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To: JohnM who wrote (66355)	1/16/2003 9:05:48 AM
From: aladin	Read Replies (1) of 281500

JohnM, he's one of the few voices of reason on the WSJ editorial page maybe because he is the only one you agree with? :-) Seriously though, this gets to the core of our weakness - we follow party and partisan lines too closely. A serious consideration of SK & NK policy would be to withdraw from the south and let them try and sunshine the north. In a post cold war world we really do not have any strategic interest in Korea. We sign a non-invasion pact tied to proliferation. However, the NKoreans propensity to proliferate is a strategic issue, so at first sign of proliferation - we go in and take them out - period. We start talking softly and carry a VERY big stick. No treaties without verification and no mixed messages to the thugs. The plus side is we could now sign the land-mine treaty :-) The other factor is it tells the Taiwanese and Japanese they might be next - so maybe they need their own detterents. This might get the Chinese off their asses and get them to clean up North Korea. Right now they don't like what North Korea is doing, but its got to be getting a chuckle in their inner circle (seeing the position its puts the US in). John

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