Remember the USS Maine became a rallying cry for Americans on the 15 Feb 1898 leading to the Congress declaring war on Spain 2 months later.
Remembering the passenger cruise ship RSS Lusitania, that was torpedoed by a German U-Boat off the Coast of Ireland, on 07 May, 1915 the purpose of the sinking was wholesale murder by Nazi Germany and instrumental in bringing United States into World War 1
Recovered South Korea Ship “Cheonan” that was torpedoed and sunk by North Korea off of Baengnyeong Island on the 26 March
Memorial portraits of South Korean Sailors murdered by North Korea
China–U.S. Strategic Economic Dialogue in Beijing, Hillary Clinton described the sinking of the South Korean naval vessel by Marxist North Korea an “unacceptable provocation” calling on the world to cooperate in a “strong but measured response” to Pyongyang
Huh?
“Unacceptable Provocation” & “Strong measured response” sounds like a whole lot of nothing but another round of failed sanctions upon the totalitarian Maoist regime.
China and U.S. could join in some kind of formal rebuke of North Korea
That will show Pyongyang just to be nice.
They’ve worked so well—Ineffective Targeted Sanctions on North Korea
What do Iranian Fascists learn?
Obama’s Foreign Policy is weak–Crippling Sanctions Will Still Be Ineffective
Related: United Nations admits that Sanctions are Ineffective