Shoot down the missile!

Predictably today, Barack Obama is whining to the “international community” about North Korea’s latest missile test, which can interpreted one of only two ways.

Either North Korea is attempting to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles to attack its enemies (including the U.S.) with nuclear warheads, or it plans to extort from the West economic aid for its hapless communist system.

Instead of complaining, Obama should be reversing his plans to slow or halt the development of anti-missile defense systems – both ground-based and space-based – and, next time North Korea fires a long-range missile into the sky, it should be shot down.

End of story. End of crisis.

Instead, what is Obama doing?

As usual, he is doing the unthinkable.

He is actually advocating the elimination of all nuclear weapons.

It’s not surprising.

We all know Obama thinks weapons of all kinds, not the maniacs who use them without justification, are the real enemy of mankind.

Just as he seeks to eliminate nuclear weapons from the world, an unachievable and unrealistic goal for the foreseeable future, he also seeks to further restrict the sale and possession of firearms in his own country – despite America’s proud tradition of protecting the unalienable right to self-defense in the Constitution.

In addition, Obama is actually putting the scrapping of missile defense on the table for negotiation, if only, by some miracle, Iran pledges to abandon its nuclear program, and refusing to allow new research into better and more reliable systems for the future against future enemies – such as North Korea and a world full of nuclear-armed terrorists.

It is as if Obama has a death wish for the United States. It is as if he is literally inviting a nuclear attack on his country in the future.

“As the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon, the United States has a moral responsibility to act,” Obama told a crowd yesterday in Prague. “We cannot succeed in this endeavor alone, but we can lead it.”

That, my friends, is feigning weakness – not something you want to do in the face of North Korea’s bellicose action this weekend.

Once again, Obama is pushing all the wrong buttons on national security matters – just like he does with the economy.

In matters of national security, the U.S. should speak softly and carry a big stick. Instead, Obama whines like a baby and destroys his country’s big stick.

This invites war.

This invites attack.

This invites nuclear extortion.

This invites disaster.

This is no time to be talking about ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. This is a time to prepare for the many dangers we face in a hostile world. We need to be able to defend our country and, in a worst-case scenario, respond to any nuclear attack on our country with destructive force 10 times greater than any enemy could imagine.

We need a better defense, and we need to maintain a deterrent force that has kept the world free of nuclear attack since the end of World War II.

Instead, here is what Obama is saying: “As long as the threat from Iran persists, we intend to go forward with a missile-defense system that is cost-effective and proven. If the Iranian threat is eliminated, we will have a stronger basis for security, and the driving force for missile-defense construction in Europe at this time will be removed.”

May I ask an obvious question? What about the next threat? Does Obama really believe Iran is the last nuclear threat the U.S. will ever face?

He is also making his usual futile calls for “a strong international response” to another threat already here – from North Korea.

International diplomacy and treaties will never keep the world safe from nuclear weapons – especially by non-state actors who seek to kill millions with the ultimate terrorist weapon of mass destruction. Obama’s answer to this is also predictable – new international efforts to secure nuclear materials around the world within four years.

There’s nothing new here.

Nuclear materials will not be 100 percent secure in four years or 40 years.

Obama is playing a very dangerous game. He is way over his head. The lives of literally millions of Americans hang in the balance.

Next time, do the right thing – shoot down the missile!

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