Monday, September 06, 2004

I can't help but wonder how much the upcomming presidential election will effect our relations with North Korea. The current president seems to think that any country that proves to be too much of a threat should be taken over and reorganized. President Bush is taking a tough stance with North Korea and I worry about what extreme action the United States may take to neutralize the threat. With both sides being unreasonable, someone is bound to make a rash and consequence laden move.
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Bob Martin said...

I don't want to get too far off topic, but since the relationship between Iraq and the DPRK has come up...
It always seemed to me that DPRK seemed more a logical focus of the U.S.'s concern than Iraq. If the DPRK has indeed become a nuclear power, or is on the verge of doing so, it gains serious bargaining chips in the the international scene, and could become very dangerous if confronted. It would make sense to me to focus international diplomacy (not necessarily military action) on a situation like this, as opposed to Iraq, which, as we now know, was never really a threat. Sure, Saddam's was an oppressive regime, but seriously, if American soldiers were sent into every oppressive country, America would have to make war on half of the world, including some of its most convenient allies. So it's worth examining what really constitues a threat and what methods the world should use to appropriately deal with it.

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