Our missile defense system, after Obama's "changes".
Posted on 04/04/2009 10:55:44 PM PDT by FocusNexus
The United States, Japan and South Korea will view the launch as a violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution passed in 2006 after Pyongyang carried out the nuclear test and other missile tests.
That resolution, number 1718, demands North Korea "suspend all activities related to its ballistic missile program."
U.N. Security Council diplomats have told Reuters on condition of anonymity that no country was considering imposing new sanctions but the starting point could be discussing a resolution for the stricter enforcement of earlier sanctions.
Both Russia and China, the latter the nearest the reclusive North has to a major ally, have made clear they would block new sanctions by the Council, where they have veto power.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
And we are ceding our sovereignty to the UN.
CNN said Obama will make a speech in Prague, that they will carry live, at 4 am EDT.
Kim Yong Il is rolling on the floor laughing about the world not having the will to stop him.
Bolton: Obama Needs Additional ‘Schooling’
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,512585,00.html
BOLTON: I don’t think the U.N.’s going to do much of anything. I think it’s very unlikely they’ll get a stiff sanctions resolution. The sanctions that were imposed in 2006, when North Korea tested missiles and a nuclear device, obviously haven’t not stopped them.
Bump
“The launch today of a Taepo-dong 2 missile was a clear violation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718, which expressly prohibits North Korea from conducting ballistic missile-related activities of any kind,” he said. “With this provocative act, North Korea has ignored its international obligations, rejected unequivocal calls for restraint, and further isolated itself from the community of nations.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/05/AR2009040500021.html
Considering that nobody will actually do ANYTHING about it, N, Korea won again. What about Obama’s “charm” — wasn't he supposed to make everyone, including the Kim Jong Il do his every bidding?
This launch is an embarrassment to the UN AND the US.
Yep. Kim Mentally Ill Slong is really scared of Obama, Holbrooke, Hillary and all the rest of the Obamites.
I’m sure he is quaking in his boots. More like shaking with laughter in his jacuzzi.
UN-Obama. Both useless pieces of crap.
counter battery fire ......
Well, I guess that dealing with North Korea is above Obama’s pay grade...
Next comment from Obambi....”since the North Koreans have launched a missile, I can see their country now” :)
Another nasty letter, eh? This is absolutely BEYOND ridiculous!
Can’t wait to see what Obama said. I’m guessing the speech is over now (it’s 4 a.m. Central Time now). I’m going to go look for the transcription of it... Even though it’ll probably make me ill reading it!
UN resolutions sure worked well against Saddam...
First, they had to wake him up to tell him what happened and now the American people have to wait 9 hours to hear from him on a vital security issue?
Never mind, I misread that - it’s 4 a.m.
More mush from the wimp.
Obama got that famous call at 4:30 in the Mornung and now we know what he did , He called HILLARY ,then she called all her friends , Must have The ATT family plan ,and they sang Cum Bay Yah!
Then the ONE went out and the teleprompter told him to say we have to have action not just words! So The ONE in the face of North Korea Furthering their Nuclear missle program, threatens to Get rid of all of our Nuclear weapons as Punishment. Wow this guy is Brilliant ,I was wrong all along
With Obama at the White House, “UN demands” is now a meaningless phrase. He believed,with Chirac,that UN demands for Iraq, 17 resolutions, should be “just words.”
Like I said (on other pre-launch threads) Japan has done absolutly nothing.
The UN is a barrier against action. The language of the resolution is the international equivalent to telling your child you would never lay a hand on them and then threatening a spanking
Any wordon how far the warhead went? I can’t find anything on that and I don’t want to wade through the 800+ posts on the other thread.
Halfway to the US, as I understand it.
Why should any dictator be afraid of “sanctions?”
When have they ever worked in the past?
In fact, “sanctions” usually strengthen a dictator.
So Joe Biden was right after all... It’s only been 3 months and the Obama Administration just got it’s first foreign policy test, courtesy of that fat little dog-eating dictator in NoKo.
So, what next? What is to be done with a country who just tested intercontinental missile technology for their number 1 customer, the Iranians? Will the Obama/Clinton foreign policy team do anything meaningful? Recall that the last Democrat SecState to visit Kim Jong Ill, Madeline Albright, was photographed toasting Kim with a glass of white wine...
This test will also prove to be further motivation for Israel to take pre-emptive military action against the Iranian nuclear weapons manufacturing capabilites, as well as any Iranian missile launching facilities that they can find which are capable of supporting one of these NoKo ICBMs. This missile is tailor made to hit Tel Aviv from virtually anywhere in Iran, and Iran is first in line to buy these missiles.
Let’s see if Obama does anything besides talk. Conversely, let’s see if this missile test ends the talk in Israel, and how long it takes to provoke some direct action from Benyamin Netanyahu....
Okay, 'nuff's enough with this crap!
It's time to resolution N.K. to death!
You're kidding right?
John Bolton for President, 2012 — if we all live that long.
This is nonsense. Our STATED policy shoud be: "We will blast from the sky every ballistic missile you launch. Waste as much money as you want."
I can't recall a single time when diplomatic sanctions actually worked. Reagan's "diplomatic sanctions" (delivered by fighter squadron) sure worked with Libya, though.
Obama is an empty suit in front of a Teleprompter. Who is going to fear that?
"UN demands" has ALWAYS been a meaningless phrase.
With Obama at the White House, "US demands" is now a meaningless phrase.
Rhetorical question of course....I’m listening to Axelrod talk about bringing NoKo into the brotherhood of the world, and how the Administration will be seeking “a tough response” through the UN Security Council.
Break out the Chardonnay....
Moving on....
Our missile defense system, after Obama's "changes".
Well, that really left a mark. < /sarc>
“With Obama at the White House, “US demands” is now a meaningless phrase.”
Sad, but true.
Obama said that “rules should be followed, and words mean something.”...I almost choked. Since when has he kept his word about anything in the primaries, in fact, didn’t he say “it’s just words”. What a buzzhead.
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