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To: John Carragher who wrote (78626)	3/1/2003 9:27:20 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I expect if we take out anything the first thing nk will hit is our 37,000 troops.. a price I am not willing to pay. Would they dare, when they would know that: 1) We had just destroyed their ability to make bombs in a strike they had every reason to believe we did not have the guts to make. 2) With the full knowledge, based on that strike, that they are all going to cease to exist if they hit South Korea. We would not have to use Nukes to defeat them, and send back all the way into a stone age existence. And we always have to keep in mind, if we "kick the can" down the road, that they will build excess bombs they don't need for defense and sell them to the highest bidder. And that means, sure as hell, "Bye, Bye," NYC and/or DC. Are you willing to take the risk that could happen, and pay that price?

To: John Carragher who wrote (78626)	3/1/2003 9:38:18 AM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I expect if we take out anything the first thing nk will hit is our 37,000 troops.. a price I am not willing to pay. I'm not willing to pay for the consequences of allowing a mercenary nuclear North Korea. Do we want to risk the first nuclear weapon used since WWII to be stamped with "Made in Korea"? If confronting them now is dangerous, confronting them later when they try to market their weapons to the highest bidder will be even more dangerous. Blowing up that complex may be an act of war, but so is attempting to seize a N. Korean freighter shipping off a nuke to God knows where. We can't assume they wouldn't sell their technology. We have every reason to believe they would, considering their track record. Derek