Posted on 05/29/2009 8:57:12 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
(LEAD) (Yonhap Interview) N. Korean nuclear test to trigger unprecedented response: Cohen
By Sam Kim
SINGAPORE, May 29 (Yonhap) -- North Korea made a "big miscalculation" by going ahead with its second nuclear test and should expect an unprecedented response from the international community, a former U.S. defense minister said Friday.
North Korea set off an underground nuclear explosion in its northeastern region on Monday despite a slew of international warnings
That was Les Aspin.
Cohen didn't become SecDef until 1997.
In bold type on the good stationery too!
Former Clinton defense secretary William Cohen criticized the Obama administration for cutting back on missile defense just as North Korea ramps up its nuclear testing. Not sure this helps Sec. Cohne with the Dems! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2260618/posts
Obama Missile Defense Cuts A Mistake http://www.aim.org/don-irvine-blog/obama-missle-defense-cuts-a-mistake/
From ABC News’ Jake Tapper Writing the Washington Times, William Cohen, a Republican senator from Maine who served as President Bill Clinton’s defense secretary from 1997 through 2001, says that President Obama’s decision to reduce the funding commitment to the US missile-defense system by $1.4 billion “sends the signal that we do not take the threats of rogue regimes seriously, and are willing to take the risk that current technologies are sufficient to prevent devastating...
This outrageous display calls for a dialogue. What shape should the table be?
“An even more strongly worded letter.
In bold type on the good stationery too!”
ALL CAPS
North Korea is in BIG trouble now!
Why, Obambi may even send them a sternly worded letter.
"Double secret probation, sir?"
"Yes.....it's a little known codicile in the Democrat constitution that gives Obama the power to issue a strongly worded statement in times of national emrgency."
An even more strongly worded letter.
In bold type on the good stationery too!
ALL CAPS..........”
You are pushing too hard. Need to save the all caps option for the next outrage.
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