Capitalism

[Kirkland Laing]

Say what you will about George W. Bush but I tend to think his words meant a bit more to other leaders because of what we did to Iraq...and perhaps the leaders are trying to test Barry right now and when he's in Europe just slamming his own country for policies etc...I don't think they take him as serious as W. On the other hand it may be that China is feeling a little bit bolder these days.

And Kirk all I have ever done is get after Barry for how he has dealt with this crisis.

Also with North Korea it's not that they will use the missles but maybe they will sell them to some country that will use them. Is that not a legitimate worry? Didn't North Korea sell nuclear material to Syria and maybe missles to Iran...those countries aren't friendly to us or to our allies.

http://images.smh.com.au/2009/04/03/...w420-420x0.jpg...all W did was dance with the dude

George Bush became a laughing stock because he talked tough then ran away. His signature policy, Iraq, cost the US 4000 lives, tens of thousands so badly wounded they'll need lifelong medical care, three trillion dollars, and handed Iraq, the world's second-biggest oil reserve over to the Iranians. America showed the world the limits of its military capability in Iraq and greatlry reduced the credibility of the president and his ability to get anything else done.

And you keep talking about how Obama is "blaming America", but you can't back it up with facts, and that's because the facts don't exist and you're just parroting some rightwing crackhead as usual. Do you honestly think foreign leaders took Bush seriously? Over what exatly? All the man ever did was talk tough then run away. When he screwed something up he went begging to the UN to get him out of the mess he'd got himself into. Bush was a joke internationally.

What difference does it make how bold China is? Can you explain that one? Define "bold."

NK don't have any missiles to sell to anybody. Nobody wants to buy something that demonstrably doesn't work. And they don't have anything to put on the end of any missile. They don't have anywhere near the technological capability to build an effective missile, nuclear warhead or warhead re-entry capability. If you knew the facts you'd have no reason to wet the bed over this.