The UN Security Council met for three hours today to discuss the missile launch by North Korea. The United States and Japan are pushing for more sanctions but several other nations urge restraint so as to not hamper the fragile six party talks. It would appear to me that the talks (the diplomacy Obama desires) are not working since North Korea has tested nukes and now launched a missile in violation of UN Resolution. Russia, China, Libya, Uganda and Vietnam are urging restraint. These nations are certainly paragons of virtue and restraint.
The Diplomats are in agreement on “expressing concern” over the launch.
What kind of crap is that? I imagine this is what it sounded like behind those closed doors:
Japan and the US: We want action against North Korea. They violated the resolution.
Diplomats: We are going to express concern.
Japan and the US: Expressing concern is ineffective. We expressed concern before the launch.
Diplomats: If they do not respond to concern we will resort to scorn.
Japan and the US: The North Koreans are laughing at you.
Diplomats: If they laugh we will express grave concern.
Japan and the US: Are you people out of your minds? The NORKS will thumb their noses at you.
Diplomats: Then they will force us to become indignant. That will show them and if that does not stop them we will escalate to anxiety, agitation, anxiousness, apprehension, strain, stress, tension; alarm, anguish, consternation, discomfort, discomposure, dismay, distress, disturbance, edginess, and uneasiness in that order until they submit.
Japan and the US: You people are worthless and we should strap you to the next missile.
Diplomats: OK, now you have made us mad. We wish to express concern at your attitude.
Japan and the US: We should have shot the missile down.
Diplomats: Then we would have sanctioned you.
And on and on it goes. What a worthless bunch of do nothings. I have stated that sanctions are not likely to mean much but one would think that these people could at least have a united front. Instead, they are playing games and allowing five nations that have their own poor records to dictate the direction of the proceedings.
The US and Japan should tell them to come up with some kind of sanction and real fast or there will be a test of another missile to see if a Tomahawk can be guided into Kim Jong-il’s bedroom.
That would be a missile test I would pay to see.
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