Obama "Fully Supports" The Siege!

But only as long as Israel is not doing it.

The White House said Monday that North Korea should stop its “belligerent and threatening behavior,” and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pledged “unequivocal” support for Seoul in its escalating dispute with its neighbor.



White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Monday that Obama “fully supports” South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, who on Sunday cut off trade with North Korea and shut down sea lanes to North Korean ships in response to the March 26 sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan. North Korea was found responsible for the attack by an international group of investigators.

...“The United States fully supports President Lee’s responsible handling of the Cheonan incident, and the objective investigation that followed, which we and other international observers joined,” Clinton told reporters traveling with her in China.



“The measures that President Lee announced in his speech are both prudent and entirely appropriate,” she [Clinton] said.



What!? No call for proximity talks!
And imagine--holding the aggressor for disrupting the stability of the region:

“The Chinese understand the reaction by the South Koreans, and they also understand our unique responsibility for the peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula.”
 


Clinton said the United States had cooperated with China on North Korea last year, and that the two sides were off to a very good start with respect to the latest dispute.



She said the Chinese are “taking this very seriously, and recognize the importance of maintaining peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula. And we will continue to work with them on the way forward.”



Jennifer Rubin writes:

And now it’s time to do the same with Israel. After all, Israel is an ally subjected to the “belligerent and threatening behavior” of a neighbor that seeks nuclear weapons. But Obama seems not remotely interested in providing a firm guarantee for Israel that might have some deterrent value and at the very least expanding the array of options we currently have. (Nor do American Jewish leaders demand that he do so.) Such a notion, in fact, seems nearly preposterous for this president. His antipathy for Israel is too great, as is his desperation to avoid confrontation with the thugocracy that seeks the Jewish state’s destruction, to contemplate a promise of unqualified support for our democratic ally.

As for myself, I am waiting to hear the wailing from the West about the collateral damage that will be done to North Koreans.

Technorati Tag: North+Korea and South Korea.