[TerranC]

Originally posted by Wardad:
The NK leaders are power mad control freaks. There is nothing they would enjoy more than extending that control beyond the present boundries.
They rattle their sabers because they do not know how to bargin or show gratitude (it is a weakness to them).
Their control at home has destroyed the economy, food production and the peoples hope. Let us pray they collapse from internal rot before they cause more trouble.

NK - Bush, Do Not go there.
I hope and pray Bush can be stalled until the next election.

MAC is right, we have no pretext to intervene.

NK may be a potential threat. It is a matter of perception.
A USA that is aggressive, beligerant, and militeristic will be seen as a threat by most nations. Should we teach the world that pre-emption is acceptable behavior? What would become of us when we are in decline?

Yes, the NK leaders are control freaks, and they would go beyond enjoying themselves once they have control of the whole Korean Peninsula, and the Japanese Archipelago, as they see those areas of land as their rightful domain.

But Wardad, What does NK have to bargain with? The Nuke card is only usable once in a trading table in this game of Geopolitics. But it can be used every turn as an effective tool of extortion. And show their gratitude for what? The US not having bomb their A**es off?

It'd be hard for a brainwashed populace to rise up against their leader. 40 years of "love the leader" propaganda have serted itself firmly into the minds of North Koreans, except the few.

The US have lots of reasons to intervene, should it choose to.

Edit: and NK is a threat only by a person's perception? Well, then it must be a global threat, since 6 billion people knows that NK has nukes and is ready to sell it to the highest bidder.

[ March 24, 2003, 04:23: Message edited by: TerranC ]