President Barack Obama, his leftist Congress and the Star Trek convention-lookin’ doofuses who run the United Federation of Nations (or whatever our global government is called these days) obviously aren’t going to lift a finger to stop North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il and his nuclear ambitions.
No surprise there.
Heck, according to Obama’s defense secretary, no one in the President’s administration even “thinks there is a crisis.”
This is no doubt why the UN is recommending (wait for it) “sanctions” that specifically rule out anything resembling consequences for Kim (i.e. force) … to say nothing of the unmitigated can of whoop ass we should be opening on this shrimp with the platform shoes and poof-in-the-roof.
Needless to say, those sanctions didn’t sit too well with S.C. Senator Tom Davis, who channeled the “American Caeser” himself, Douglas MacArthur, in calling the UN response “pitiful, but not surprising.”
… how can sanctions be ‘real’ unless the UN commits to enforce them? i am tired unto death of ’strongly worded condemnations’ negotiated by ’sensitive and enlightened’ UN bureaucrats. mark steyn is right: america alone has the will to stand for freedom — and our current administration is making short work of that …
Tired unto death?
We weren’t sure people still talked like that … but okay.
Not surprisingly, Davis’ tough talk got the state’s liberal bloggers whining. One even referred to his remarks as “hyper-militaristic” and “saber-rattling.”
As we’ve noted repeatedly in the past, though, Davis is right. And since we can run wars by remote control now, what exactly are we waiting for?
The bottom line is this – unless your goal is to be put to sleep with soft, flowing bureaucratese, then the UN is pretty much pointless. And unless your goal is for America to become the next North Korea, Barack Obama is pretty much pointless.
Either way, Kim Jong Il ain’t backing down …
As Dave Chappelle (portraying Black Bush) once told the UN, “what are you gonna do, sanction me with your army? Oooohhh … that’s right … you ain’t got no army!”
Or any balls, apparently …
Update – Check it out. Apparently the Charleston Post & Courier editorial board is a bunch of “hyper-militaristic” war mongers as well …
By CNSYD June 12, 2009 at 8:37 pm
Tom Davis is an idiot. Nothing in this arena is as it seems nor is it easy. Since he does not have access to NSA data (neither do I) he does not have a clue what is really going on. But he can spout off from his haven in Beaufort and trolls like FITS will give him free publicity. Let Mr. Davis sign up for the military. Why there is even a place near his home at PI University. Then he can be empowered to use deadly force.
By fitsnews June 12, 2009 at 8:57 pm
Actually the “trolls” that gave him the free publicity were the liberal bloggers. We just thought it was funny and picked up on it …
By CNSYD June 12, 2009 at 9:16 pm
FITS, sorry I called you out by mistake then. Forget my reference to you. The rest of what I said stands. Thanks.
By Calhoun Fawls June 13, 2009 at 1:59 am
Obama has been weak on North Korea. It does not take NSA reports to conclude that. Even Bill Maher is starting to pick up on Obama likes to be a celebrity more than a President.
By Pat Hendrix June 13, 2009 at 7:52 am
What a joke. Tom Davis couldn’t find North Korea with an atlas. And for this business of “enlightened and sensitive UN official”, let’s look at the facts: The United Nations was not involved in the failed Six Party talks. It was, however, the organization that just imposed a battery of new sanctions on North Korea that were likened by that country to “an act of war.” Short of those sanctions, what is the solution? What does “standing for freedom” mean? A land invasion of North Korea? Again, what a joke.
And let’s not forget that when the Bush Administration took office, North Korea was not a nuclear power. When Obama came into office, they had at least six nuclear weapons.
Where was Tom Davis in 2006?
By Pat Hendrix June 13, 2009 at 7:59 am
And one last thing, I find it hillarious that Tom Davis is looking to Mark Steyn for advice on foreign policy. Steyn is a high school drop out, an ex-disk jockey, a crank and the right-wing writer most allergic to facts.
Oh, and he’s Canadian.
Tom Davis – just another dumbass with twitter.
