WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said on Monday that North Korea should tell the world what it has atop a missile the United States believes it is preparing to launch.As pathologically nutty as he is, even Kim Jong Il isn't stupid enough to attack the United States with an armed missile of any kind, much less a nuclear-tipped missile. Within about 30 minutes, North Korea would resemble the surface of Mars--except with deeper craters.
Actually there's a note attached to the tip of the missile which reads "CATS AND DOGS ALL GONE--SEND FOOD--NOW!!!"
Seriously, I don't think there's anything to worry about with this missile they have. There's absolutely nothing to be gained by attacking the U.S.--you can ask Osama if you can find the dark, damp, creepy cave he's been hiding in for years. There is, however, lots to be gained by threatening to attack the U.S. We should just go ahead and give this cretin what he wants (attention and food) so he'll go away for another year or two. We'll end up doing that in the long run anyway, and we don't exactly have the time for his gamesmanship right now.
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Ed: I almost copmletely agree. You are right of course, but I still believe we should send in the troops and elimnate this wacko. He will go off at some point, so lets avoid later and potentially bigger problems by taking him out now.
If only it were that simple. Alas, we will be forced to sift through a mound of UN sanctions and ultimatums, visits by the UN to determine his uranium and its WMD potential, many dead Americans and then we will get to go into NK on a search and destroy. We will not kill Jong II and he will come back after supposedly admitting his errors and retake control of NK. He will quickly assemble a modern army and start threats against us. We will eventually retalliate against his country and set up a democratically elected government and occupy his country for years while we search him down like a wet wharf rat. Does this sound eerily familiar? Stop the insanity now. If they won't play by our rules let's destroy their playground and move on. We need peace not fighting, and the only way to get peace, unfortunately, right now is to kick some tail around the world. After flexing our muscles a little, the rest of the potential bad guys will go hide or find somebody easier to pick on. Either way we solve a problem.
JungII should be capped.
Unfortunately, I think North Korea could very easily turn into our next Iraq. Only their army is reasonably competent and could prove a handful in a confrontation. If they have operational nukes, the dog-eater might just be crazy enough to use one in desperation. We didn't really have to worry about that with Saddam.
It is unclear whether sanctions or an embargo will be effective when China, Russia, and as recently as yesterday, Venezuela are on very friendly terms with the mad-man Jong Il. Hugo Chavez hates the U.S. and would help Jong Il out any way he could if there ends up being a stand-off of some sort.
You know the U.N. will be typically useless if things escalate and it will once again be left up to the U.S. taxpayer to bear the burden of world policeman.
I'm getting a little tired of keeping all these rogue dictatorships in line. I agree with you Reid...do something quick and be done with it. This idiot is yanking our chain and he deserves to be bitten for it.
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