Posted on 06/27/2008 10:55:38 AM PDT by The_Republican
I’m not fooled by North Korea’s actions, as they were my specialty in military intelligence and I spent two tours in the ROK. I foresee Korean reunification within five years, which will make that problem go away.
First of all, if Iran gets nuclear weapons, what will other countries in the area do? Will the Saudis get their own bomb? Tensions in the area will increase, oil exports will be threatened. The Iranians will be able to hit more than Tel Aviv. They could hit Kandahar.
Do you feel they have stopped their nuclear program, or that they may not have sourced another reactor elsewhere (like the effort in syria) which would make supply of fissile material from the closed reactor superfluous?
This is why it is so important to vote for John McCain, despite his shortcomings. Can you imagine how a “President Obama” would react to nuclear blackmail from the DPRK?
“With oil at $135 a barrel, Israeli air strikes on Iran would seem to ensure a 2,000-point drop in the Dow and a world recession.”
And what would the detonation of a nuclear device in Israel or another western nation ensure?? The more quickly this situation is dealt with the less dramatic the cost and consequences. Fortunatley, it sounds like both the US and Israel have reached agreement on what needs to be accomplished before Bush leaves office.
If you think they are going to hide their stuff in Syria, doubtful. The Russians wouldn't allow it. Syria is in serious dept to Russia. The Russians and the Chinese will support NK as long they are a nuisance to the US. Both of them sure in hell don't want Kim to have nukes, Kim is too damn unpredictable.
“Nuclear programs are nice but it doesn’t feed your people. North Korean people are starving.
If you think they are going to hide their stuff in Syria, doubtful. The Russians wouldn’t allow it. Syria is in serious dept to Russia.”
Famine is not that unusual in DPRK. I think the regime responds to it only to the degree it threatens them directly.
As far as Syria, it is widely reported that DPRK *was* involved in the project the israelis bombed some time back, regardless of what the russians did or did not allow syria to do. If this is true, then is it that far-fetched to suggest that there might be more than one such project, even if in another country?
We seem to be in agreement. My initial response to you was to disagree with the reaction disassembly being proof of ANYTHING with regard to DPRK, except that maybe it was no longer central to their efforts.
Meet the new planners, same as the old planners.
If I was still in Intel, I would be looking at African or South American Nations for possible candidates for any clandestine NK Nuclear program. Someone who isn't bed with the Chinese or Russians. That would be a "most likely" scenario. Kim is unpredictable but he's not stupid.
Patsy, did Bush fail in NoKo? Seems to me they acquired nukes before Bush even came to power. Small detail, I know.
So says Jew baiter Buchanan. Not much other evidence, though.
Did you read the article? There are quotes from Olmert about War planning.
Planning is not pushing. We “planned” for war against the Soviets for years, and nothing came of it, obviously.
President Bush left out one member of the ‘Axis of Evil’.
The United Nations.
Pat hopes Iran can provide a final solution.
Pat Buchanan and his fellow revisionist isolationists are. By trying to take the threat of war off the table, they are guaranteeing that negotiations will fail.
What negotiations?
Yes, but Olmert is a snivling coward. He has no stomach for war as shown by Olmert defeat of the IDF in the last Lebanon war and his non-actions against Hamas’s artillary campaign against Israel.
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