[neutrino]

Well...maybe it's not such a bad idea. Seriously, we don't want a two front war. But if we were able to deal with Iraq and get that issue dealt with...and then turn our attention to North Korea...it might work well. The time gained would work to our advantage, and the cost might be minimal.

[flamefront]

Bad idea. How about a show of strength first, though?

[AmericanInTokyo]

Within the time to prosecute the war in Iraq (and first go through 1-2 more months of diplomatic crap IMHO), the North Koreans will have developed 2-3 more nuclear weapons. Add to their proliferation during this ("We Don't Want To Fight A Two-Pronged War") time retrofiting of Taepodong missiles in underground facilities, they will be in a position to threaten even more.

From the White House website itself, under terrorism, the Administration says that 'the stronger the ( adversarial) nation gets in developing WMD, the less chance for confronting them'. This was the whole doctrine of "preemptive" protection! Even they admit to nuclear blackmail possibilities in their War on Terrorism treatise.

And that is what Kim Jong il has JUST done to the United States. Wake up and smell the coffee, Republican.