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Originally posted by LadyMischief
No, but for all the people that are saying they want to make sure there's not nuclear threat to the US, you'd think THEY would be more interested in being prepared for something like that. Personally I think all war is wasteful, even though some wars may be neccessary. North Korea may be able to pop off one nuke, maybe two, but consider the size of their country, and how much more quickly they would ALL be dead when the US reciprocates in kind. Two US cities would be nuked, but North Korea would just be a memory.
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Well, there's whole lot of people that would like to go to war with North Korea (I'm not one of them. I'd much rather find a diplomatic solution. Wouldn't we all?). Opinions are all over the map on that. There are some people that think Iraq was a bad idea and NK would be a good idea. There are some people that think Iraq was a bad idea and so would NK. There are some people that think Iraq was a good idea and NK is not. Everyone has a different frame of reference and ideologies that are of varying importance to them.
Non-proliferation, to me, is the most important policy decision the western world needs to commit to. Everyone seems partially interested but no one has a firm solution. There continue to be more countries with and developing nuclear weapons. I don't think there is any doubt this makes the world a continually more dangerous place. The UN doesn't have a solution, George Bush doesn't have a solution, no one has a solution.
Unless the outcome is obvious, war costs political capital. It will be years before most people have made up their mind as to whether Iraq was even worth it or not. There are many possibilities that would sway most people's opinions.
Iraq is not North Korea. Different situations require different actions. Much political capital spent on Iraq, much money spent on Iraq, fighting a war in China's neighborhood, the effects on South Korea All this diplomacy in the NK situation boring you? I don't believe that fighting a war in North Korea would be a better solution than diplomacy - not for Americans, Koreans, or the rest of the world.