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North Korea - Yes, You Have Our Attention

North Korea has tested a low yield words have power. We have to be careful
nuclear device with 4% of the destructive what we say. President Bush announced the
power of the bomb that the United States "axis of evil" speech several years ago.
dropped on Hiroshima, Japan at the end of He named North Korea and Iraq as two of
World War II. the three countries. It would seem that
Some believe that the device was much he started his anti-terrorism campaign in
larger but may have failed for technical the wrong end of the world.
reasons. Iraq did not have weapons of mass
We don't know the truth, because the destruction (WMD), while North Korea has
United States has not devoted the gone live with them. Now we are in a
resources to know what is really going bind. Our defense policy has been altered
on. If you are surprised, don't be. whereby we can only fight one war in one
Intelligence collection is a tricky country at a time, while fighting a
business. holding action in a second country. Prior
When Richard Nixon was President, you may to the Bush Administration holding power,
remember that one of our ships, the USS we were postured to fight two
Pueblo was brazenly attacked and hijacked simultaneous wars on two fronts.
in international waters in 1968, off the The bad guys know our new policy and will
coast of North Korea. The 82 member crew take advantage of us being pinned down in
was taken prisoner and tortured over an Iraq to expand their own power bases.
11 month period before their release was Since we have a fear of losing pilots or
negotiated. better yet, having a pilot shot down, we
There is such a thing as institutional are not doing the reconnaissance flights
memory. The senior members of the that we would normally do over North
military remember the Pueblo incident Korea.
well, and it still influences our The best thing to do right now is to
behavior towards North Korea. As an realize that if North Korea is a problem
aside, President Nixon gave the order to for the United States, it is a much
attack North Korea in retribution for the bigger problem for Japan, China,
Pueblo incident. At the time the Philippines, and South Korea. This is a
President believed a show of force was regional problem in spite of our
absolutely necessary to dissuade the alliances, and treaty involvements. Its
Koreans from further provocative acts. one thing to build and detonate a nuclear
Nixon's Secretary of Defense at the time weapon, it's quite another to have a long
did not carry out the Presidential range missile delivery system. North
directive. To the end of his life, Nixon Korea could fairly easily develop a
felt the biggest foreign policy error of delivery system capable of hitting the
his administration was the failure to countries in its immediate vicinity.
carry out a retaliatory raid against Hitting the United States from a 9,000
North Korea for the Pueblo capture. The mile plus distance is another story, not
Pueblo incident has emboldened the North so easy really. Since the countries
Koreans ever since. bordering North Korea have the most to
Both the Clinton and Bush Administrations lose, they should be the ones bearing the
were aware of the Pueblo incident and its brunt of the responsibility for
aftermath, when attempting to configure a multi-lateral talks among the powers
new US policy towards North Korea's involved.
nuclear program. We have 37,000 American The real deal is that North Korea is a
soldiers stationed in South Korea dictatorship that routinely starves its
protecting our alliance and interests own people for the benefit of the small
with South Korea. There is a phased troop leadership that has basically enslaved
withdrawal from the South Korea Peninsula the country. This leadership wants to
taking place. play the cards that it can. What it now
You have to wonder why we are willing to has is nuclear weapons. They will use
withdraw troops from South Korea during a this card to maximize whatever
time when they wish to pursue a nuclear concessions they can from the United
development process. The answer is that States and the immediate surrounding
this area of the world is loaded with neighbors.
dynamite, and if it blows up, you don't Are we going to cave, and make
want to have 37,000 American troops concessions to the North Koreans? Of
sitting in the middle of it. North Korea course we are, because that's what
has one of the largest stockpiles of superpowers do. It's not about
artillery weapons of any army in the appeasement, it's about business, and
world. They are capable of striking what makes good business sense. Churchill
Seoul, South Korea's capital from across said that "People have friends, nations
the border. have interests".
It was recently reported that Prince It is in our interest to not divert
Bandar, the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to ourselves from the issue of extricating
the United States had a private ourselves from a tortuous situation in
conversation with President Bush. In the Iraq. It is costing us treasure, and
conversation the Prince told the beginning to eat at the social fabric our
President that the United States should country as Viet Nam did a generation ago.
withdraw US troops from South Korea. We must put a good face on Iraq and get
Bandar felt it was too dangerous to leave out. The President may not be aware of
our soldiers in the middle of a possible it, but he is on a short leash in Iraq.
confrontation where our OPTIONS would be The American people are very intolerant
limited. As Bandar put it, without troops of wars without objectives that last too
on the border, if there's problem, it's a long, and that's precisely where George
REGIONAL PROBLEM. With troops, you could Bush finds himself. It is highly
have thousands of American lives at risk, questionable that his party will survive
and it becomes a major WAR instantly. the mid-term elections intact. The
So what do we do about the North Koreans country will embrace CHANGE, even from a
announcing the ACTUAL testing of a Democratic party that is devoid of ideas.
nuclear weapon? We have to realize that




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