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I wish I was bright enough to supply solutions to all of the world's international problems. Truth be known it would be nice if we just bombed both North Korea and Iran into the stone age, initiated regime changes in both places and let those two beleagured countries start all over again.

But then reality sets in. We are almost alone in the world today as a last resort for the freedom of a nation. We have to be ever so selective how and where we use our very limited power. North Korea has a standing army of 1,000,000 starving dog and cat eating troops just waiting to stream across the border shooting everything in sight.

For us to attack them would play right into their hands, not to mention the Chinese,who are undoubtedly getting a play by play chuckle out of things.

Yet on the other hand we don't want them sitting with a couple of dozen nukes(thanks to the Clintonistas and fat maddy),so it's a tough problem to deal with.

As N.Korea's neighbors arm themselves the problem may go away or we may face Little Kim's attack on the Japanese sea once more, who knows. It's a tough call and few out there are making any tough calls these days. As for iran,(notice both countries are run by psycho/wack-jobs)our best hope remains dissension from within possibly leading to regime change. Many of the locals, who are not yet starving, are dissatisfied with the mullah rule and hopefully one day regime change will occur there as well. Truth is as much as wee would like to be policeman to the world, we don't have the resources or the will.

For us to attack them would play right into their hands, not to mention the Chinese,who are undoubtedly getting a play by play chuckle out of things.

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These posers on TV may bloviate all they want about our "talks" with NK, but China is calling the tune. If China did not want Lil Kim to launch any missiles, no missiles would be launched. Period. China is watching our responses intently.

It's a tough call and few out there are making any tough calls these days. As for iran,(notice both countries are run by psycho/wack-jobs)our best hope remains dissension from within possibly leading to regime change.

This, IMHO, is the heart of the matter. As you suggest, there are no convenient solutions. As a career naval person, I too have to reign in my combative approach to these terribly complex issues. I think the situation is now more like 1936 Europe than we think. Churchill saw the writing on the wall and was vilified for his vision. After all of the hoped for easy solutions were exhausted, the inevitable war exploded. Now, the DPRK and the IRA are malignant tumors caused by the underlying disease of totalitarianism. Bush is and was justified in branding them as great dangers.

But the appeasers won't have anything to do with the required surgical procedures to remove the scum until there is no other choice-- as will most likely be evidenced by terrorists using WMD obtained from one of these swine. For now, we need to work diplomatically but make it very clear to our enemies that a devastating military/naval force developed at great cost over generations will not be held in check forever. Another attempt to launch a long range missile in the direction of the US must be met with immediate and overwhelming force. China and South Korea, who both currently have their hands in our pockets, must be put on notice that we will not sacrifice our security for any other nation's survival and that they have a huge stake in eliminating the North Korean dictator as well.

Finally, Iran cannot be saved from destruction if it continues down its current path. I have to believe that unhappy elements in that country must know that a powerful military presence is being installed next door. In time, if there is any left, those elements may change things; but we must not fail them.

I truly wish that things were different.