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Sounds like I woke up right in time...

I woke up this morning to static on my radio. "Oh,no! That spoiled little brat nuked someone!!" I asked DH if the TVs were working. He looked at me funny and said "Yes, of course. Why?" I told him about NK and the bomb. He told me I watch too much FreeRepublic!

OK, I see it is time for Civics 101 again. REAL life is not a Hollywood action movie. The macho man who ignores orders and plays the tough guy doesn't get the girl and ride off into the Sunset at the end of 2 hours.

Instead people die, possibly many many people, not all of them the bad guys. Not every problem is a nail fit for a military hammer. SOME times blowing the crap out of something makes the situation worse, not better.

A President is not God. He cannot simply decided to have someone killed because they annoy the squad of Always Angry Freepers.

He, unlike the Always Angry, has to live in the real world. He has to consider the consequences of his actions, both short term and a long term on the US, on our Allies, and other regional powers. He has to consider Congress's opinion. He has to consider America's strategic needs in other parts of the world. He has to consider all aspects because unlike the bellicose bellowing of the usual suspects, HIS actions get people killed.

It really easy to be a tough talking macho man when all it costs you is some hot air or key strikes. The President has to make decision that that have very REAL consequences now, and in the future, for all of us. Easy to talk tough, and come up with fantasy land Hollywood Actions movie plots on what should be done when you bear NO consequences for the actions that result.

What is the solution? I don't know. But the problem is WAY more complex then the Always Hating types hanging out here seem to grasp. I am just glad I know who is making the call instead of John Kerry or Al Gore. Easy to be a tough guy with words when other people will be paying the blood price for your macho man talking points