Going Crazy Over North Korea–and Obama

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The North Koreans launch a missile that fails to place a satellite into orbit and what does former Reagan Pentagon official Frank Gaffney, Jr. say? That this episodes indicates that the evildoers of North Korea could be planning to hit the United States with a super-duper secret electromagnetic pulse weapon that would throw America back into the Stone Age, that the U.S. ought to hit Kim Jong Il hard before such a catastrophe happens (whether an attack on North Korea triggers a major war in Asia or not), and that President Barack Obama is planning to “submit” to the Taliban and Muslim nations. Yes, that’s what Gaffney said when he and I discussed–is that the right word?–the North Korean missile launch on Hardball on Monday night. What’s the connection between an EMP sneak attack from North Korea and Obama surrendering to the Taliban? I’m not sure. But it’s easier to show than to explain:

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