Republicans critical of Obama response to Sony attacks, 'cybervandalism' remark

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Faux News

Top Washington Republicans on Sunday hammered President Obama for his handling of North Korea’s cyberattacks on Sony Pictures Entertainment, saying he is slow to respond and has underplayed the impact of the hacking by calling it “cybervandalism.”

Rep. Mike Rogers, chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, told “Fox News Sunday” that Obama should already be responding to the attacks instead of just vowing to respond.

On Friday, after Sony halted the distribution of its film “The Interview,” Obama acknowledged the attacks were damaging but said only that “we will respond.”

Rogers, R-Mich., said that Obama’s response before “saying aloha” and embarking on his annual winter break in Hawaii was not the answer.

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[truebluegreen]

1. I suppose they think we should start a war

because a Japanese company got hacked.

[truthisfreedom]

2. Every time they call him weak they end up being proven wrong.

But that's the only thing they can do... calling names and making claims, because they have absolutely no ideas of their own.

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. Put alum on their binkies,

whiny little babies that they are.

[BlueStreak]

4. What nobody seems to want to address ...

is that this was a movie that explicitly dealt with assassinating the President of another country. Not in the abstract, but a specific guy. Frankly I don't blame the Koreans for being pissed about that. And if this means one less crap movie out there, I can think of a lot worse outcomes.

[santroy79]

7. are you freking serious???

we just had a piece of shit country tell Americans what they can and can not choose to see. Who cares if it was the worst movie of all time. We have the right to choose as free people if we want to watch it or not.

your opinion is unbelievable

[elias49]

8. Nonsense. N Korea didn't prevent us seeing the movie,

Sony did. Check your logic.

[Bluenorthwest]

10. And yet there have been other films with the same plot point, including one made about the

assassination of George W Bush, made in the UK in 2006. 'The Killing of a President'. Not abstract, very specific.
So what do you make of that? Should we have cyber attacked the Brits?

[BlueStreak]

13. I didn't see the movie. Did it glorify assassinating Bush?

My guess is that the plot like was along the line of "There are bad guys trying to kill our President. Let's go kick their asses."

Am I right?

[SoapBox]

5. Upset RePukes...how sad...not.

I wouldn't expect anything else from them...whine, whine, whine.

How about producing a serious plan to protect Americans from hacker, malware, etc. type of bullshit...but what do they do?

Zip.

[1step]

6. 'Top Washington Republicans on Sunday hammered President Obama for.....'

rain
flu
the death of jesus
the kennedy assassination
the holocaust
the civil war
the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs

i think you get my point.

[kelliekat44]

9. So now the GOP is supporting those heathen Hollywood folks?

All Obama has to do is be for or against anything and the GOP will take the opposite position.

I wish Obama would come out for something they really want.

[geretogo]

11. The chance of a Rethuglicon saying any thing positive about Obama is the same as being struck by

lightning . Their motto is Hate everywhere all the time .

[Vinca]

12. Someone needs to remind Republicans that N.Korea has nukes and their leader is batshit crazy.

This is not a war.