[AmericanInTokyo]

I have always kind of thought that Iraq could and should wait until we finish the larger and more present menace, North Korea.

Administration officials have been so Iraq-centrific, Middle East centrific in this whole thing that it makes you believe the issue is bound up mostly on oil rights. To heck with the stability of East Asia and the security of the 125 million people in the World's Second Largest Economy in the same time zone as North Korea.

[Sabertooth]

I have always kind of thought that Iraq could and should wait until we finish the larger and more present menace, North Korea.

A Korean conflict is likely to last a lot onger than the coming war in Iraq. It would likely involve not only South Korea, but also Japan, China, Taiwan, and possibly Russia.

Taking out Saddam quickly before things can unravel in East Asia is probably the best solution to a bad situation.

Let's never forget who gutted our military so that it couldn't fight two major wars simultaneously: William Jefferson Clinton and Albert Gore Jr.

[jlogajan]

I have always kind of thought that Iraq could and should wait until we finish the larger and more present menace, North Korea.

NK is stupid if it starts to make itself a nuclear threat. It will not end well for them.

[irish_lad]

I think you have a valid point. We've got IRAQ pinned down, for the moment, with weapon inspectors. The problem is that the nuts in N Korea may go nuclear against S Korea or Japan if we do something.

We somehow have got to convince China that N Korea is bad for business and should be eliminated.