[SLB]

What would the public reaction be to a preemptive strike against Norht Korea? Woudl the Koreans react across the DMZ? For the past umpteen years we have bombed the islamic countries (Iraq, Sudan, Pakistan, etc) with relative ease. Would the Chinese react? How about the Russians?

[rightwing2]

What would the public reaction be to a preemptive strike against Norht Korea? Woudl the Koreans react across the DMZ? For the past umpteen years we have bombed the islamic countries (Iraq, Sudan, Pakistan, etc) with relative ease. Would the Chinese react? How about the Russians?

I dare say that the public reaction against an attack against North Korea would likely be more favorable than an attack on Iraq. Sure, the Koreans would probably react by crossing the DMZ and clearly we would have to be prepared for that contingency, but making the US safe from DPRK nuke attack just might be worth it. The ChiComs and Russkies would protest but do little more. The North Korean nuclear missile threat is essentially almost as much of a danger as the Russian MRBMs in Cuba in 1962. The only question is could we get them all and that we would want to have some limited missile defenses up to shoot down anything we miss. However, I think we can all agree on one thing, the Bush Administration's decision to continue the Clinton policy of building North Korea two big new nuclear weapons producing reactor is appeasement at its worst.