California Conservative

Listening to the difference between Rick Santorum’s statement on North Korea’s nuclear missile test and Bob Casey’s is a study in contrasts. Here’s Sen. Santorum’s answer:

“There is no question in my mind that Iranian scientists are in Pyongyang and Korean scientists are in Tehran,” the Pennsylvania Republican said. Mr. Santorum said the communist regime’s possession of nuclear weapons is a profound regional threat in East Asia, but, more importantly, a worldwide threat, because of the Pyongyang government’s demonstrated willingness to traffic in arms. “My biggest concern is with Iran,” Mr. Santorum said, “because if they get the weapon, they will use it.”

Here’s Casey’s statement:

“The increased aggression by North Korea must be denounced and swiftly addressed to prevent further proliferation,” he said. “In the past five years, North Korea has increased this nuclear stockpile, tested missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads, and now, they have detonated a nuclear device.”

Sen. Santorum’s statement shows a command of the facts involved in this issue. Casey’s statement is evasive, an attempt to sound tough. Casey’s statement doesn’t inspire confidence that he grasps the details of the situation. Frankly, the empty rhetoric in Casey’s answer should scare Pennsylvania voters. The U.S. Senate isn’t a place for on the job training, especially in wartime.

Here’s Casey’s campaign manager’s sophomoric wisecrack:

“Who’s been in power for the last five years, while [North Korea] has expanded its weapons program?” he asked in an e-mailed response to the incumbent’s remarks.

That’s a cute question but it’s the wrong question. The right question is: What types of festering messes did President Bush inherit from Bill Clinton? The truth is that President Bush has dealt with a ton of major challenges and he hasn’t attempted to ignore problems until he’s out of office like Clinton did.

President Bush inherited the terrorist problem that Bill Clinton ignored. Then he implemented the regime change that was U.S. policy towards Iraq since the Clinton administration. Remember that this was after 16 U.N. Resolutions against Saddam that Clinton didn’t enforce. That isn’t including the mess that Clinton created by giving North Korea nuclear technology.

After all that, Democrats have the audacity to say that Bush didn’t stop North Korea from getting nuclear weapons? Democrats don’t want you remembering the liberation of 50 million people. They’re whining about this because they’re hoping the voters won’t notice the mess they got us into in the 1990’s because they were all talk and no action.

Democrats want Pennsylvania voters to ignore Casey’s lack of foreign policy qualifications. They’d prefer that Pennsylvania voters just hear the legendary name. They want to transfer his dad’s legend to the son without the son earning it.

Technorati Tags: Election 2006, Rick Santorum, Bob Casey, North Korea

Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog

This entry was posted on Tuesday, October 10th, 2006 at 1:02 am and is filed under Author: Gary Gross, Elections, Foreign Policy, Homeland Security, Iran, Terrorism. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.