[quote=toasty]I know this has been discussed ad naseum for months and months now, but I really wish we had addressed this problem a couple years back when we were looking at going in to Iraq.
Giving the administration the full benefit of the doubt, we THOUGHT Iraq had nukes. On the other hand, we pretty much KNEW North Korea had nukes (although today marks the first official acknowledgement by NK of this) and had displayed a willingness to use them or sell them to the highest bidder . We chose to go after Iraq. Now we find ourselves where we are. First things first, George, that's all I'm saying.
Is it any wonder that the rest of the world is looking to the US to handle this? We've already demonstrated a willingness to disarm countries with nuclear capability and that we have an itchy trigger finger to boot. With US/World relations as they are right now, who would join us anyway?[/quote]
No matter what North Korea says about who their enemy is, South Korea and Japan face a much greater risk than we do if those nukes are operational. Even if they want to hurt us, they'll do it by bombing those two. So, it doesn't matter what they think. They should get off their arses and get to work themselves instead of waiting for us to clean it up.,