The Nuclear-Free Distraction

Matthew Streit / April 06, 2009

This weekend the North Koreans tested their Taepodong 2 ballistic missile, surpassing their 2006 effort by completing at least two phases and traveling a longer distance. This improvement is still a troubling development.

To his credit, Obama is calling for the UN to enforce its previous resolutions prohibiting North Korea from launching a ballistic missile. If the UN fails to respond it calls in to question its own legitimacy.

But at a time when the U.S. should be taking very seriously threats from around the world, President Obama chose to give a speech in the Czech Republic outlining his belief that nuclear free world was the key to solving the North Korea threat. Media headlines report “Obama outlines sweeping goal of nuclear-free world.”

Kim Holmes, Vice President of Heritage’s Foreign Policy Center warned of this fantasy last Thursday: (more…)