By lou June 13, 2009 at 8:03 am
If they think Kim needs a haircut, why didn’t BUSHCHENEY give it to him?
They gave all Americans a cut in the billfold.
By ABCDE June 13, 2009 at 8:22 am
Lots of anger, CYDSN, lots of anger.
By toothless June 13, 2009 at 9:25 am
From the AP:
“The 15-member Security Council unanimously passed a resolution Friday that imposes broad financial, trade and military sanctions on North Korea, while also calling on states, for the first time, to seize banned weapons and technology from the North that are found aboard ships on the high seas. But at the insistence of China and Russia, the North’s traditional allies, the resolution does not authorize the use of military action to enforce any seizure that a North Korean vessel might resist, nor does it restrict shipments of food or other nonmilitary goods.”
By CNSYD June 13, 2009 at 10:12 am
Calhoun Fawls, Surely you jest. Sourcing something to that buffoon Bill Maher? All he wants is ratings and he will say or do anything to get them. When Bush was in he bashed him in order to get viewers. Well, to use Nixon’s line, he doesn’t have Bush to kick around anymore. So he will pick another target, any target.
By Come on June 13, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Davis may be one of the better options South Carolinians have in the legislature, but his foreign policy opinions on North Korea could not be more irrelevant. He has about as much chance of affecting the situation as Wade Hampton does of coming down off the pedestal and leading an invasion of Dear Leader’s palace himself. It’s easy to be aggressive and make sweeping statements about needing to “stand for freedom” when you don’t live in a city that will go up in flames within the the first 15 minutes of any conflict, namely Seoul. I would like to hear what Davis thinks should be the threat used to enforce sanctions?
By CNSYD June 13, 2009 at 3:48 pm
Come on, what are you trying to do, interject thoughtful logic? It is easy to say “send in the troops” when you don’t have to look any of them (or their families) in the eye knowing some will never return.
By fitsnews June 13, 2009 at 3:51 pm
CNSYD-
We don’t presume to speak for Senator Davis, but we’re guessing his suggestion involves a little radio-controlled bombing of some of the DPRK’s high-value military targets back to the stone age, not another “land war in asia.”
Who other than liberal blogger Wes Wolfe is saying he said to “send in the troops?”
-FITS
By CNSYD June 13, 2009 at 5:05 pm
I don’t read Wolfe so I was not parroting him. I was just trying to make the point that it is always easy to be jingoistic when you are safely in the homeland and you don’t have to look soldiers or civilians in the eye who will be in harm’s way. South Korea and even Japan could get hit in a crossfire. Then what? Remember WWI started over the assasination of a virtually unknown nobleman in a distant land. If we wanted to take care of it “cleanly”, Navy Seals could probably do the job but I am afraid we have painted ourselves in a corner on that. Maybe we can get him to piss off the Israelis.
By Dj June 13, 2009 at 5:11 pm
Here is why we wont do anything on N. Korea.
Those in the military that have served there will know what i’m talking about. N. Korea is just a half hour from destroying the biggest city in S. Korea. Within an hour N. Korea can have at least a third or maybe even half of the south destroyed. Anyone who studies the military aspects of wargaming the scenario understands why we wont do anything. The U.S. has a token force there relying mostly on air assets and technology to stall the offense. It is too big a gamble, especially if they make the first move.The U.S. military no longer patrols the DMZ, the token division there is on rotation in the Iraq war so we are even more fucked. It has nothing to do with politics but more to do with military logistics, we simply cant make it a quick and easy war and there will be plenty of deaths, it would be a slaughter, and what president would want that? NK will get away with whatever they want to until we realize how hard it will be and commit ourselves to it, and right now we cant.
By CNSYD June 13, 2009 at 5:39 pm
Dj, I will tell you in my opinion what is even worse. We have so screwed ourselves by giving up our manufacturing capabilities that we can’t support our own military without supplies from foreign countries. In WWII we converted auto plants into building military hardware. Now we close our auto plants. So I guess if we had to do it again we could get on our knees to Japan, Korea, India and Germany and ask them to supply us. Do you like that idea all you guys who own foreign cars? It has been published that we delayed operations in the Gulf awaiting items from foreign manufacturers. News flash! You can’t $hit industrial capability overnight.
