For The Record
I went to bed laughing last night, which, given the amazing amount of pain I'm in right now (no, I don't know what is wrong...seeing the doctor tonight) is pretty shocking....
Why the laughs?
Well, truth be told, they were bitter laughs. The kind that says "yeah, saw that coming." So, North Korea ignored our President's threat and set off a nuke. Big surprise.
The North Koreans, the Iranians and Islamists everywhere no doubt had their own laughs when Bush issued his threats. I can hear them now.
"What are they going to do? Adopt us? Build us schools?" Hahahahahaha!
"Oooo maybe they'll hold 14 of our guys at a POW camp and everyone will hate them for it!" Hahahahahhaha!
"Maybe they'll drop some more "tomahawk" missiles!" Hahahaha!
"Ooo,yeah, and if we'll get caught, they'll do to us what they did to Saddam!"
Seriously, if you look at it from a certain detached state of mind, it actually is quite funny.
One of the reasons I like Jonah Goldberg is that he is honest. Agree or disagree with the guy, he is standup. And in the increasingly fantastical world of National Review, you can count on him to call it like he sees it. This morning, Jonah writes:
Tell us again how that Bush Doctrine is alive and kicking, Norman.
The President took to his podium this morning:
Who the hell elected Bush to represent the "international community," whatever that is? And who the hell is he to say they will respond, again assuming that such a thing exists?
We then sang "We Are the World" and made cool lunch reservations in Manhattan!
Yeah? You and what army? The army teaching the citizens of Tikrik how to stop poisoning each other for Ramadan and learn to live like Nebraskans?
Cue bitter laughter. Quite a lot of that these days, isn't there?
Who gives a flying god-damn about the North Korean people? Who elected Bush their spokesman? Does he really believe that the Korean people look to him as their standard-bearer?
Who the hell *is* this moron and what is he doing in the Oval Office?
Why the laughs?
Well, truth be told, they were bitter laughs. The kind that says "yeah, saw that coming." So, North Korea ignored our President's threat and set off a nuke. Big surprise.
The North Koreans, the Iranians and Islamists everywhere no doubt had their own laughs when Bush issued his threats. I can hear them now.
"What are they going to do? Adopt us? Build us schools?" Hahahahahaha!
"Oooo maybe they'll hold 14 of our guys at a POW camp and everyone will hate them for it!" Hahahahahhaha!
"Maybe they'll drop some more "tomahawk" missiles!" Hahahaha!
"Ooo,yeah, and if we'll get caught, they'll do to us what they did to Saddam!"
Seriously, if you look at it from a certain detached state of mind, it actually is quite funny.
One of the reasons I like Jonah Goldberg is that he is honest. Agree or disagree with the guy, he is standup. And in the increasingly fantastical world of National Review, you can count on him to call it like he sees it. This morning, Jonah writes:
Lots of folks think this nuke thing is good news for the GOP because it puts national security in play and diminishes the Foley stuff. As political analysis, I think that's probably right. But let's keep in mind that North Korea's nuke testing constitutes a failure of US policy. We can debate the details and the extenuating circumstances, but President Bush denounced the Axis of Evil five years ago and promised that he would do everything to keep its members from getting nukes. Well, North Korea just detonated one. Iran is well on its way to getting one. And Iraq, well, that's not quite the bright spot we hoped it would be.
Tell us again how that Bush Doctrine is alive and kicking, Norman.
The President took to his podium this morning:
THE PRESIDENT: Last night the government of North Korea proclaimed to the world that it had conducted a nuclear test. We're working to confirm North Korea's claim. Nonetheless, such a claim itself constitutes a threat to international peace and security. The United States condemns this provocative act. Once again North Korea has defied the will of the international community, and the international community will respond.
Who the hell elected Bush to represent the "international community," whatever that is? And who the hell is he to say they will respond, again assuming that such a thing exists?
This was confirmed this morning in conversations I had with leaders of China, and South Korea, Russia, and Japan. We reaffirmed our commitment to a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula, and all of us agreed that the proclaimed actions taken by North Korea are unacceptable and deserve an immediate response by the United Nations Security Council.
We then sang "We Are the World" and made cool lunch reservations in Manhattan!
The North Korean regime remains one of the world's leading proliferator of missile technology, including transfers to Iran and Syria. The transfer of nuclear weapons or material by North Korea to states or non-state entities would be considered a grave threat to the United States, and we would hold North Korea fully accountable of the consequences of such action.
Yeah? You and what army? The army teaching the citizens of Tikrik how to stop poisoning each other for Ramadan and learn to live like Nebraskans?
The United States remains committed to diplomacy, and we will continue to protect ourselves and our interests. I reaffirmed to our allies in the region, including South Korea and Japan, that the United States will meet the full range of our deterrent and security commitments.
Cue bitter laughter. Quite a lot of that these days, isn't there?
Threats will not lead to a brighter future for the North Korean people, nor weaken the resolve of the United States and our allies to achieve the de-nuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. Today's claim by North Korea serves only to raise tensions, while depriving the North Korean people of the increased prosperity and better relations with the world offered by the implementation of the joint statement of the six-party talks. The oppressed and impoverished people of North Korea deserve that brighter future.
Who gives a flying god-damn about the North Korean people? Who elected Bush their spokesman? Does he really believe that the Korean people look to him as their standard-bearer?
Who the hell *is* this moron and what is he doing in the Oval Office?
