Yesterday, North Korea vowed to “wipe out the… [U.S.] off the globe once and for all” if we do anything that it considers a “declaration of war” such as stop to inspect the ship Kang Nam that is suspected of carrying illicit weapons. North Korea said that the United States’ pledge to bolster the security of South Korea against any nuclear strike invites a potential fire shower of nuclear retaliation. Apparently, the act of boosting our allies’ defensive capabilities is also being considered a hostile act. The US response to the sharpest threats from the communist regime has been less than inspiring. Yesterday, the administration renewed our economic sanctions against North Korea, which begs the question: why aren’t the sanctions as tight as can be right now? The second response was: dismissing their threats. The last time that the administration ignored North Korea’s threats, they responded by pulling out of nuclear talks, firing off missiles illegally, and detonating an atomic bomb. I wonder what the tantrum prone rogue state will do this time.

Now, while it may seem that Obama and co. have realized that their kid-gloves approach to our enemies is only making them more dangerous, I do not give them that much credit yet. We must remember that the agenda of our president is not to keep America safe but rather to make America subservient (to other nations), stagnant (by quashing entrepreneurship and freedom), and socialist, all while engaging in flagrant self-promotion. While he probably will not achieve these goals (this is America, people), these Leftist principles give us a pretty good idea of what Obama will eventually try to do. In the Obama spirit of backing down, the administration will not take any actions that North Korea would consider a provocation, which means that if the Kang Nam’s illegal weapons cargo is destined for Al Qaeda, Obama would still insist on not forcibly inspecting or stopping the ship. In the Obama spirit of reasoning with the unreasonable enemies of America, Obama will endeavor to reach out to North Korea one way or another, possibly by apologizing for our history towards them, a communist state that invaded South Korea leading to the death of tens of thousands of Americans. Finally, Obama will try to reproduce a “Nixon goes to China” moment, just like he tried to reproduce an “Ich bin ein Berliner” moment last year, and end up making a series of security concessions in Asia, probably including the reduction of US forces on the Korean peninsula and backing off commitments to Taiwanese independence… cementing Chinese hegemony in East Asia while proclaiming “peace in our time.” These are just some thoughts on what the inevitable consequences of the Obama foreign policy seem to be if the president continues on his current trajectory. So when some people say that they want the president to fail, at least in this case, I wholeheartedly agree. Obama should fail if his actions will make America weaker.

-AG