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To: Bill Harmond who wrote (150950)	12/24/2002 2:46:38 AM
From: GST	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 164684

Better tell the genuis's in Washington that they could have a real war on the hands with a real rogue state with real weapons of mass destruction in North Korea: latimes.com

To: Bill Harmond who wrote (150950)	12/24/2002 7:43:35 PM
From: GST	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

<<The problem is that though engagement doesn't work, neither does ostracism. North Korea started its nuclear program when our policy was isolation and containment. That leaves the Iraq option: invasion and regime change. But North Korea, unlike Iraq, is thought to have the Bomb already. And with or without nukes, it would need only about half an hour to turn Seoul into a sea of fire. As if this weren't enough, there is the problem of South Korea--where anger at the U.S. is running high and fear of North Korea isn't. "We must make sure that the North-U.S. dispute does not escalate into a war," Roh said after his victory. The North-U.S. dispute? A lot of South Koreans now see us as part of the problem, not part of the solution. If the people living within range of North Korean shells don't feel threatened, it's a bit awkward for us to act against the threat.>> chicagotribune.com