| Copyright (c) 2006 Richard Stoyeck
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| | words have power. We have to be careful
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| North Korea has tested a low yield
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| | what we say. President Bush announced the
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| nuclear device with 4% of the destructive
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| | "axis of evil" speech several years ago.
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| power of the bomb that the United States
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| | He named North Korea and Iraq as two of
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| dropped on Hiroshima, Japan at the end of
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| | the three countries. It would seem that
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| World War II. Some believe that the
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| | he started his anti-terrorism campaign in
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| device was much larger but may have
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| | the wrong end of the world.
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| failed for technical reasons. We don't
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| | Iraq did not have weapons of mass
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| know the truth, because the United States
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| | destruction (WMD), while North Korea has
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| has not devoted the resources to know
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| | gone live with them. Now we are in a
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| what is really going on. If you are
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| | bind. Our defense policy has been altered
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| surprised, don't be. Intelligence
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| | whereby we can only fight one war in one
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| collection is a tricky business.
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| | country at a time, while fighting a
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| When Richard Nixon was President, you may
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| | holding action in a second country. Prior
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| remember that one of our ships, the USS
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| | to the Bush Administration holding power,
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| Pueblo was brazenly attacked and hijacked
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| | we were postured to fight two
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| in international waters in 1968, off the
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| | simultaneous wars on two fronts.
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| coast of North Korea. The 82 member crew
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| | The bad guys know our new policy and will
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| was taken prisoner and tortured over an
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| | take advantage of us being pinned down in
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| 11 month period before their release was
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| | Iraq to expand their own power bases.
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| negotiated.
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| | Since we have a fear of losing pilots or
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| There is such a thing as institutional
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| | better yet, having a pilot shot down, we
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| memory. The senior members of the
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| | are not doing the reconnaissance flights
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| military remember the Pueblo incident
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| | that we would normally do over North
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| well, and it still influences our
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| | Korea.
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| behavior towards North Korea. As an
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| | The best thing to do right now is to
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| aside, President Nixon gave the order to
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| | realize that if North Korea is a problem
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| attack North Korea in retribution for the
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| | for the United States, it is a much
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| Pueblo incident. At the time the
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| | bigger problem for Japan, China,
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| President believed a show of force was
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| | Philippines, and South Korea. This is a
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| absolutely necessary to dissuade the
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| | regional problem in spite of our
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| Koreans from further provocative acts.
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| | alliances, and treaty involvements. Its
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| Nixon's Secretary of Defense at the time
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| | one thing to build and detonate a nuclear
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| did not carry out the Presidential
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| | weapon, it's quite another to have a long
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| directive. To the end of his life, Nixon
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| | range missile delivery system. North
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| felt the biggest foreign policy error of
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| | Korea could fairly easily develop a
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| his administration was the failure to
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| | delivery system capable of hitting the
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| carry out a retaliatory raid against
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| | countries in its immediate vicinity.
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| North Korea for the Pueblo capture. The
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| | Hitting the United States from a 9,000
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| Pueblo incident has emboldened the North
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| | mile plus distance is another story, not
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| Koreans ever since.
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| | so easy really. Since the countries
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| Both the Clinton and Bush Administrations
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| | bordering North Korea have the most to
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| were aware of the Pueblo incident and its
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| | lose, they should be the ones bearing the
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| aftermath, when attempting to configure a
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| | brunt of the responsibility for
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| new US policy towards North Korea's
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| | multi-lateral talks among the powers
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| nuclear program. We have 37,000 American
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| | involved.
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| soldiers stationed in South Korea
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| | The real deal is that North Korea is a
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| protecting our alliance and interests
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| | dictatorship that routinely starves its
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| with South Korea. There is a phased troop
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| | own people for the benefit of the small
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| withdrawal from the South Korea Peninsula
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| | leadership that has basically enslaved
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| taking place.
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| | the country. This leadership wants to
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| You have to wonder why we are willing to
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| | play the cards that it can. What it now
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| withdraw troops from South Korea during a
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| | has is nuclear weapons. They will use
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| time when they wish to pursue a nuclear
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| | this card to maximize whatever
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| development process. The answer is that
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| | concessions they can from the United
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| this area of the world is loaded with
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| | States and the immediate surrounding
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| dynamite, and if it blows up, you don't
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| | neighbors.
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| want to have 37,000 American troops
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| | Are we going to cave, and make
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| sitting in the middle of it. North Korea
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| | concessions to the North Koreans? Of
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| has one of the largest stockpiles of
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| | course we are, because that's what
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| artillery weapons of any army in the
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| | superpowers do. It's not about
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| world. They are capable of striking
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| | appeasement, it's about business, and
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| Seoul, South Korea's capital from across
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| | what makes good business sense. Churchill
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| the border.
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| | said that "People have friends, nations
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| It was recently reported that Prince
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| | have interests".
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| Bandar, the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to
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| | It is in our interest to not divert
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| the United States had a private
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| | ourselves from the issue of extricating
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| conversation with President Bush. In the
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| | ourselves from a tortuous situation in
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| conversation the Prince told the
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| | Iraq. It is costing us treasure, and
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| President that the United States should
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| | beginning to eat at the social fabric our
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| withdraw US troops from South Korea.
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| | country as Viet Nam did a generation ago.
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| Bandar felt it was too dangerous to leave
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| | We must put a good face on Iraq and get
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| our soldiers in the middle of a possible
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| | out. The President may not be aware of
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| confrontation where our OPTIONS would be
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| | it, but he is on a short leash in Iraq.
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| limited. As Bandar put it, without troops
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| | The American people are very intolerant
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| on the border, if there's problem, it's a
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| | of wars without objectives that last too
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| REGIONAL PROBLEM. With troops, you could
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| | long, and that's precisely where George
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| have thousands of American lives at risk,
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| | Bush finds himself. It is highly
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| and it becomes a major WAR instantly.
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| | questionable that his party will survive
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| So what do we do about the North Koreans
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| | the mid-term elections intact. The
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| announcing the ACTUAL testing of a
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| | country will embrace CHANGE, even from a
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| nuclear weapon? We have to realize that
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| | Democratic party that is devoid of ideas.
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