Obsidian Wings: Do You Feel Safer Now?

by hilzoy

So North Korea might have tested a nuclear device. Great. All over the conservative blogs, people are saying things like this:

"Prediction: The Democrats will come out tomorrow morning and place the blame for NoKo's test squarely at the feet of President Bush in an attempt to capitalize politically on this turn of events."

And this:

"I haven't looked for the commentary that attributes fault to the Bush administration or characterize North Korea's conduct as Karl Rove's October surprise, but I'm sure it's out there somewhere."

And this:

"The Left quickly attempted the shopworn tactic of pinning the blame on the Bush administration’s rhetoric or unwillingness to bribe Kim Jong-il."

Those ridiculous knee-jerk Democrats. Why on earth would they think that the person who has had complete control over America's foreign policy for the last six years should be blamed in any way for a foreign policy disaster of enormous proportions? Who could imagine that there could possibly be anything wrong with our policy towards North Korea?