Let’s look at the timeline, demands, and actions of the North Korean dictatorship which has developed nuclear weapons:

North Korea demands one-on-one talks with the United States.
After Obama’s election, North Korea threatens war with South Korea.
While Obama gives a speech in Europe about “disarmament,” North Korea launches a rocket over Japan.
Later, North Korea backs out of six-party negotiations, kicks out nuclear inspectors, and restarts nuclear program.
A week ago, North Korea threatens to conduct nuclear tests.

Obama’s response: Agree to North Korean demands.

When a dictator issues a set of demands then fires rockets, threatens the world with war and nuclear tests and the President of the United States agrees to these very demands, it is called appeasement. To be more exact:

ap·pease·ment (ə-pēz’mənt)
n.

1. An act of appeasing.
2. The condition of being appeased.
3. The policy of granting concessions to potential enemies to maintain peace.

“O"-pologists cannot keep getting away with saying that the current president is not in the business of appeasement, even if they use different words like “engagement” or “soft power” when they really just mean giving in to the enemies demands. For the Bush haters out there, it is true that the former president also engaged in diplomacy with a regime that is known for breaking agreements. We need common sense policy from our leaders, but what we have been getting is naivete and weakness. North Korea understands that they can keep pushing us around as long as we are afraid of this:

We should not fear them.

North Korea has been able to extract concessions from Clinton, Bush, and now Obama. When will the president stand up to terrorists and tyrants? When will the president start standing up for America?

-AG