Obama backs down (who is surprised?) on N. Korean ship

[Who?Me?!]

Originally Posted by Sunny-Days90

Many of us already knew he would be a weakass punk that our enemies would take advantage of.

5 months into office and he is showing signs that we will tolerate about anything and have a cup of latta together.

Maybe Obama should call a real leader named Bush and ask him how to protect us from missile attacks!

How have we been taken advantage of?


How many wars can the U.S. fight at one time?

[Tank1906]

Originally Posted by Sunny-Days90

Many of us already knew he would be a weakass punk that our enemies would take advantage of.

5 months into office and he is showing signs that we will tolerate about anything and have a cup of latta together.

Maybe Obama should call a real leader named Bush and ask him how to protect us from missile attacks!

You do realize this isn't a rap beef don't you? 3000+ civilians died on Bush's watch so that phone number should be disconnected.

[Mike from back east]

Oops.

The ship turned around after all, something worked, and worked without the loud grandstanding and flag waving of the idiot Bush.

As I understand, no shots were fired, no ships were boarded, and no public threats were made, but somehow pressure was applied.

Excerpt from WaPo:

- Administration officials didn’t want to force an open confrontation by boarding the ship, especially when they weren’t sure what it was carrying. Instead, they pressured governments en route not to allow the Kang Nam 1 to dock at their ports. And the U.S. made clear it hoped that Burma would turn the vessel away if it tried to land. According to the White House official, that’s what happened ... the successful American effort to block the arrival of the Korean vessel sends a signal that “Obama has an open hand, but a firm handshake.”

[TigerLily24]

Originally Posted by Mike from back east

Oops.

The ship turned around after all, something worked, and worked without the loud grandstanding and flag waving of the idiot Bush.

As I understand, no shots were fired, no ships were boarded, and no public threats were made, but somehow pressure was applied.

Excerpt from WaPo:

- Administration officials didn’t want to force an open confrontation by boarding the ship, especially when they weren’t sure what it was carrying. Instead, they pressured governments en route not to allow the Kang Nam 1 to dock at their ports. And the U.S. made clear it hoped that Burma would turn the vessel away if it tried to land. According to the White House official, that’s what happened ... the successful American effort to block the arrival of the Korean vessel sends a signal that “Obama has an open hand, but a firm handshake.”

Thanks for the update. Sanity prevails.

[Bagger]

Originally Posted by Mike from back east

Oops.

The ship turned around after all, something worked, and worked without the loud grandstanding and flag waving of the idiot Bush.

As I understand, no shots were fired, no ships were boarded, and no public threats were made, but somehow pressure was applied.

Excerpt from WaPo:

- Administration officials didn’t want to force an open confrontation by boarding the ship, especially when they weren’t sure what it was carrying. Instead, they pressured governments en route not to allow the Kang Nam 1 to dock at their ports. And the U.S. made clear it hoped that Burma would turn the vessel away if it tried to land. According to the White House official, that’s what happened ... the successful American effort to block the arrival of the Korean vessel sends a signal that “Obama has an open hand, but a firm handshake.”

I'm with TigerLily24.... Thanks for the update.

[Chango]

Originally Posted by sanrene

US will not use force to inspect NKorean ship - Yahoo! News

Well, well, well.

So all that was needed from the little pot-bellied dictator was a few threats of war and annihilation?



What was that obama said about getting the international community together on this?

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Yeah, so much for his "smart power".

The country is already in delicate straits at the moment and we have absolutely nothing to gain by going to war with North Korea. It seems like a logical (if not a tough, bad ass) step.


Seriously, the US government is not really interested in truth and justice, just what suits our interests. If we were, North Korea wouldn't have existed since the 50's, Timor wouldn't have been raped and murdered into submission in the 70's and there wouldn't have been Darfur and Rwanda genocides. We did nothing because there is nothing to gain by doing just the "right" thing. We claim that as the reason for Afghanistan and Iraq, of course but who actually believes we did it just to bring Saddam to justice and liberate the people of Afghanistan from the Taliban, or even to avenge 911.

Hell no. Now we have Iraq's oil, military bases on either side of Iran (that actually has something worth looting) and are in easy striking distance of Russia. We could turn North Korea into a giant ashtray in 20 minutes, but it would be a waste of plutonium. I'm an Obama hater too but he did right on that one.

[Mr. Opinion]

Originally Posted by parfleche

obama is not a leader. he is obsessed with the wold loving him. he is the answer. well welcome to the real world barry. theres a lot of evil people out there, deal with it mr peesident or go back to community organizing. a strong leader you are not. 2010 cant come soon enough.

I want to ask you a question, If I can.

You and your friends are chilling, having a great time doing what you do.

A man comes into the place where you are and points a loaded 357 Magnum to your head and you and your friends have pocket knives.

What would you do?