Clinton tells South Korea, Japan to cool it down

by Bobby McGill on September 9, 2012

And here I thought the recent cooling in the air was that whacky theory about the earth going around the sun.

Alas, no. It was Hillary telling Japan and South Korea at the APEC meeting to “lower the temperature” in the region.

During a news conference Mrs. Clinton (whose husband gave a helluva a speech at the DNC) told reporters:

“I raised these issues with both of them, urging that their interests really lie in making sure that they lower the temperature and work together in a concerted way to have a calm and restrained approach.”

Clinton added, “I think that’s being heard,” while making no reference to any folksy Arkansas witticisms about her cool it now sentiment likely going in one ear and out the other.

{ 10 comments… read them below or add one }

1 bballi bballi Paradise September 9, 2012 at 7:58 pm: Vladivostok, really?, they couldn’t find a better location?
2 Bobby McGill September 9, 2012 at 8:10 pm: But it’s such a fun city name to say.
3 mickster September 9, 2012 at 9:33 pm: Hi,
Japanese Foreign Minister Genba returned to Japan from APEC and then decided to fly back to Vladivostok the next day just to have a chance to meet with his ROK counterpart. (Nothing much to it.)
Yeah, it’s a fun city name to spell right, too.
4 setnaffa September 10, 2012 at 6:42 am: More “smart diplomacy” like the stuff that has worked so well with Russia, China, Iran, Syria, Pakistan, Poland, and Israel…

I wonder if Obama’s gonna send them CDs of his speeches like he did for Queen Elizabeth?

And Willie’s speech? Yeah, we expect some folks would like it; the rest of us remember he was the one who swore on TV that he didn’t have sex with Monica, got disbarred for lying to a Federal Grand Jury about sex with a secretary, and now he’s taking credit for stuff the GOP forced him to do and pretending Obama is just as moderate as he was.

His speech was no more truthful than his denial of sex with the women who worked for him.

You guys should have Orwell’s “Animal Farm” figured out by now. It was not meant to be a script. It was an indictment…
5 Wedge September 10, 2012 at 10:36 am: The big difference between Slick Willie and The One is that Bill was smart enough to tack to the center after he lost Congress in 1994 and went on to do great things, such as welfare reform and balancing the budget, in conjunction with the Newtster. The One, being the universe’s gift to mankind, is incapable of compromise with the Dark Side and has responded by doubling down on socialist fail.
6 Q September 10, 2012 at 10:40 pm: RIP, Mr. Tadahiro Matsushita, who opposed to Japanese revenge of stopping currency swap with Korea, which would not affect Korean economy that much.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-10/japan-financial-services-minister-matsushita-dies-at-73.html
7 Q September 10, 2012 at 11:30 pm: WSJ reported Swimming Bunnies Offer Android Game Solution to Island Spat. The funny thing about the Takeshima Struggle (竹島爭奪戰) was the game set up Takeshima in Kagoshima prefecture for battlefield between Korea vs. Japan.
8 WangKon936 September 11, 2012 at 12:12 am: Q,

It would not affect the Korean economy right now, but in a currency crisis (or liquidity crisis as what happened in 1997 and 2008), a swap could make all the difference.
9 Q September 11, 2012 at 8:32 pm: Hmm… it seems his affairs with women triggered Mr. Matsushita’s suicide:

http://gendai.net/articles/view/syakai/138631
10 padaajoshi September 14, 2012 at 11:04 pm: Hillary telling people to cool down is like Santa Claus telling all the world’s children not to believe in Xmas.