North Korea tested a nuclear weapon today. South Korean and American earthquake monitors picked up a 'seismic event' equivalent to between 3.5 and 4 on the Richter scale somewhere in the North, and television out of Pyongyang has been rah rah we tested a nuke the last couple of hours.
I think it's the most worrying world event since September 11, or arguably the Iraqi invasion. Especially with the fact that North Korea is semi-regularly testing missiles that can reach Japan. Especially since the Americans have been trying to ignore that particular threat while getting stuck in the Iraqi quagmire. And with one of the officials the other day saying North Korea can either have nuclear weapons or it can have a future, they couldn't countenance - if I have the right word - living with a nuclear North Korea. Well, unless there is another war, where Seoul will probably be wiped out in the first day, the gung ho elements of the Administration will just have to back down.
And on the political angle, how does having an 'official' nuclear North Korea make America safer? All the focus with national security on the terrorist, Islamic threat, and they have been trying to ignore Kim Jong-Il all this time - no direct bilateral talks in the entire Bush regime I think? And for North Korea now see Iran in five years time. Going across to the Middle East, how did refusing to talk to Syria, Iran, Hamas or Hizbullah help in the latest Israeli war?
We need Team America World Police, hell yeah, to take out Cartman, aka Dictator Kim. Who knows what goes on in his mind, now that he has attained his life goal of nuclear weaponry. But seriously, North Asia is now screwed security wise - today at least. Tokyo's sharemarket is lucky it had the day off today.
Paul
I think it's the most worrying world event since September 11, or arguably the Iraqi invasion. Especially with the fact that North Korea is semi-regularly testing missiles that can reach Japan. Especially since the Americans have been trying to ignore that particular threat while getting stuck in the Iraqi quagmire. And with one of the officials the other day saying North Korea can either have nuclear weapons or it can have a future, they couldn't countenance - if I have the right word - living with a nuclear North Korea. Well, unless there is another war, where Seoul will probably be wiped out in the first day, the gung ho elements of the Administration will just have to back down.
And on the political angle, how does having an 'official' nuclear North Korea make America safer? All the focus with national security on the terrorist, Islamic threat, and they have been trying to ignore Kim Jong-Il all this time - no direct bilateral talks in the entire Bush regime I think? And for North Korea now see Iran in five years time. Going across to the Middle East, how did refusing to talk to Syria, Iran, Hamas or Hizbullah help in the latest Israeli war?
We need Team America World Police, hell yeah, to take out Cartman, aka Dictator Kim. Who knows what goes on in his mind, now that he has attained his life goal of nuclear weaponry. But seriously, North Asia is now screwed security wise - today at least. Tokyo's sharemarket is lucky it had the day off today.
Paul
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