To: NickSE who wrote (14001 ) 5/27/2009 8:56:49 PM From: ahhaha Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 24758 NK and Iran are taunting DM I would say, "testing". He has already failed. His retreat in these matters will embolden all belligerents. The 'crats will have to learn the hard way, over the proliferation of American dead. Unfortunately, the 'crats can't learn. They're the greatest set of liars and self deceivers the world has ever seen.while Russia and China calculate how to extend their power as the US retreats. You're way off here. Neither has any interests or illusions about power or its extension, at least not on the geopolitical front. What's there? Nada, except costly conforntation which would tend to undermine their existing economies. Both are exclusively interested in economics, even to the exclusion of their own national defense. Not good. The "not good" comes from Al Qaeda et al. What throws gasoline on their fire? Comments like the idiot one made by Hilly to NK. By making a statement,- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that North Korea "has ignored the international community" and "continues to act in a provocative and belligerent manner toward its neighbors." "There are consequences to such actions," Clinton said, referring to recent saber-rattling and nuclear activities in North Korea. There are no consequences.The country has chosen to violate "specific language of the U.N. Security Council resolution 1718" and "abrogated obligations it entered into though the six-party talks," Clinton said Wednesday during an appearance with the Egyptian foreign minister. "They have chosen the path they are on, and I am very pleased that we have a unified international community, including China and Russia, in setting forth a very specific condemnation of North Korea and working with us for a firm resolution going forward," Clinton said, also underscoring commitments the United States "has and intends to honor" toward South Korea and Japan. This is an empty bluff. She knows it. NK knows it. I know it. Catch the "unified international community" bilge. If I heard that and I was NK, I'd be mobilising. When one presumably holds the cards the right move is to say nothing. Shooting off her yap invites further encroachment. What an idiot. Typical fool 'crat. And with DM uninterested in stopping Iran's nuclear ambition, Why try to do that? We should be trying to help them develop it. At least then we might steer them into a more peaceful use. I know Iranian physicists. They can easily build a bomb. Easily. 1 1/2 years ago I predicted they would test a low yield nuke in the Iranian desert, but for some reason they didn't do it. The fact that they didn't had me worried. It may be that they have the force de frappe they need to repel any invasion but don't want to reveal it just as the Israelis don't want to reveal their mighty nuke arsenal.I think we're on the cusp of a nuclear M.E. We're already there.Saudi, Egypt, Turkey will not sit on the sidelines if Iran develops. They all have nukes. They all will sit. Iran isn't a threat to them nor is it a threat to Israel, at least not yet. Iran is paranoid more than belligerent. One must separate the trouble makers from the sword rattlers.