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REGIME CHANGE: OUT

APPEASEMENT: IN

Sir Winston Churchill's historic warnings against appeasement have clearly been forgotten. All the wannabe diplomats and analysts want to tell us what could or could not have been done, why we weren't able to do thus and so, but the bottom line to all of this is that the Western democracies (meaning America and our dwindling allies) either have to resign ourselves to global impotence by allowing tyrannies like those in North Korea, Iran, etc., to continue their mad policies to the detriment of the world, or we take them out and we take them out the Harry Truman way, the same way that the fanatical Japanese were convinced to surrender in 1945 after watching two of their cities being vaporized courtesy of Curtis LeMay, the Enola Gay, and Bock's Car.

We have the power, there is no question of it, and if we are too weak-minded to use it, we will ultimately see that same power used against us.

It's coming.

Of course it is coming.

One can see it here, right here in Asia.

We, the USA, are the laughing stock of Asia. In terms of North Korea, as viewed from the Asian perspective, we are no stronger under Bush in 2007 then we were under Clinton in 1997.

It has all come unravelled. The appeasers have won.

Some legacy, Mr. Bush. On January 20, 2009 you leave office and head for a small ranch in Texas. Kim Jong il remains in power, eating cavier, with 10-15 nukes under his control (10-15 nukes that were NOT there under the Clinton regime) and developing even more agressive ballistic technology (revised scuds for example) to attack Japan and our US forces there, and moving toward ICBM capabilities.

SOME GREAT LEGACY. PEACE IN OUR TIME.

Agreed.

Saddam had specific assurances he would not be toppled.

He was.

Libya opened up and Syria left Lebanon.

Once the world saw that we, the Americans, started to falter and become weary (the left) they knew that they had nothing to fear from America. I believe the State Dept. saw this and has been advising policy based on it.

Now, Syria is back in Lebanon, Iran is posturing, and Little Kimmie is posturing.

Appeasement is ineffective every time it is tried.

Agreed. China’s check is due for their super-inflated economy but they are still propping it up and I assume they will do so until after the Bejjing Olymics in summer of 2008. Their economy is due for a massive correction. When that occurs, will they shut off aid to North Korea? Without them, Kim either uses that bloated military or loses it and could face losing all his power.

I don’t think we can or should preempt an attack using nuclear weapons. However, I do feel we should have a complete navy blockade so military technology stops flowing to Iran and other bad guys. This will force their hand one way or the other now instead of letting them hit the USA with an ICBM and invade South Korea at the time of their choosing or out what they feel is necessity.

You are correct. The West as a whole learned nothing from WWII and so we are doomed to repeat such horrific events and then some due to the nuclear weapon equation. What a shame. I am doing my part but I feel I am a drop in the bucket to people’s self-absorbed stupidity instead of learning and understanding how valuable freedom is and that it must be protected.