Obama tells military: prepare for North Korea aggression

Reuters via Yahoo news ^ | 5/24/2010 | Jeff Mason

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

President Barack Obama has directed the U.S. military to coordinate with South Korea to "ensure readiness" and deter future aggression from North Korea, the White House said on Monday.

The United States gave strong backing to plans by South Korean President Lee Myung-bak to punish North Korea for sinking one of its naval ships, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said in a statement.

The White House urged North Korea to apologize and change its behavior, he said.

"We endorse President Lee's demand that North Korea immediately apologize and punish those responsible for the attack, and, most importantly, stop its belligerent and threatening behavior," Gibbs said.

"U.S. support for South Korea's defense is unequivocal, and the president has directed his military commanders to coordinate closely with their Republic of Korea counterparts to ensure readiness and to deter future aggression," he said.

Obama and Lee have agreed to meet at the G20 summit in Canada next month, he said.

Late last week, a team of international investigators accused North Korea of torpedoing the Cheonan corvette in March, killing 46 sailors in one of the deadliest clashes between the two since the 1950-53 Korean War.

Lee said on Monday South Korea would bring the issue before the U.N., whose past sanctions have damaged the already ruined North Korean economy.

[screaminsunshine]

Amazing. ‘apologize’...for torpedoing a destroyer. Sick and disgusting.

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

I agree

[piasa]

Lee said on Monday South Korea would bring the issue before the U.N., whose past sanctions have damaged the already ruined North Korean economy.

I love these reporters and editors...

North Korea's economy wasn't ruined by sanctions. It's been in ruins all along because of communism, and will remain in ruins because its leader, like ours, is too arrogant to admit he's an economic moron.

[ChiMark]

Zer0 has no one in his Ivy league house of cards who can deal with this crisis.

Who is that fool who apologized to China?
Does’nt matter. All of Zer0’s elitist Czars brought this on.

[BobP]

Does'nt matter. All of Zer0’s elitist Czars brought this on

To our Prez I say...

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A short YouTube Video -- "What are you... a doomsday machine..."

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[yorkie01]

Is this BHO’s FDR (WWII) moment to regain his footing?

[Carley]

Sorry so sorry!

Good Lord, we have sunk to the depths of idiocy not seen in this country. And that includes the peanut farmer.

[Texas resident]

The norks wouldn’t be so aggressive is they were scared of the guy who plays president on tv.
Cause and effect.

[snowrip]

Oh please.

Is there a single person with a brain that honestly believes that, if Obama is awakened at 3am and told of a NK chemical rocket attack on the DMZ, he’s going to do anything other than cry?

[Pure Country]

Obama tells military: prepare for North Korea aggression

Hasn't done anything on Mexican aggression, so why would we think that he would do anything on North Korean aggression other than to play basketball and golf?

[Venturer]

Apologising for sinking a destroyer is no big deal, but how do you apologise for the deliberate murder of those who died on board ?

[Oceander]

Hmmm, well, if anyone has experience apologizing, it's Obuttocks.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Ping.

[armymarinemom]

Saying they are sorry? O stands our family up for sorry? I’m going to puke.

[seemoAR]

I can imagine the Black Messiah giving high 5’s to all his buddies.

[myself6]

F Zero and F this...

What a F’ing mess... Our guys are supposed to take orders from a GD marxist POS to defend another nation against Marxist aggression?

Those guys need to get the hell out of there until we can end the marxist tyranny that’s building here in this country.

[ExSoldier]

The reality here is that when the conflict was still raging 1951-'53 and the Chinese entered the fray, MacArthur requested that the nukes be released (as Westmoreland would do later in Vietnam) and the request was denied by the spineless Dems. In both cases the nuclear option should have been exercised. I'll bet we wouldn't be suffering from a fraction of the amount of disrespect and abuse that we've suffered at the hands of tiny tyrants since then.

[melancholy]

"We endorse President Lee's demand that North Korea immediately apologize and punish those responsible for the attack, and, most importantly, stop its belligerent and threatening behavior," Gibbs said. LOL! Should the Nork military personnel be punished for following its government orders? "........the president has directed his military commanders to coordinate closely with their Republic of Korea counterparts to ensure readiness and to deter future aggression,"

What? Weren't they coordinating already? Will 0b0z0 "let" the US military defend itself in case of a Nork attack by his communist brethrens?

[melancholy]

Reformat and pour another mug of coffee.

"We endorse President Lee's demand that North Korea immediately apologize and punish those responsible for the attack, and, most importantly, stop its belligerent and threatening behavior," Gibbs said.

LOL! Should the Nork military personnel be punished for following its government orders?

"........the president has directed his military commanders to coordinate closely with their Republic of Korea counterparts to ensure readiness and to deter future aggression,"

What? Weren't they coordinating already? Will 0b0z0 "let" the US military defend itself in case of a Nork attack by his communist brethrens?