Idiots never learn

After North Korea tested another nuclear weapon, I decided to look at the world commentary about what had happened. Admittedly, I had a preconceived expectation that blame would be put on the Bush Administration for this. Not surprisingly, I was correct.

For example, in the Guardian, there were three possible explanations of why this had happened. the only one which did not center on internal NK events was, of course, the announced failure of the Bush Administration. How predictable.

During the Clinton years, the US made a deal with the NK's to provide them with enormous aid in exchange for their cessation of their nuclear program. The end result of this deal was the the NK's continued with their program in secret and tested a bomb, all the while getting aid from the West.

In 2006, there was a deal in which NK once again agreed to stop its nuclear program. The nuclear plant where the bomb material was made was indeed partially demolished after the deal. For the rest of the Bush Administration, no tests were carried out by the NKs.

After Obama came into office, it took only 4 months until the NK's tested another weapon. Strange isn't it, that even though the NK's had the weapons and could have tested them while Bush was President, they waited until the US had an appeasement friendly president prior to actually carrying out the test. And it is surely less than amazing that the media announces now, with mock sincerity, that all this is Bush's fault.

My guess as to the next step: Obama will announce that he is expediting the closure of Guantanamo since the existence of that prison is, in his opinion, one of the main reasons for the NK's nuclear test.

I only hope that the Israelis have more common sense than this fool. They have to take Iran seriously even if Obama does not.