[Franking]

Why is it you are failing to understand the most basic geographic and technical realities here?

1) NORTH KOREA HAS NUKES. Which word in this sentence do you not understand? Only 2 or 3 "little-boy" nukes, but they are bad enough.

2) Seoul (pop ~ 12 million) is TWELVE MILES from the DMZ.

3) NK has enough med-range missiles to hit Seoul and Japan. Iraq does not have any nuclear-capable missiles...yet.

4) There is a massive artillery presence along the DMZ, enough to kill millions of SKs *without* nukes. Iraq can't threaten Israel, out 12 years of air patrols in the north and south have eliminated the threat to anybosy but Iran, and killing Arabs will not further Sadaam's dreams of a Pan-Arab state with him as living god.

The difference here is casualties. 10,000 in Iraq, 10,000,000 in Korea. As for privation and repression and ruin, yes, the NKs have Iraq beat, hands down.

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[churchillbuff]

NORTH KOREA HAS NUKES.

Apparently you weren't listening tonight. Bush said we want to PREVENT N Korea from getting nuke weapons. We haven't said they already have them. And if you think civilians - including Israelis - won't be endangered by a war in Iraq, you're smoking something from the Middle East.

[AppyPappy]

Forget it. He's just arguing to entertain himself.