By Pat Hendrix June 13, 2009 at 6:20 pm
“might resist, nor does it restrict shipments of food or other nonmilitary goods”
That’s because the Chinese don’t want a refugee crisis spilling into their country, the dimensions of which would be mind blowing.
And fits, the North Koreans are not stupid. They have effectively hidden their nukes in the event that American airpower is used to target their nuke sites. In that case, Kim has nothing to lose, expect a strike against South Korea.
The best bet is not playing into his game. Kim has to to ratchet up the pressure because he has virtually no hand to play. His country is miserably poor, lacks water, electricity and food and has to play its only face card to muddle through another few years.
Or we can just toss aside logic and commonsense and start bombing. Great idea.
By statehouse watcher June 14, 2009 at 7:47 am
EDITORIAL: CHARLESTON POST AND COURIER WANTS WAR!
The United Nations Security Council unanimously passed limited new sanctions on North Korea Friday. But China and Russia refused to make the most stringent controls mandatory. The net result could be a dangerous repetition of the last sanctions fiasco.
After the Security Council applied sanctions for North Korea’s forbidden missile test in 2006, it exploded a nuclear weapon, saying it was justified in defying the U.N. After the United States and other nations began searching North Korean ships for contraband in 2003, North Korea began shipping items overland through China. Meanwhile, China stepped in to replace trading partners Pyongyang lost under the sanctions regime.
According to The Washington Post, the share of North Korea’s foreign trade passing through China jumped from 33 to 73 percent in 2003. North Korea’s exports and imports surged last year even though sanctions were supposed to restrict trade benefitting its military programs. The likely lesson learned in Pyongyang was that China does not want the North Korean government to collapse and may not be wholly committed to stopping it from acquiring at least a small nuclear weapons capability.
China does care, however, about keeping the six-nation Korean disarmament talks going, possibly because they constrain the U.S., South Korea and Japan from using force. The new U.N. resolution demands the talks be restarted. But in comments on the new U.N. sanctions, China U.N. ambassador Yesui Zhang, said, “under no circumstances should there be the use of force or threats of the use of force” to enforce them.
The Security Council left application of the most stringent new sanctions to member nations’ discretion. These include inspecting cargo to and from North Korea for prohibited military items and a crackdown on financial services.
North Korea, however, remained belligerently unbowed Saturday, declaring that it would take “resolute military actions” against any nation that tries to derail its nuclear-weapons program.
And based on its record of lax enforcement of the last sanctions, it is doubtful that China will inspect all North Korean cargo.
China and Russia both say they are worried about North Korea’s nuclear quest. But they don’t act as if they take it seriously.
Unless they change their permissive behavior toward Pyongyang, North Korea is unlikely to be impressed by the new U.N. sanctions, and change its dangerous ways.
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By Biggie Tea June 14, 2009 at 12:49 pm
Coming next week: Hugh Leatherman on the war in Iraq. And why hasn’t Andre Bauer put out a statement on the recent Iranian elections?
By Elmo June 14, 2009 at 8:36 pm
I love U.S. politicians who think they can go around the world solving problems. Our bozos cant even balance a budget here at home. Leave this loony alone- pull our troops out of South Korea and let China castrate this wacko.
Our country is broke.We are in 3 undeclared wars now=Iraq, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. The idea we can do anything about Kim Jong is comical.
How many quagmires (wars) and invasions can we handle?
By Toyota Kawaski June 15, 2009 at 8:53 am
Well well well Sanfraud has blown(see fits gals) for head cook and now he rolls out one of his Bitches(see fits gals) to try to take up the mantle real nice LOUser sanfraud.Please return to Goat Island
By Gen. Longstreet June 15, 2009 at 10:40 am
What is the United Nations?
By zamba June 15, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Free universal healthcare right now!