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CLINTON AND KIM

Posted by EWRoss on Tuesday, August 04, 2009 4:00:00 PM

We can only speculate for the moment what behind-the-scenes deal was struck between the United States and North Korea for Kim Jong-Il to release Americans Euna Lee and Laura Lin from incarceration. I doubt, however, that Kim was satisfied with just a picture of himself and former President Bill Clinton.

 

While all Americans should be happy to see these two women journalists released from the national gulag we call North Korea, we have to question what price the Obama administration paid for them. Kim, as inept as he is at running his country, has been a master at manipulating the United States. From the moment Lee and Lin were arrested they were a bargaining chip for Kim to play at the most opportune moment. While Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has stated that the release of the two women and North Korea's nuclear program should remain separate, it's difficult to imagine that the nuclear issue did not come up during Clinton's discussions with Kim.

 

Also, the reason the US Government does not pay ransom to terrorists or make concessions to rogue states is because by doing so it puts a price, monetary or political, on the head of every American. Three Americans were recently arrested in Iran. What price must we now pay for their release? As soon as Lee and Lin are safely back on American soil the Obama administration should fully disclose to the American people the substance of all agreements made with North Korea for Lee and Lin's release.

 

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D-DAY PLUS 65

Posted by EWRoss on Friday, June 05, 2009 8:00:00 AM
Tomorrow's 65th anniversary of the Normandy invasion provides us an opportunity to reflect on how America’s approach to war and our enemies has changed over the past six-and-a-half decades. WWII in Europe was an all-out war against the brutal Nazi occupation of mainland Europe and its assaults on Great Britain and Russia. D-Day was an all-out commitment to victory and the unconditional surrender of the Third Reich. The horror of WWII, in which more than 55 million people died, and nuclear weapons have deterred countries from pursuing all-out wars. The Cold War, proxy wars, limited wars, insurgencies, and terrorism replaced them. The US and its allies won the Cold War, but we’ve had limited success with the others, lacking international and national consensus. We should ask ourselves, however, whether the jihadists and rogue states with nuclear weapons we face today are any less a threat to our way of life and national existence than were the Nazis and whether any less a commitment to victory will defeat them.
 
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