Bill Clinton went to North Korea and was able to obtain the release of two reporters...Apparently, John Bolton (JOHN BOLTON!) was not happy, feeling that this weakened the US (see yesterday's WaPo). I thought that rather than rely on just one person’s (somewhat) biased opinion, it would be better to go over the facts of the situation to objectively determine if the "stunt" to free the reporters was a success or a failure. I created this handy "Grade Obama™" quiz to help. Sure it’s still summer, but less than a month left before school starts, so time to dust off the grey matter. Quiz below:
- Dire warnings and threats made (Y or N)?
- Fear mongering at home about what this could mean (Y or N)?
- Wiretapping of everyone and their uncle justified by the sentencing of the journalists (Y or N)?
- Falsified "proof" of South Korea’s ties to 9/11 (Y or N)?
- "Real" Obama birth certificate brought home (Y or N)?
- Clinton goes to SOUTH Korea instead of North Korea (Y or N)?
- Obama jokes about his golf swing immediately after commenting on the seriousness of the situation (Y/N)
- Obama appears in a flight suit declaring mission accomplished before Clinton’s plane even lands in North Korea (Y/N)
- Kim Jong-il appears in a jumpsuit (Y or N)?
- Situation defused with no shots fired, no one hurt or killed, less than two months after the reporters were sent to prison (Y or N) ?
- Reason for going to North Korea was changed to "spread the march of freedom" (Y or N)?
- Thousands of US troops sent on repeated, extended missions, and used as publicity props (Y or N)?
- Joe Biden in a secluded bunker for seven years (Y or N)?
- Halliburton and other shady corporations make huge profits off of the situation (Y or N)?
- Huge mess - in terms of the terrible toll on the lives of the US military and their families, the lives of the Iraqis and the trillions of dollars spent - left for others to clean up (Y or N)?
Scoring: For each Y (yes) that is answered, Obama gets 1 point, for each N (no), zero points. Add up the points for each to get the total.
Snarkified Grading:
If the total is three or more points = SUCCESS! MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!
If the total is fewer than three points = EPIC FAIL!
The answer is clear thanks to the Grade Obama(TM) quiz brought to you by KBR – "We don’t make the war, we just make it costlier."