What Next?

Front Page Magazine ^ | 10 October 2006 | Lt. Col. Gordon Cucullu

[unionblue83]

On October 9, 2006, Kim Jong Il apparently backed up his bluster and detonated a nuclear device in a test area northeast of the capitol of Pyongyang. So now, faced with a North Korea openly nuclear, what is the world – and more importantly, America - expected to do?

Last week, when North Korea was pulling yet another threat from a seemingly bottomless basket, the world community immediately went into predictable reaction mode: running in ever-decreasing concentric circles around their desks while shrieking “the sky is falling.” The New York Times editorial page even pulled the much-maligned phrase “domino theory” out of its Dictionary of Vietnam Terms to apply to the anticipated test. “North Korea tests a nuclear weapon, and Japan, South Korea and Taiwan start thinking they need one too.” When I said much the same thing two years ago in my book, Separated at Birth, left-leaning publications like the Times dismissed such considerations as ultra-conservative hysterics.

Now the Times concedes that in light of North Korea’s progress “Iran’s neighbors start asking themselves why they should even wait for Teheran to go nuclear before starting their own programs.” In this rare moment of agreement with the Times editorial page, I think that even here they don’t go far enough. For there are others, most particularly Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez, who also have his eyes on a nuclear weapon. He – along with the aforementioned countries – might well decide that if a long-time US enemy like Kim Jong Il can have atomic bombs without reprisal then why not them? This waterfalling proliferation has been the issue all along in the modern struggle between western powers and North Korea to keep them without atomic weapons.

[unionblue83]

Long article, good analysis.

[unionblue83]

ping.

[1234]

even though klinton botched it: Pres. Bush had 6 YEARS TO DO SUMPTIN(applies even if not a successful nuke test over wknd).

[bdfromlv]

Simple thoughts in a complicated world. The word (botched) used to describe the traitorous and seditious acts of the klintoon administrationis hardly sufficient. Stopping the bullet is a little more difficult after your democrap predecessor gives the tech and ammo to build a weapon and allowing the creating of the gun. You forget about the little fellows fan club and protectors the 1,900,000,000 commies to the north, china and russia. but we should have done something and are all powerful. (yeah right)

[1234]

...but we should have done something ...

yup, in 6 yrs!!