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by Stephen Green
March 7th, 2013
Kim Jong Trey Un is threatening to launch a preemptive nuclear strike on the United States. This from the country whose rockets can deliver a payload of a single Juicy Fruit stick a distance of feet. That is, when they dont fail spectacularly shortly after launch. His most compact nuke fits snugly into a cave.
So, good luck with that, Kimmie Baby.
Did President Obama somehow bring on all the bluster? Nope. This is much more (everything, really) about North Korean domestic politics, such as it is, than about anything the administration has or hasnt said or done. Besides, I didnt go in for the whole Why Do They Hate Us? meme after 9/11, and Im certainly not going to get into now. Crazy Nork dictators are crazy Nork dictators. Weve had that lesson drilled into use since 1950.
The thought does occur that Kim is acting as a stalking horse for Iran. He waves around his sort-of-real nuclear arsenal while Iran watches for the American response and revs up a few more cyclotrons. Its certainly possible, but I dont know that even Crazy Kim III is capable of stirring up enough stuff for Iran to learn anything about us they dont already know. Besides, its pretty clear that we wont be going to war against Iran no matter what.
The wont be going to war is the good news. The no matter what is the bad news. Because that part does broadcast American weakness, to enemies much more effective and dangerous than the Mad Mullahs.
Then you notice that we have an administration (and a Democratic Senate) unwilling to do much to disarm Iran, but willing to do plenty to disarm American citizens. And you have to ask yourself, What the hell message does that send to the world? The Newtown shooter might just have been the ultimate stealth stalking horse if thats not an oxymoron.
I suppose the message, if any, is this: Americas elites are now just like any other countrys elites. That is, jealous of their own prerogatives and spiteful of the peoples unalienable rights. I realize that nowhere does the Constitution recognize a right to not get blown up sitting in a café by a remote-control Hellfire missile, but surely there must be a penumbra around there somewhere to cover that.
Which brings us to Rand Paul and his stellar filibuster performance on Wednesday. If you want an argument against filibuster reform, you wont find a better one than the 12-plus-hour demonstration put on by the young senator from Kentucky. As I tweeted yesterday, Ive been watching politics for 33 of my almost 44 years, and rarely have I been inspired by a politician like I was yesterday.
[Excerpt]
Read more:
Vodkapundit » In Which We Travel from North Korea to Iran to the Senate Floor
March 7th, 2013
Kim Jong Trey Un is threatening to launch a preemptive nuclear strike on the United States. This from the country whose rockets can deliver a payload of a single Juicy Fruit stick a distance of feet. That is, when they dont fail spectacularly shortly after launch. His most compact nuke fits snugly into a cave.
So, good luck with that, Kimmie Baby.
Did President Obama somehow bring on all the bluster? Nope. This is much more (everything, really) about North Korean domestic politics, such as it is, than about anything the administration has or hasnt said or done. Besides, I didnt go in for the whole Why Do They Hate Us? meme after 9/11, and Im certainly not going to get into now. Crazy Nork dictators are crazy Nork dictators. Weve had that lesson drilled into use since 1950.
The thought does occur that Kim is acting as a stalking horse for Iran. He waves around his sort-of-real nuclear arsenal while Iran watches for the American response and revs up a few more cyclotrons. Its certainly possible, but I dont know that even Crazy Kim III is capable of stirring up enough stuff for Iran to learn anything about us they dont already know. Besides, its pretty clear that we wont be going to war against Iran no matter what.
The wont be going to war is the good news. The no matter what is the bad news. Because that part does broadcast American weakness, to enemies much more effective and dangerous than the Mad Mullahs.
Then you notice that we have an administration (and a Democratic Senate) unwilling to do much to disarm Iran, but willing to do plenty to disarm American citizens. And you have to ask yourself, What the hell message does that send to the world? The Newtown shooter might just have been the ultimate stealth stalking horse if thats not an oxymoron.
I suppose the message, if any, is this: Americas elites are now just like any other countrys elites. That is, jealous of their own prerogatives and spiteful of the peoples unalienable rights. I realize that nowhere does the Constitution recognize a right to not get blown up sitting in a café by a remote-control Hellfire missile, but surely there must be a penumbra around there somewhere to cover that.
Which brings us to Rand Paul and his stellar filibuster performance on Wednesday. If you want an argument against filibuster reform, you wont find a better one than the 12-plus-hour demonstration put on by the young senator from Kentucky. As I tweeted yesterday, Ive been watching politics for 33 of my almost 44 years, and rarely have I been inspired by a politician like I was yesterday.
[Excerpt]
Read more:
Vodkapundit » In Which We Travel from North Korea to Iran to the Senate Floor