Some perception.
let's see, he basically insults his own country by telling everyone how arrogant and derisive we are. He tells NK not to launch a missile or else he'll run to the U.N. and tell....he calls for disarming and cancels production of the US air superiority fighter.... He is basically telling everyone that the he will not act in the best interests of the USA.
John Bolton Says Barack Obama's Reaction to the North Korean Missile Launch Sends the Wrong Signal to Israel and Iran - WSJ.com
Prior to North Korea's launch yesterday of a Taepodong-2 ballistic missile, President Barack Obama declared that such an action would be "provocative." This public statement was an attempt to reinforce the administration's private efforts to urge the Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea (DPRK) not to fire the missile.
That effort failed, as have countless other attempts to deal softly with Pyongyang. Incredibly, U.S. Special Envoy for North Korea Stephen Bosworth revealed -- just a few days before the launch -- that he was ready to visit Pyongyang and resume the six-party talks once the "dust from the missiles settles." It is no wonder the North fired away.
Wow tough stance by Obama....I bet NK is just scared silly.
Once the missile shot was complete, the administration's answer was hand-wringing, more rhetoric and, oh yes, the obligatory trip to the U.N. Security Council so that it could scold the defiant DPRK. Beyond whatever happens in the Security Council, Mr. Obama seems to have no plan whatever.
So Obama runs to the UN when matters of national security arise. Do you want the UN dictating US policy?
Not only is Obama being ineffective he is sending signals that he is determined to weaken the US defense capability even further.
Do you think that Obama did nothing because he is scared shitless of china and Russia?
Don't think that people aren't watching. Obama is sending signals that he and by association the US is weak. Now don't worry about the US being attacked directly but rather worry that China will take Taiwan, that North Korea will invade South Korea and Russia will repeat the Georgian invasion in other border countries it wants back.
All the while Obama and the US will do nothing and they all know it. We will be exposed as the paper tiger we are and the decline of our country will continue.
Israel must also be carefully considering how the U.S. watched North Korea rip through "the international community." The most important lesson the new government headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should draw is: Look out for No. 1. If Israel isn't prepared to protect itself, including using military force, against Iran's nuclear weapons program, it certainly shouldn't be holding its breath for Mr. Obama to do anything.
neither should any of our other allies because Obama will not do anything.
Russia and China must also be relishing this outcome. They will have faced down Mr. Obama in his first real crisis, having provided Security Council cover for a criminal regime, and emerged unscathed. They will conclude that achieving their large agendas with the new administration can't be too hard. That conclusion may be unfair to the new American president; but it will surely color how Moscow and Beijing structure their policies and their diplomacy until proven otherwise. That alone is bad news for Washington and its allies.
Yeah that's just great for America
