North Korea – Susan Rice the trusted Expert? Part 1 of 2
Remember the September 2012 Benghazi attack occurred and following that, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice appeared on 5 Sunday morning shows to state that it was not terrorists but because of a film? Can we trust what Susan Rice says when she is brought in as an expert commentator on TV? Can we trust what she writes in an op-ed?
BACKGROUND: Read my three previous posts for details but in short the three previous presidents each had a different approach. Clinton used the carrot, Bush used the stick and Obama demonstrated strategic patience. All negotiated in good faith with N. Korea. There efforts resulted in our reality today.
IT IS OK IF N. KOREA HAS NUKES: According to Rice = (“History shows that we can, if we must, tolerate nuclear weapons in North Korea — the same way we tolerated the far greater threat of thousands of Soviet nuclear weapons during the Cold War. It will require being pragmatic.) WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I think between President Clinton, Busch & Obama we have been pragmatic.
RED LINE: Rice said the U.S. should make it clear that any use of nuclear weapons against the U.S. or its allies, or the transfer of nuclear weapons to third parties, would “result in annihilation of North Korea.” These words sound wonderful and the implication is to draw a red line, which is what her boss President Obama did in Syria. How did that work out?
GENIUS SOLUTION: Headline seeker Congresswoman Maxine Waters said, “I think there’s some things that they want from us, and we have to find out whether or not we can work with them on the things that they’re asking for.” REALLY? GGGEEEZZZ what does this genius think the three previous presidents did?
FILL THE VACANT POSITIONS: Democrats have been slow rolling vacant cabinet appointments, and what do you think Maxine has to say when asked about N. Korea? QUOTE: “I want us to be very careful, very alert to what is happening and to avoid war, I think we can do this with some diplomacy, but we have got to have Tillerson, who is our Secretary of State, get those positions filled for deputy [and] for assistant, so that we can engage with North Korea.” Well DAH, SEE MY SHOCKED FACE!
CRITICIZE TRUMP: Experts are criticizing Trump’s rhetoric on N. Korea. News anchors and other experts claim Trump is not qualified to deal with N. Korea because his speech is too provocative. Well how did the previous three presidents do when dealing with N. Korea? We know that N. Korea can miniaturize nuclear warheads. This was discovered by the Obama administration a few years ago. That means that N. Korea can place a warhead onto a missile.
Part #2 will be posted Monday 14 August. Topics: Reagan, leaders lead, the enemy gets a vote, China, Russia, the international community and spoiled little boy problem.