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« Reply #150 on: July 29, 2009, 03:15:28 pm »

            Defense Secretary Robert Gates tells Fox News Sunday that the United States will not attempt to shoot down the anticipated North Korean missile. Gates tells host Chris Wallace, “I would say we’re not prepared to do anything about it,” despite the fact that the missile launch violates a U.N. resolution and only a week earlier U.S. Pacific Commander Admiral Timothy Keating told Senators at a hearing there is a “high probability” that the Navy could knock down the missile. Japan had previously suggested it had the right to shoot down the missile, but Gates says that is now unlikely. Gates further remarks, “If this is Kim Jong-Il’s welcoming present to a new president, launching a missile like this and threatening to have a nuclear test, I think it says a lot about the imperviousness of this regime in North Korea to any kind of diplomatic overtures.” Others might suggest it also says a lot about Obama—that he is weak and naïve, and that North Korea is looking to see what Obama would do if pressed and learning that he will likely do nothing. (A non-response by Obama may encourage even more aggressive activity from Kim Jong-Il.) The change in public statements over a period of only one week suggests that Obama told the Defense Department to allow North Korea to proceed unhindered with its violation of a U.N. resolution. [2091, 2092]

            A tea party tax protest planned for Coral Gables, Florida may be canceled because of permit and insurance requirements imposed by the local government. The city officials want an insurance policy taken out by the organizers because it expects a large crowd and wants to protect itself against possible damages. Nationwide, organizers of anti-tax, anti-deficit, and anti-Obama rallies are running up against roadblocks caused by permit costs, restrictions, red tape, and demands for insurance. (Leftist demonstrations run into those same roadblocks, but with years of community activist experience and financing from wealthy backers their organizers already “know the ropes.”) [2090]
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