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To: i-node who wrote (157145)	12/31/2002 11:11:18 AM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580053

The disclosure required by Iraq was tantamount to an amnesty. American policy towards Iraq must be so clear...you think? The Prez has talked about regime change ad nauseatum, then about disarmament, then regime change, one bullet, axis of evil, exile, war, war, more war, will do it alone, like minded nations, etc... How are WE going to control Iraqi oil reserves? American and British companies are lining up to win contracts to develop Iraqi oil. You only read what agrees with your views it seems. Our options with respect to NK are now extremely limited because the previous administration chose to APPEASE NK. 50 years of previous administrations have managed to control and APPEASE (according to you) NK. Now we have a crisis. What a surprise after Bush targets them openly, puts them and others on notice, then publishes a doctrine of pre-emption and shows no regard for world opinion in its pursuit of a war with Iraq. Bush can't pawn this mess on anyone but himself. The Koreans are restarting their program NOW. They said yesterday that it was a move of self defense against perceived American aggression. Al

To: i-node who wrote (157145)	12/31/2002 11:53:19 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1580053

The people who have criticized Bush for being less assertive with NK than with Iraq don't seem to comprehend this most simple of concepts: The day a belligerent foreign power gets nuclear capability, the entire dynamic of our relationship with them must change. Suddenly, in one instant, they move from a nation that can be controlled to one that, in a dictatorship, concentrates immense power in the hands of one individual. That's right. NK has two nukes now so they must be a superpower. When will you figure this one out, o wise one; Bush has his hands full with Iraq and Afghanistan and can't take NK on at the present time. The masterful genius [your words] that he is notwithstanding, I am afraid he's bitten off more than he can chew. ted