At 11:17 PM 12/27/2002 -0800 Doug Pensinger wrote:
>And I think your analogy is far too simple. The "neighbor" lives on the
>other coast and couldn't hope to hit us with his cannon in a thousand
>years.
Doug:
North Korea has missiles capable of incinerating a great many Americans in
Alaska.
>No one has seen the cannon he is setting up, but the fact that
>he has every weapon imaginable pointed at him from many of his neighbors
>is no secret.
Actually, I am unaware that the US has ever targeted nuclear weapons at
North Korea. I bet that we probably did not target ICBM's at the DPRK
during the Cold War, and I would be surprised if Clinton or Bush gave the
order to do so.
Of course, the fact that the DPRK viciously invaded the Republic of Korea
fifty years ago speaks nothing of the DPRK's intentions, righ?
>He has not threatened to do what he wants, the only
>threats I've heard are that he will defend himself if attacked. And no
>one has called the police, the police have decided that based on past
>offenses he should be punished even if they can't come up with any new ones.
Doug, I don't understand this. Surely you are aware that the DPRK has
announced that they are actively building nuclear weapons, and that they
have thrown out the United Nations from the country.
Given these two facts, how can you possibly write the above?
Moreover, Doug, I am very interested to know how you would deal with the
above situation? How would you prevent the DPRK from assembling the
nuclear weapons it is currently engaged in producing? Or would you
simply let the DPRK build these weapons and pursue a policy of detente with
them? I really look forward to your answer on what your policy would be
if you were elected President tomorrow.
JDG
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