Yesterday on Fox News Sunday, the boss made the case for “targeted air strikes to show the North Koreans – instead of always talking about, Gee, there could be consequences, to show that they can’t simply keep down the – keep going down this path.” The left is outraged! How dare anyone suggest airstrikes in response to North Korean missile tests — unless they are members of the Obama administration:
That was Ash Carter writing in the Washington Post in 2006. Carter is now President Obama’s undersecretary of defense for acquisition. And indeed his view has only gained support since 2006, with 57 percent of voters now favoring “a military response to eliminate North Korea’s missile launching capability.” But rather than military action, new sanctions, or the elimination of food aid and fuel oil shipments that keep the regime in power, the Obama administration has opted to unleash the “the strongest possible adjectives” in response to North Korea’s provocations.
