There has never been a real military option on the table for North Korea. Any fight with them would translate into a million or more dead South Koreans and the total destruction of Seoul, and that is a price no one on either side of the Pacific is willing to pay. Our policy since the 50's has been containment. Kim Jong Il accelerated his nuclear program right after he signed the 1994 framework agreement. The only thing that could have ever stopped North Korea going nuclear would be China cutting off their energy supplies, and China isn't going to do that because they fear a total collapse of the regime.
As to Iran, they were doggedly pursing nukes well before Bush took office. Getting caught by the IAEA trying to enrich uranium is what has prompted this latest shift in policy. The Iraq war is totally irrelevant to that effort. If there had never been an invasion, Iran would still have on its doorstep Saddam Hussein, their arch-enemy in the region, with whom they fought an eight year war. Let's not forget that Iraq and Iran spilled far more blood between them in that war than we spilled in the Gulf War or the Iraq invasion. > >Translation: prime time for Iran and NK to rev up their nuke plans >especially for rich Iran. With the UN and world alliances splintered, >and troops bogged down in 2 foreign countries, America is weak. >What's to stop them? > >The only way now is invasion and that's a card, as I said, that we can't play. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get Instant Hacker Protection, Virus Detection, Antispam & Personal Firewall. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=62 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:168849 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
