| Excerpts of a truly stupid op-ed piece: |
What is the nation's future under the control of a belligerent new 'Dear Leader' who is not yet 30?
At least the world and the writer, Mr. Blair, sees Sonny Boy for what he is. Oh, no, wait:
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Instead of being the world's last Communist state, North Korea is best understood as a murderous laboratory for the utopian fantasies of the fascist Right.
No, Kimmie and his generals are commies. Don't try to shift the blame. And fascists are communists, did you know that Mr. Blair?
But it's good to see that British leaders are more sober in their assessment. Oh, no, wait: |
Apparently anxious not to write off the younger Kim before he has even taken office, William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, said: "This could be a turning point for North Korea. We hope that their new leadership will recognise that engagement with the international community offers the best prospect of improving the lives of ordinary North Korean people."
That is either put out for consumption by gullible journalists or it is damnably stupid on the part of Mr. Hague. Sonny Boy will do no such thing. His one hope of keeping power is to tighten the screws to their maximum.
But back to the ridiculous Mr. Blair: |
So North Korea chose to become a nuclear-armed power in explicit defiance of China's wishes and, for all the expressions of mutual esteem, relations between the two powers are complicated by tension and mistrust.
No, North Korea is China's dog. It does precisely what China wants it to do. North Korea has developed nukes because it is in China's interests to have a crazy country on its border acting in such a way. China could curb its dog anytime it wants. It simply does not want to.
People like Mr. Blair and Mr. Hague are a good part of the reason why the West has no response to North Korea.
More evidence of my thesis: see the Weekly Standard piece on what the #3 person at Foggy Bottom thought of Kimmie. One wonders how she might be gushing on in the near future about Pudgy. |
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