Jim Hoagland, Not a Comedian

You know, I’m tired of the little sniping attacks masquerading as serious analysis from the so-called experts these days. If I want snarky comedy, I’ll tune in to Dennis Miller and get that plus a heck of a lot more actual insight.

It so happens that North Korea has agreed to a pretty wide-reaching agreement to freeze its nuclear program and submit to what seems like a solid verification process as well. This is pretty darned big news and deserves some serious commentary because, if it pans out better than the debacle brokered by Jimmy Carter and the Clinton administration, it could mean that we’ve taken a dangerous regime off the nuclear threat table. Then again, this could just be another NoKo bait and switch.

Instead of serious commentary, though, Jim Hoagland has taken this opportunity to beclown himself with a cheap and incredibly unfair joke.

Two big questions hang over the new agreement to contain North Korea’s nuclear weapons program at its current level — whatever that level is.

Why has a secretive government addicted to power politics and flexing its military muscles abruptly turned to negotiations and peaceful compromise?

And why is North Korea doing the same?

Ga-hard, Ga-harf! Oh, you kid! My sides, they ache!

Mr. Hoagland, with all respect due the writer of that joke, you are welcome to smooch the whitest part of my caboose. Stick to the stuff you are paid to do and leave the comedy to people who are actually funny. And spread the word to your editorial column buddies, too, would you?

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