel will not attack alone.
By electing Obama the American voter guaranteed the nuclearization of the Middle East.
Elections have consequences.
Given Iran’s stated intent of annihilation of Israel, and the prospect of Iran gaining nuclear capability, Israel will act. It’s their history and it’s their survival.
Swede, Iran is hardened and spread out and waiting for them. Licking their chops.
By going in alone, Israel would be setting themselves up for a catastrophic propaganda war, including massive assaults from every front, including financial. By Europe. By the UN. Maybe even by Obama.
Even if Israel succeeded they would lose, and the best they could do with their attack would be to delay Iran a year or two.
Elections have consequences. By electing Obama, we chose to leave Israel to stand alone. We chose.
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HI FLYOVERMAN–good eye on the missiles. The white and black ones are Army Basic Hawk vacuum tube missiles from the 1960’s–I worked on these anti-aircraft missiles in the Army and later with Raytheon. Deadly accurate within their short range–but it took really good technicians to keep them “up to snuff”. It hurt to see them and the solid state Improved Hawks removed from the U.S. inventory. Israel still uses them–along with many other countries.
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The wedge shaped missile is the Army Nike-Hercules–some came with nuke warheads for attacking Soviet bomber formations. Accuracy didn’t mean much this that puppy–close enough for government work really meant a lot. A German Air Force officer I knew said they really planned to use the Hercs to defend the Fulda Gap against massive Russki tank formations–it had good ground attack modes also. I saw some of the last firings at WSMR.
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But we don’t need such obsolete stuff anymore now that Comrade Obama is in charge. He and the brilliant SOS Hillary will appease our way to victory without any need for real military power–SOFT POWER–and a WE QUIT sign will be good enough for them.
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Our enemies are laughing at our Clown Prince. And our friends have evaluated him correctly and know that they are ON THEIR OWN now.
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John Bibb
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Roland – Obviously we are disagreeing over some rather large hypotheticals. I’m assuming Iran is developing nuclear weapons capability, Israel knows it, and can/will provide concrete evidence. Iran’s defense is good, but still no match for Israel’s intelligence and tech.
When Syria decided to dance with Pyongyang and develop nukes, Israel did not hesitate to level the site. Syria screamed, then burried the rubble and said “never mind”.
Also, if Israel proves Iranian capability and intent the attack would be deemed pre-emptive and defensive. US would be bound by Putz Prize’s own words, (not to mention defense treaty) to come to Israel’s defence. Dear Leader will have brilliantly orated himself in another corner he can’t get out of (ala Gitmo, Afganistan)
If Israel goes for it, the aftermath will certainly be very messy, but weighing between that and waiting for Iran aim their new toys at them, Israel will strike. It’s the least worst scenario.
Swede, clearly we are seeing the hypotheticals differently.
Iran has said they want to see Israel wiped off the map, just like the rest of the Muslim World says, whenever they are being ‘honest.’ Does that mean Iran will use nukes, even knowing Israel could wipe out just about every living thing in Iran? Hard to say. They are crazy.
The danger is high, and once Iran has the capability, the danger will never go away. When there are missiles raining down on Israel from Lebanon or Gaza or elsewhere, the threat of nuclear missiles from Iran or that a missile from the other places could have a nuke on it (I know that is hard to do, but ….. ) will be there. Every time.
On the other hand, if Israel attacks Iran, it will not be the kind of action they took in Syria or against Saddam. Iran is ready for them. Iran is expecting them. Iran is far more powerful and much further away.
Worst of all, Russia is likely to play a role, since they are certain we will not be in the fight.
Even if Israel succeeds, they only buy a delay.
Our biggest disagreement may be about the world’s response to Israel’s attack. Europe and the Sunni’s want an excuse to attack Israel financially and otherwise. The fact they would benefit greatly from Israel stopping Iran is irrelevant to how they will act once Iran is hit. Iran won’t be leaving any easy proof around that they were working on weaponizing. They are prepared. There is no element of surprise.
Finally, Russia can just give Iran whatever Israel destroys, making any delay meaningless. Would they? We are talking about Putin.
I know it is hard to accept, but when the American voter elected Obama, she deliberately chose to put Israel into an impossible position. I will be surprised if Israel still exists by 2017.
Roland – Exactly why I don’t believe Israel will allow the capability to exist.
I don’t disagree that the aftermath would be massive chaos with lots of unpredictable reactions, but still believe Israel would chose this rather than allowing Iran to have nukes. I could be wrong re: Israel’s intelligence and capability to strike almost with impunity, but I don’t think so.
I think our bigger disagreement is Iran’s defense capability. Note, for example, the recent crash of Iran’s only AWAC aircraft…a radar array duct taped to the top of a vintage Russian Ilyushin IL-76MD (AKA flying freight car) – an airplane with a reputation for shedding parts in flight and a tendency to fall from the sky.
Iran makes good photoshop images of missles and such, but in reality most of their defense inventory is surplus Russian junk. Israel would have no trouble taking out a selected target if they so desired.
More like, “Plays the suckers for the fools that they are.”
Hope-a-Dope reminds me more and more of the hapless, befuddled president of the human colonies in the pilot episode of the original Battlestar Galactica series: while the Cylons are blasting the humans to extinction, the prez can only bring himself to ask in bewilderment, “Where’s Baltar…?”
Just like when the mullahs unleash their nukes, Hope-a-Dope — still gamely pressing on with his version of The Children’s Crusade as Middle Eastern foreign policy — will doubtless be stunned that they’d do such a thing. After all, he offered them a dialogue! How could they not find his Jedi-mind-tricks as potent as our own media has?
All these third-world missile threats are straw dogs — an international orange saber to rattle that’ll never carry nukes. These dictators are crazy but not stupid. Why set yourself up for retaliation and annihilation with obvious missile attacks when you can have terrorist proxies or your secret police slip the damn nukes right in the heart of your cities and capital? No fingerprints, no traces, no nation to blame. This tactic is a street-wise no-brainer I KNOW is playing in these dictators’ heads. I’d bet all my children’s lives that this is how it will go down with Iran (and would with Korea if evoked enough) with their nukes. No obvious missiles flying Israel’s way with nukes, but mushroom clouds mysteriously appearing over its cities. We need far more CIA/Intell/Covert ops emphasis and funding (and highly bold highly unorthodox counter-terrorist strategies) than new whiz-bang aircraft and naval vessels.
James Greenidge
Queens NY
It has been mentioned here a little but it bears repeating. Iran really does seem intent on martyring itself as a nation to bring about the return of their Twelfth Imam and it is impossible to deal rationally with someone like that.
The idea of bringing about a world of peace at a time when they are gaining the means to fulfill their wish is not only dangerous but delusional. The only viable display is one of strength that will assure them that their efforts will fail and there is no way you can do that when you can bow down in front of them.
James, I agree the primary threat to the West from an Islamic bomb is on the ground, but Israel is a special case, and the Iranians are theo-psychotic enough a missile attack against Israel cannot be completely ruled out.
Obama’s War PBS Frontline Oct 13th Video.
Here is an interesting story.
The part I like best?
There you have it….the Nobel Peace Prize gave Obama the award for making the world less safe and making everyone feel good while doing it!!