Posted on 12/18/2014 6:25:59 AM PST by Servant of the Cross
By now you know President Obama announced yesterday he will unilaterally normalize the relationship between Cuba and the United States. Back in 2008, Obama said he would talk and negotiate with Iran and now, sources tell the Los Angeles Times that the president attempted to start talks with North Korea and failed last year.
A White House official made two secret visits to North Korea last year in an unsuccessful effort to improve relations after new ruler Kim Jong Un assumed power, according to former U.S. officials familiar with the trips.
The former U.S. officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the back-channel trips have not been formally disclosed, said the first visit was an unsuccessful attempt to persuade Pyongyang not to launch a long-range rocket.
Incredible. Negotiating with North Korea? What could possibly go wrong?
Meanwhile, Newt Gingrich is calling North Korea's hack attack and threats of violence against Sony cyber warfare. By the way, we're losing.
Newt Gingrich
@newtgingrich
No one should kid themselves. With the Sony collapse
America has lost its first cyberwar. This is a very very
dangerous precedent.
Ben Shapiro
@benshapiro
There is literally one working computer in North Korea, and we just lost to it.
Exit question: When will Obama send White House officials to talk with the GOP on Capitol Hill?
video at link ...
I’m mixed on this. I have no respect for Obunga, and would stand in line to whizz on his grave if I outlived him.
But dontcha think a swell way to screw up communism is to give the captive people a glimpse and a taste of freedom. The internet, fax machines, satellite dishes, etc. are what ultimately brought down the Berlin Wall, after those things gave the Russian people a window on the world?
Or Metta World Peace!
If you recall, during the 2008 election obama promised that he would negotiate with these nations “without pre-conditions”
This is what America voted for. Blame Obama’s supporters.
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