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North Korea Tests Underground Nuclear Bomb
Wizbang —
... from where it might originate," Biden said to Emerald City supporters, mentioning the Middle East and Russia as possibilities. "And he's gonna need help. And the kind of help he's gonna need is, he's gonna need you - not financially to help him - we're gonna need you to use your influence, your influence within the community, to stand with him. Because it's not gonna be apparent initially, it's not gonna be apparent that we're right." And tested he is. North Korea set off an underground nuclear bomb : President Barack Obama said on Monday that nuclear and missile tests ...
BREAKING - Another NorK Nuke Test
Wizbang —
... Barack Obama said a nuclear test would constitute an act of "blatant defiance" of the U.N. Security Council and a violation of international law, and only further isolate North Korea. North Korea's claims "are a matter of grave concern to all nations," he said, calling for international action in a statement from Washington. "North Korea's attempts to develop nuclear weapons, as well as its ballistic missile program, constitute a threat to international peace and security." More from Reuters , ...
Nork Nukes
Weekly Standard Blog —
John Bolton predicted North Korea's latest nuclear test in the Wall Street Journal on May 20, despite the Obama administration's happy-go-lucky attitude toward Kim's regime:
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 ...
North Korea's latest nuclear test and the 'no sense of crisis' Obama administration
Hyscience —
North Korea's latest nuclear test has clearly caught the Obama administration with its pants down. As John McCormack points out over at TWS, John Bolton predicted this latest test in the Wall Street Journal on May 20, despite the Obama administration's happy-go-lucky attitude toward Kim's regime:
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 ...
Carol Platt Liebau: What Weakness Breeds
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
North Korea isn't interested in further "dialogue" with Barack Obama or anyone else -- its leader is interested in developing nuclear weapons with which to threaten the world. Iran sees Obama's "unclenched fist" as nothing more than an opportunity -- to develop nuclear weapons. And it has been encouraged by Obama's "soft touch" to behave with unprecedented aggression . No doubt both countries have leaders who are insane and/or deeply inimical to this country, and the problems they represent are difficult. But is there anyone who doesn't believe that they have been incited to further boldness by the apologies and the apparent weakness of America's president? Allowing those ...
Obama says North Korea nuclear test a "grave concern"
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... to Obama at a time when he is facing a global economic crisis and working to curb Iran's nuclear enrichment program, which the West fears is aimed at producing nuclear arms but Tehran says is for energy. Obama vowed when he took office to extend a hand to troublesome countries "willing to unclench your fist" but so far he has had little success with North Korea or Iran, which have continued to advance their nuclear programs and showed little interest in renewed dialogue. Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE54O1... People called it a gaff when VP Biden ...
The Great but Unacknowledged Wisdom of Doing Nothing
Once Upon a Time... —
... One of the numerous awful results of this mythologized version of history and reality is that every event is perceived through a series of distorting lenses. The latest story about North Korea provides yet another specimen for the laboratory of the study of national denial and self-flattering mythology: ...
