[You Dirty Rats]

George Will's point needs to be made more often. The hotheads -- all over the political spectrum -- who demand we bomb North Korea have obviously forgotten or never knew that Seoul is within artillery range of North Korea. Not much point in bombing North Korea to stop their missiles if it results in the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of South Koreans.

[MainFrame65]

Seoul is the price that would be paid for any act of war against NK. In fact, the single most threatening act that South Korea could commit against the North would be to evacuate their own capital city.

[xkaydet65]

The point that must be made is that everyone believes N Korea has the bomb. That makes S Korea, The US forces in S Korea, and Japan vulnerable to serious consequences. It was precisely to prevent this situation in Iraq that motivated us to invade before a similar situation to N Korea developed. It is what motivates our concern about Iran. But as to N Korea, that train has left the station and other means must be found.

On Drudge the Japanese are sending up a trial balloon that they will pre emptively attack. That strikes me as very dangerous rhetoric. A regime as crazy and as well armed as Kim jong Il's is capable of throwing one terribly destructive tantrum.