Re: [microsound] war

[billashline@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

stevepwats@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>Look at what's happening in N. Korea, they could easily start a nuclear
>conflict and it speaks
>volumes of their system of government.
>

North Korea is not going to start a nuclear conflict unless the US 
carries out a "pre-emptive" attack.  They have no reason to.  But if 
there's any lesson to be drawn from the attack on Iraq, it's that if 
you're an international pariah, you SHOULD have nukes.  It's called 
establishing credibility.  Get enough of them, and you might even join 
the UN Security Council.  I'm less worried about a North Korean attack 
then I am about this screwed up American administration--and I live in 
Seoul.

The other lesson to be learned from this war is that you should never 
under any circumstances submit to weapons inspections.  Even when the 
chief weapons inspector announces that a "substantial piece of 
disarmament" has been undertaken, it doesn't prevent a war.  You're 
better off simply going to war from the start and keeping and using all 
of your weapons.  Weapons inspections simply softened up Baghdad's 
defenses for this attack.

So not only has this adminstration completely failed in diplomacy, it 
has also completely undermined any authority possessed by the single 
international body having widespread credibility.  The clear solution 
for most countries in the world is to get your own nukes before the US 
attacks you--or renames your food.

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