[Franking]

>> haven't heard an explanation as to why we have to invade Iraq, when we DON'T have to invade N Korea

Taking out Iraq is a fight we can *WIN*, even in the court of world opinion, where 15 dead civilians are worse than millions imprisoned, or threatened.

There is nothing we can do about NK right now, and everybody knows it. Entering negotiations without a credible threat will result in us either 1) giving away the farm, or 2) a 6-week war with nuclear weapons in which >10 million S. Koreans and maybe Japanese die.

I am convinced that war is coming, and the cynical position is to let the NK start it, millions of SKs die, and then we swoop in and destroy the NK regime. Better it happens 8 weeks from now than tomorrow.

Bottom line: NK has nukes. Can kill millions. Iraq can't hit Israel, Kuwait, Saudi, or anybody.

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[meyer]

Bottom line: NK has nukes. Can kill millions. Iraq can't hit Israel, Kuwait, Saudi, or anybody.

US has nukes as well - can wipe out NK if necessary. But that isn't the problem with NK. NK isn't significant. They really aren't very barbaric so much as they are wanting the world to know that they are present. NK at this point, despite their sabre rattling, is not a threat to anybody short of S. Korea and possibly Japan. An attack on either entity would assure their own destruction and they know it. They'll yell, scream, jump up and down, and such, but they won't bite off more than they can chew.