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To: JohnM who wrote (63412)	12/29/2002 5:25:35 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

John.. It seems that only one of us is willing to stick our necks out to try and offer a credible policy proposal. Obviously your concept of policy is that the US should just shut up and let Kim Jong Il make all the threats he wants, trying to pacify a government which has already shown it cannot act in good faith. As for what should be done now, it's not at all clear. For one thing, the Bush folk should stop shouting and try working with the neighborhood, the South Koreans, the Japanese, and the Chinese. And to do so fairly quietly. Why must we be quiet John? Why not tell Kim Jong Il to "shut up" and work with all of these nations in order to obtain his goals?? Why not require Kim Jong Il to abide by established diplomatic protocols for conflict resolution, rather than constantly threatening to attack both the South and every other nation in the region?? What has the silence and non-confrontational policies of the US achieved except to emboldened despotic leaders such as Saddam and Kim Jong Il?? When do we get to the point where we forced to put our foot down and say "enough is enough"?? I opine that other nations have, such as China, have enjoyed letting N. Korea tweak our noses with their threatening rhetoric. It distracts the US from their own goals vis-a-vis Taiwan, creating an opportunity to "do us a favor" by intervening to create calm on the peninsula.. My view is that eventually we have to be willing to call the "bluff" of both the Chinese and N. Koreans, forcing them to adopt a more diplomatic and non-confrontational method of pursuing their political and economic agenda. Hawk