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Iraq does not have any nukes yet so we will threaten to attack it, pressure it with war talk, humiliate its leadership and attack it at will.

North Korea has nukes and WMD and therefore we we will NEVER threaten to attack it, NEVER pressure it with war talk, NEVER humiliate its leadership and WILL NOT attack it at will. We will even allow North Korea to finish deliveries on scud missiles we seize on the high seas to Yemen.

This sends a very clear message heard round the world; If you do not have nukes and WMD the USA will treat you like Yugoslavia and Iraq if you develop nukes and WMD (and the ability to deliver them) in time you will be treated with distance and respect like we treat Pakistan, and North Korea.

That is why I know Iraq does not have online nukes (chemical and bio weapons are 19th century technology so it is very possible the Iraqis can make and use them with little difficulty) at the moment because we are bullying Iraq around at will UNLIKE how we are treating North Korea.

While it may be the case that we are being more careful with North Korea than Iraq because of nukes, I think it is more likely that we are being nice to North Korea because they (A) are allied with China, (B) share a border with China, and (C) were aided, militarily, by the Chinese during the Korean war, a situation the US would rather not repeat. The key to North Korea will be to get China on board.

you type like a sissy

Hey destro,you can't be serious are you?When W named Iraq, Iran and North Korea as an axis of evil there was a reason.We had to smoke NK out and the only way was to first confront Iraq.Since they are an axis they revolve around one another.In real life if you wanted to goad a neighbor into a fight or a showdown,the best way to do it would be to pick on one of his kids.Thats what we are doing destro,picking on iraq so NK will respond, the real evil,and they are taking the bait.

Iraq does not have any nukes yet so we will threaten to attack it, pressure it with war talk, humiliate its leadership and attack it at will.

North Korea has nukes and WMD and therefore we we will NEVER threaten to attack it, NEVER pressure it with war talk, NEVER humiliate its leadership and WILL NOT attack it at will. We will even allow North Korea to finish deliveries on scud missiles we seize on the high seas to Yemen.

This sends a very clear message heard round the world; If you do not have nukes and WMD the USA will treat you like Yugoslavia and Iraq if you develop nukes and WMD (and the ability to deliver them) in time you will be treated with distance and respect like we treat Pakistan, and North Korea.

It doesn't follow though, as you seem to be suggesting, that taking down Saddam accentuates the advantage to a rouge nation of acquiring nukes. Obviously the possession of nukes provides some level of invulnerability. It doesn't take an object lesson for anybody to reach that conclusion. But taking down Saddam does demonstrate that the ACT of acquiring nukes is extremely risky, and this is a good thing.

Furthermore the cases of Iraq and N Korea are not exactly comparable. Military options in the latter case are difficult and undersirable even apart from the NK's possession of nukes. Forget about the nukes and just consider that Seoul, with a population in excess of 10 million souls, is within artillery range of North Korea.

You are probably right. Unfortunately. Mostly due to Korea being in China's sphere of influence. Korea is doing what China cannot due publicly due to WTO etc. They are in cahoots.