Ben Carson: I'm proud of President Obama
theGRIO REPORT - Ben Carson, Tea Party darling and potential presidential candidate, doesn't usually offer much praise for President Obama. But Carson recently praised Obama for his handling of North Korea's recent cyberattack on Sony in the wake of the controversial film The Interview...
Ben Carson, Tea Party darling and potential presidential candidate, doesn’t usually offer much praise for President Obama.
But Carson recently praised Obama for his handling of North Korea’s recent cyberattack on Sony in the wake of the controversial film The Interview.
“I am proud of the president of the United States for taking a tough stand on this issue,” Carson said in an opinion piece for the Washington Times. “It was extremely encouraging to see the United States and Sony eventually stand up to the cyberbullying of the North Koreans by allowing the movie ‘The Interview’ to be released in theaters around the country despite threats of retaliation.”
Carson has heavily criticized this president, even with Obama standing within earshot of his political barbs and jabs. But this time, he says he’s “proud.” Still, he would like the president to move the United States in a direction that makes the country look less like a “paper tiger.”
“The response should go far beyond proportionality, and an example should be made of the perpetrators by using a host of available options to inflict the kind of punishment that will not be easily forgotten,” he said.
