[AmericanInTokyo]

oh vanity of vanities

[lormand]

As soon as we set our military sights on NK, the commie-loons (yeah I know...redundant), will try and claim something else is more pressing...like the Aids (Bush's fault), homelessness (Bush's fault), or something else (still Bush's fault).

[trebb]

Yuh mean dat dey wasn't siryus about N. Korea?

Looks like da Prez has a lot of taped statements dat sez udderwize.

It will be fun to listen to them smack their lips as they try to get the taste of doo-doo and shoe leather out while coming up with new lies...

[LS]

Good point, because, above all, if they scream loudly enough that NK is a threat, Bush MAY take them seriously and liberate THAT friggin country next! BTW, did you see the FOX PBS special piece on NK that the "Fox and Friends" people had? It was chilling---how the streets are empty, but they have a cop out there directing traffic anyway? An Owellian society.

[conservativecorner]

You are dead on with your thoughts. BUMP!!

[The Duke]

It's not only liberals who have attempted to shine a spotlight on the issue of North Korea vs. Iraq, but some ultra-rabid-conservatives like myself as well. For some of us the shoes of hypocracy are just a bit too tight. And not just with regard to North Korea, but Cuba as well.

So, why have I become quiet on this issue? For one thing, as George Burns would say..."It's been done". Additionally, and more to the point, this is not the time to be shooting off one's mouth, but rather the time to be battening down the hatches.

[GSWarrior]

No War for Rice!

[N. Theknow]

There is also a very big silence on the part of other Middle Eastern nations. Only a couple have uttered a suggestion that perhaps Saddam should consider exile. The others....silence.

Nothing from Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia.

They seem to be treating Saddam like the weird Uncle at Thanksgiving that no one wants to spend time around or sit next to at dinner.

Methinks this speaks volumes about what they know and/or suspect about the great Iraqi leader.

[js1138]

Word is that NK could flatten Seoul in an hour or so with a pre-emptive strike. We might need nukes to stop it. I assume we have subs in place for this purpose. That's why we want our troops away from the border.

[jriemer]

AIT,

After 3/17, most Democrats (minus Daschle) came out of their liberal fog to realize, "F***! In 48 hours, There's actually going to be a liberated Iraq."

Their entire world-view of coddling communists, appeasing dictators and futzing with the UN went as dead as a dodo as soon as the Presidential microphone went silent. They are terrified that Bush will actually defeat one or more member(s) of the Axis of Evil. Not because it's good for Presidential poll numbers but because their kind does not want to see freedom spread across the world. If it were up to Modern Liberals, we would still be apart of the English empire until Marxism came around to "liberate" us from monarchy and despotism.

You know that there's something terribly wrong when any political party fears freedom for persecuted peoples around the world more than despots and destruction.

[Steel Wolf]

The great thing about Kim Jong Il is that he just can't help himself. He needs the attention of our people, government, and wallets. With the war on Iraq looming, he's been blown off the radar, and he can't stand it. He'll be crashing the party as soon as he can get a word (or an ICBM) in edgewise.

On one hand, he'll get the attention he wants. People will be already on edge with Iraq and Al Qaeda on their minds.

On the other hand, the attention he'll get, he won't like.

[gcruse]

Spleen feel better now?

[Congressman Billybob]

Thank you, my friend, for putting up these comments. You are absolutely right that the "North Korea ploy" by the Left was nothing but a hypocritical dodge. But those of us who are neither hypocritical nor leftist, ARE concerned about NK, and DO see that as the next order of business.

If you haven't already, click on the first link below. That's my take on NK as the next item on the geopolitical fix-it list.

Congressman Billybob

Latest column, now up on UPI, and FR, "Once, Twice, Three Times a Moron"

Latest book(let), "to Restore Trust in America."