One of the myriad of reasons that North Korea is simply not a threat to the United States. I wish we'd just quit engaging them all together....they are truly incosequential, and are only afforded the ability to direct world events because countries continue to react to their empty and pointless threats.
Ignore the paper tiger, and it'll quit rattling its cage in vain. > So they nuke once of out cities, we retailate and nuke every one of > theirs, heh. > Surely they don't think they stand a chance against the allies. > Does anyone know if it's policy to retaliate with nukes if we're hit > with one? I seem to remember reading somewhere that it is > > On 5/2/05, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> So if we hold direct talks, or any talks at all, does anybody here think >> this guy will really hold up to his end of the bargain? >> >> I'm not saying we need to invade yet, I'm just saying. >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Vivec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 11:50 AM >> > To: CF-Community >> > Subject: NKorea tests Missile, bringing us all a little closer to WWIII >> > >> > "WASHINGTON (CNN) -- North Korea apparently tested a short-range >> > missile Sunday, the Bush administration said, the latest in a string >> > of recent incidents to refocus international attention on the Korean >> > Peninsula's nuclear standoff." >> > <snip> >> > "The day before the apparent test, North Korea called President Bush a >> > "hooligan" and said it expected no solution of the international >> > standoff over its nuclear program during the current U.S. >> > administration" >> > <snip> >> > "Also Thursday, a Defense Department intelligence official said North >> > Korea has the "theoretical capability" to arm a missile with a nuclear >> > device and strike the United States." >> > <snip> >> > Sen. Carl Levin, the top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, >> > said on "Late Edition" that Sunday's test shows the Bush >> > administration's refusal to hold direct talks with Pyongyang is >> > leading to an even greater nuclear threat. >> > <snip> >> > The test, Levin said, is "additional, very discouraging evidence that >> > this administration's policy towards North Korea is failing. We've had >> > a lot of other evidence in the last four years -- the fact that they >> > have renewed their reprocessing program of plutonium; the fact that >> > they're now enriching uranium; and the fact they apparently can now >> > put a nuclear weapon on a missile." >> > <snip> >> > "He said North Koreans "are living in poverty -- many in concentration >> > camps. They do not have any exercise of democracy or freedom. They are >> > not allowed to contact the outside world. [Kim] is not the kind of >> > leader that is comfortable with the rest of the world."" >> > <snip> >> > Last week, U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lowell Jacoby >> > testified on Capitol Hill that, according to a U.S. assessment, North >> > Korea has the capacity to arm a missile with a nuclear device and hit >> > U.S. territory. >> > >> > (Hmm...that doesn't sound 'theoretical' to me, earlier in the article >> > didn't someone say 'Theoretically'?) >> > >> > I sense that the war hawks are leaning toward 'Regime Change', and >> > with the hard line the BUsh Administration has been taken, and it's >> > strong Rhetoric against North Korea they seem to be building things to >> > the point where the only response will be a Military one. >> > >> > http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/01/northkorea.missile/index.html >> > >> > It's MONDAY! :) >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:156052 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
