Alec Jacobs, Contributor
Obama’s decisions about when to act and when not to act have been consistently puzzling. He insisted on action when it came to the stimulus bill (which was passed without being read because action was needed so immediately) and we have only seen the economy worsen. He demanded action regarding the closing of Guantanamo Bay, but has yet to give anyone so much as a hint about what he plans to do with detainees currently being held there. Action absolutely needed to be taken when it came to Cap and Trade (again, passed by the House without having been read through). Yet, when it came to promoting democracy around the world, Obama chose to remain silent as protestors in Iran were killed in the streets. But perhaps the most pressing issue is a threat to our national security that Obama has decided almost not to acknowledge at all –North Korea. I find it slightly troubling that Obama is seemingly more worried about the effects of global warming decades and centuries away, than he is with missiles pointed at Hawaii, Alaska and US allies.
Many people dismiss North Korea as being too underdeveloped and unstable to pose a significant threat. Wrong! The threat from North Korea is very real.
When North Korea refused to shut down missile production earlier this year, Obama took a bold step. He went to the United Nations and told on Kim Jong-Il, a move equivalent in effectiveness to me asking Ted Kennedy not to drink before driving me home. But Obama didn’t stop there! No, no, he went back to the U.N. a second time when (shockingly) it didn’t work the first time. Oddly, still nothing has changed.
On the Fourth of July, North Korea decided to launch seven Scud missiles, in defiance of the United Nations and the United States. The missiles landed in the Sea of Japan, but with stunning accuracy.
The rest of this post can be read at The Politicizer
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