[driftdiver]

“We could have decapitated the leadership in North Korea any time we wanted to.”

Sure, and then what. Who leads the country? The military the Chinese, or the lackeys that have been supporting the current govt.

Bush gets hit all the time for doing nothing. He did a lot and most certainly did not send the Sec of State over or make a visit for two young women.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Give him time. He would have sent Condi. He was on the verge of it.

Ambassador Chris Hill sufficed just fine (for the North Koreans, I might add)--and got screwed to the floorboards seven ways to Sunday by the Norks. No, Chris Jong-Il just didnt get a chance to dance a Maddie Albright jig in the Workers Stadium, but he sure came close to it (what with his shameless, embarrassing, rush to unfreeze the DPRK's massive illicit overseas funds/blood money in Banco Delta Asia in Macao in exchange for diddly squat.)

[mkjessup]

“We could have decapitated the leadership in North Korea any time we wanted to.”
Sure, and then what. Who leads the country? The military the Chinese, or the lackeys that have been supporting the current govt.

When one considers the savagery of the Kim Jong Il regime, nearly ANYTHING would be an improvement. When America was bombing the living sh*t out of Nazi Germany and militarist Japan, we weren't worrying about 'who' was going to run the place after Hitler and Tojo checked out. Not knowing what form of government will take over after a dictatorship is disposed of is no excuse to refrain from taking action. It didn't stop Bush in Iraq, why should it anywhere else?

Bush gets hit all the time for doing nothing. He did a lot and most certainly did not send the Sec of State over or make a visit for two young women.

What exactly DID he do to help the North Korean people?