Posted on 05/28/2009 8:26:18 PM PDT by Scanian
Last week, on May 20, the Wall Street Journal published former UN ambassador John Bolton's op-ed prophetically titled "Get Ready for Another North Korean Nuke Test."
Five days later--boom! Well, why not? As Bolton noted
What the North has lacked thus far is the political opportunity to test without fatally jeopardizing its access to the six-party talks and the legitimacy they provide. Despite the State Department's seemingly unbreakable second-term hold over President Bush, another test after 2006 just might have ended the talks.
So far, the North faces no such threat from the Obama administration. Despite Pyongyang's aggression, Mr. Bosworth has reiterated that the U.S. is "committed to dialogue" and is "obviously interested in returning to a negotiating table as soon as we can." This is precisely what the North wants: America in a conciliatory mode, eager to bargain, just as Mr. Bush was after the 2006 test.
If the next nuclear explosion doesn't derail the six-party talks, Kim will rightly conclude that he faces no real danger of ever having to dismantle his weapons program. North Korea is a mysterious place, but there is no mystery about its foreign-policy tactics: They work. The real mystery is why our administrations -- Republican and Democratic -- haven't learned that their quasi-religious faith in the six-party talks is misplaced.
For good measure, the North Koreans sent up a few missiles the next day--and yes, Ms. Tina Fey, they can reach Alaska. And Alaska, governed by Sarah Palin (R) is part of the United States.
And what will Iran learn from North Korea? Bolton concluded
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I'm pretty sure that Kim Dim Wit figured that out during the Clinton Administration.
Bolton was on the Laura Ingraham radio show and Laura asked him if he had a nice weekend (Memorial Day Weekend) and John Bolton pointed out that he rememebered that North Korea did nuclear stufff the previous memorial day weekend so he had an eye on NK.
I thought it was Fourth of July, but I may be wrong.
Why can’t this man be our president?
I’m with you. Bolton is exactly what we need in a president. And in another era, a guy like him could have been president. But now, in the world of American Idol and Britney Spears and Barry Obama (i.e., in our idiotic, celebrity-obsessed culture), it’d take a miracle for someone as intelligent and capable as Bolton to stand any sort of chance.
WE ARE SO SCREWED!!!
Because we have a "Magic Negro" for our alleged president.
John Bolton is my vision of a true American leader and patriot. God bless John Bolton and all he has done for this republic.
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