THE POTUS BHO CHAOS SPEAKS BUT WORDS ARE ONLY SUCH WITH A LEFTIST IT SEEMS SINCE WARNING OF SANCTIONS WITH NORTH KOREA HAVE BEEN ONLY THAT A PAT IN THE BACK–AS N KOREA CONTINUES ITS NUCLEAR TESTING UNDER THE BHO WITH 3 NUCLEAR TESTING IN 2013 ALONE–THE KIM AND THE BHO WITH THE CASTRO BROTHERS WHERE WILL IT END WITH IRAN NOT LIKELY SINCE THE LAME DUCK POTUS HAS ONLY BUT 2 YEARS OF LEFTIST POLICIES

The U.S. response to North Korea’s nuclear threats has been characterized by firm rhetoric and minimalist measures, in contrast to stronger punitive measures imposed on Iran. Yet in terms of real capabilities, North Korea poses a greater nuclear threat to the U.S. and its allies than Iran. Furthermore, North Korea’s economic and political isolation could make its regime more vulnerable to coercive financial pressure, provided that the Chinese leadership is persuaded that continuing to shelter its recalcitrant ally will only increase the potential for a crisis on the Korean Peninsula. The Obama Administration should overcome its reluctance to impose more extensive punitive measures against Pyongyang and the foreign entities that assist its nuclear and missile programs.

Responding to North Korea’s third nuclear test in 2013, President Barack Obama declared that North Korea’s nuclear weapons program was a “threat to the U.S. national security and to international peace and security.”[1] The U.N. Security Council similarly warned that North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats posed “a clear threat to international peace and security.”[2] In 2009, Obama had vowed that North Korean “belligerent, provocative behavior that threatens neighbors will be met with significant, serious enforcement of sanctions.”[3]

Yet despite these unambiguous warnings and unequivocal vows of resolute response, the United States continues to implement timid policies that only incrementally increase punishments on Pyongyang for its repeated defiance of the international community. The United States still pulls its punches when targeting financial measures against North Korea and its supporting entities, and the U.S. has shied away from effective unilateral action since 2006. By contrast, the U.S. has led the charge for far more pervasive and compelling measures against Iran, despite Tehran’s greater diplomatic and economic interaction with the rest of the world.

http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2013/11/time-to-get-north-korean-sanctions-right