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North Korea still dealing drugs
With most countries, if someone from there is dealing drugs, you don’t automatically assume that the government is in on it. However, in a police state with total control over the means of production, like North Korea, that assumption is made a bit more confidently. The Norks have gotten in trouble for this sort of thing before, and now they’re gotten burned again for delivering 230 kg of amphetamines to Japan.
Even the ordinarily lenient Japanese penal system took a dim view of that and gave the two defendants–a South Korean and a Japanese–life.
It makes you wonder why a state with so little regard for the international proprieties could be expected to fulfill any sort of treaty obligation. But the Bush administration still seems to be deciding whether or not to trust them. And now, we’re also deciding whether or not to trust them with food aid.
Hmm…why do we think North Korea will handle this food shipment any better than Burma did? And why should we give them food if they’re building nuclear reactors for terrorist sponsoring states?
Hunger in North Korea is awful, and there’s no hell low enough nor hot enough for its pathetic despot. But that hunger is also absolutely not our fault, unless you consider it our fault that no regime change has yet occurred in Pyongyang.
I think that the Bush White House has been stalling on North Korea simply because they’re overcommitted in the Middle East and South Asia right now. And they’ve kind of gotten a pass on it. But after we saw that they were building that Al Kibar nuclear plant for Syria, it’s impossible to believe they’re going to stay in their little box.
There hasn’t been a lot of nice stuff said about McCain on this blog lately, so let me point out John Bolton’s belief that a President McCain would be much more of an ironbutt about North Korea than Bush ever was. Consider it affirmative-action punditry:
On Iran, McCain “takes a harder line than the Bush administration,” Bolton said. He also expressed confidence that as president, McCain would take a tougher stand against North Korea than what he considers the erratic Bush posture.
On Russia, Bolton - the hardest of hard-liners when he was in the Bush administration - said McCain “takes an even harder line than I do. He wants to toss them out of the G-8. He is not about to be pushed around by an assertive Putin.”
Which is nice. It’s old, but since we were talking about Korea it’s worth a mention.
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No doubt to a good market. The idiots from State who participate in the NorKor appeasement process.
On Russia, Bolton - the hardest of hard-liners when he was in the Bush administration - said McCain “takes an even harder line than I do. He wants to toss them out of the G-8. He is not about to be pushed around by an assertive Putin.â€
I think I now have a reason to vote for McCain and not just against Hillbama.
Just remember, we may need Putin before the end on the War on Terror.
You know we can’t count on the EU.
Problem, Luigi: I think Putin’s rooting for the other side in the War on Terror.
Appeasement seems to be the order of the day, when it comes to our enemies. Chamberlain would be proud. Putin is only interested in new allies, trade customers and more political influence in the world, much like the old Soviet Union.
I may write in John Bolton on the ballot in November.
We need Madeleine Albright to go back over there and straighten those punks out.
See Dubya,
So the John McCain who doesn’t want us to waterboard islamofascists off and on, and who wants us to close down Gitmo is going to be tougher on North Korea than Bush? If so with what level of force?
I am skeptical about that point with respect to McCain.
To take an honest tougher stance with the Norks (I like that term), requires us to let them have it militarily, will South korea go along with it militarily? How about the Red Chinese loaded to the gills with our dollars? Will an Amreican public go along with it after the bungling of intelligence leading up to the iraq War, and the Vietnam style “limited war” we now have in Iraq, (but not going after Syria and Iran for supplying the IEDs)?
Unless North Korea and Iran attacked the US proper, I honestly doubt there will be enough desire within the US to do what is needed with respect with either country; The Israelis will probably end up taking care of Iran as an act of self-preservation.
Rhetoric from McCain and anyone else in all fairness is just rhetoric without the capacity to do what is necessary. That’s my take. What do you say?
love2rumba,
Bibgo. McCain talks tougher on this subject. Wow, big friggin deal. No nads for pouring water in terrorists noses but he is going to be tough on NC.
All talk.
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Yep, he is looking like a real candidate for us now.
/sarc
see-dubya, I agree that Putin’s rooting for the other side, for self-serving reasons. I wonder how he plans to control them though.
John Bolton - Yes
Juan McCain - No
Thats a good one Undrsiege . M Halfbright had balls like marshmallows . This is the ill informed skank that didn’t FEEL that it was fair that the U.S. was the only super power on the planet. Well, fixed that, didn’t she ?!!?
A country with nothing to lose, has evertying to sell.
And why should we give them food if they’re building nuclear reactors for terrorist sponsoring states?
True that, but then, why should we give any country anything? This isn’t the United States of Make a Wish Foundation. Foreign “aid” is paid for by the blood and sweat of American citizens. We should be looking at the more fundamental issue of the immorality of such a system.