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February 10, 2005
North Korea May Have Announced It Has Nukes
North Korea may have announced it has nukes. It sounds like it from the text, but BBC and other organizations are properly cautious since translation problems have caused crisis of this nature before.
Ya think they figured out Saddam Hussein got toppled because he didn't have Weapons of Mass Destruction? Ya think they realized that no amount of inspections and proof that there are no WMDs can hold back the U.S. once you are in the crosshairs? Maybe? Just maybe?
Now we should go back and hold hearings for everyone responsible for naming North Korea, (along with Iran, Libya, Syria and Iraq), as possible targets for a first strike with nuclear weapons in the Nuclear Posture Review. Invading Iraq as we did has killed all legitimate non-proliferation attempts. Who will ever sumbit to an inspection process again? Why won't every country, from dictators to democracies, at least considering arming themselves with the most terrible of weapons in order to stave off an invasion?
The sadder thing is I don't think the U.S. cared if North Korea had WMD or not. I think it was thrown in to balance out the Muslim enemies. That's also why they may be able to play this one down again. North Korea does not have oil, after all.
Posted by zeynep at February 10, 2005 08:01 AM
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Of course, I have no way of knowing what the Pres plans to do. But he is justifying about any adventure that he may want in the future. The American mind seems to accept his justifications and he can say and do anything without any negative consequences.
The American strategies are designed to conquer, not alleviate problems. All of this seems to lead toward additional inept adventures as soon as we can afford it. So possibly, we are headed to a large-scale defeat because we can not handle the complexities in the world and we continue to do what creates problems for us. The Vietnamese General that captured Saigon and the rest of the South said, “ I hope President Bush can defeat the terrorist, but if he tries to do it militarily, he is only adding fuel to the fire.” I’ll bet that guy knew what he was talking about.
My friend says that since Americans tend to react by jumping on a right-wing mindset, and after a defeat, Americans will react as they did after Viet Nam. They will reject foreign adventures but at the same time become more right wing as they did to elect Reagan. This time around, could Patrick Buchanan rise to the top?
Got any more scary thoughts?
Posted by: Bob at February 10, 2005 05:15 PM