The (Kim Jong) IL is G O N E

Hat tip goes to GetLiberty.org where I first saw this video dishonoring the late North Korean communist despot. Or as Rush Limbaugh said yesterday Kim Jong Il just became Kim Jong Dead!

OUTRAGEOUS: United Nations’ New Arms Watchdog is North Korea

An example of why America should neither be funding nor be a member the United Nation was clearly demonstrated today when the insanely tyrannical, nuclear threatening North Korea dictatorship was named to the presidency of the UN’s Conference on Disarmament. That is like naming a tax cheat to the position of Secretary of the Treasury, which includes the IRS. That is like naming a rabid fox to guard the chicken coop. You can’t make this stuff up.

Will President Obama make an issue of this? Will he condemn the move? No he won't. It is another demonstration of his lack of leadership.

Here is an excerpt from the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) on 6/28/2011:

The Conference on Disarmament held a plenary meeting this morning in which the Democratic People's Republic of Korea assumed the presidency of the Conference and members bid farewell to the departing ambassadors from Canada and the United Kingdom.

Bill Clinton’s Trip to North Korea

Clinton is making news for agreeing to meet with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Il in exchange for the release of the two U.S. journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee from North Korea. But giving into threats in exchange for the release of hostages is not a wise move, in the opinion of former U.N. ambassador John Bolton.

"The symbolism of a former president going to meet with Kim Jong Il, I think is something that benefits Kim Jong Il a lot more than the United States and it only encourages others to do the same thing," he said. He goes on to speculate that Iran may be calling on him for a visit next.

I actually don’t agree with Bolton’s position on this issue. If all they want is to talk, and wrongfully convicted U.S. citizens can be released, then why not? If we were actually giving up something of value (a conversion with Bill Clinton is of little to me), then he would have a point. I certainly disagree with Clinton’s policy of appeasement by foreign aid, but I don’t think that making threats against North Korea are in order either. The whole thing is overblown by both sides and the MSM.