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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: tekboy who wrote (65522)1/12/2003 9:38:17 PM
From: Hawkmoon  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
the basic nut of the proliferation problem is that it is relatively (and increasingly) cheap and easy for nations to acquire WMD--and difficult and expensive for others to prevent them from doing so.

Yeah... But it seems to be falling upon the US to keep the other nations in line... The crap we're going through with N. Korea would be exponentially increased were Saddam to get his hands on Nukes.. He would have far more to gain and some pretty big "aces" in his hand considering the power that control over the oil fields would give him.

N. Korea has nothing of overwhelming geo-political significance (except control of the southern straits to the Sea of Japan were they to conquer the south), thus they can be isolated even with the loss of S. Korea. But Saddam?? Well, he has all of that oil and the opportunity to unite a very young Arab population under his leadership, while forcing the West to deal with him.

But Kim Jong Il literally has nothing but the threat of war against S. Korea.. Thus, imo, the US has only to permit him to wage his war of rhetoric, until he gets the message that his childish tantrums will win him nothing. That doesn't mean the US shouldn't continue to let Jong know that we're ready to listen when he hasn't "something nice to say", but that we're not going to put up with it. Throwing tantrums may have worked with his father to get what he wanted, but not the US, or the world for that matter.

Hawk
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