"Bush's North Korea Capitulation" (Dynamite BOLTON Op/Ed!)

Wall Street Journal ^ | 15 April 2008 | Ambassador John R. Bolton

[AmericanInTokyo]

President George W. Bush is fond of comparing himself to Ronald Reagan. But as he meets with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak in Washington this week, his policy regarding North Korea's nuclear weapons program looks more like something out of Bill Clinton's or Jimmy Carter's playbook. In dealing with the Soviet Union on arms control, Reagan was famous for repeating the Russian phrase, "Doveryai, no proveryai" (trust, but verify). Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev reportedly once complained to Reagan, "You use that phrase every time we meet." To which Reagan smilingly replied, "That's because I like it so much." This administration appears to have forgotten that concept altogether.

[AmericanInTokyo]

[AmericanInTokyo]

Read on. This is good stuff. It is damned scary, though.

This legacy stuff in the waning days of the W Administration, abject appeasement, is going to get a lot of people killed if they don't watch it.

[Piquaboy]

I don’t think that Ronald Reagan would have bought into the global warming scam like president Bush has,

[AmericanInTokyo]

Nor socialist bailouts of irresponsible mortgage liars upon the backs of decent, wise and honest Americans.

[Ouderkirk]

God help us !!!

[Piquaboy]

right again.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Do I get in trouble for posting the conclusion of the article? Couldn't help myself:

Last fall, President Bush rejected the idea of giving North Korea a pass on uranium enrichment and proliferation. Now, in the waning days of his term, he seems poised to accept it. If he does, and if this deal proceeds, we can well and truly say: "President Bush, you are no Ronald Reagan."

[TigerLikesRooster]

The whole family tree of GHWB is no good politically.

[AmericanInTokyo]

The Congress and Senate needs to step up to the plate and put a stop to this Bush/Condi/Career State Department crap. Totally agreed with Ambassador Bolton here.

But the Democrats wont do it since they are all for appeasement, and the RINOs have no spine nor backbone to oppose Bush and Condi on this outrage either.

We are royally SCREWED in the process.

[Prokopton]

This must just be another case of ignorant BDS.

[TigerLikesRooster]

A special place in Hell for Chia Head

Special dunce caps for three stooges: Chris “Kim Jong” Hill, Sunshine Condi, and alleged poker player Dubya.

[ThePythonicCow]

There might be a very different take to this than Bolton provides.

Perhaps South Korea and China are fixing to remove the government of North Korea ... soon. Reunite Korea, and along the way, redraw the border between Korea and China just a little so that Manchuria extends to the Pacific.

[RightWhale]

Is Bolton an Ambassador to someplace?

[Piquaboy]

I do not think there is any Republicans who are in charge that has any balls. They let Rats crap all over them and do not say a word except ask for more. McCain is one of them too.

[AmericanInTokyo]

I swear, he may talk tough and a little swagger right now (but so did W) but this McCain fellow, if elected, is going to give us FOUR OR EIGHT more years of this RINO international appeasement crap and sellouts. Just watch. Of course that doofus SnObama will be no better, nor Hitlery. You are so right about these Republicans at the national level, they have lost their balls if they ever had them in the first place. This Chamberlainian stuff is going to get us in a hot war on the Peninsula, maybe even a triad of Syria, Iran and North Korea all at once.

So, there are the 2008 choices folks. Enjoy.

[whd23]

Perhaps South Korea and China are fixing to remove the government of North Korea ... soon. Reunite Korea, and along the way, redraw the border between Korea and China just a little so that Manchuria extends to the Pacific.

That's incredibly unlikely. The South is not interested in a fast reunification with the North (a la East & West Germany). I doubt very much you'd be able to find a single Korean (North or South) that would be interested in giving China any part of their county.

Nope, I'm afraid that it's much more likely that Dubya is "all hat and no cattle."

[AmericanInTokyo]

He keeps the diplomatic title after serving, or are you just trying to be smart.

[tarheelswamprat]

Is Bolton an Ambassador to someplace?

Is there a relevant point to your question? /s

[Eric in the Ozarks]

He should be at State.