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whocarz · 06-21-2004, 04:33 AM

You are right on certain points. Iraq wasn't a threat, compared to North Korea. However, it was a threat to the middle east, and acted to distabilize the whole region. North Korea, as you said, already was a threat. It's a massive threat. However, Iraq, unlike North Korea, has proven in the not so distant past, that it is an aggressor nation. It invaded both Iran and Kuwait, before the US finally stepped in and put an end to that.

North Korea, on the other hand, can't afford to be an aggressor. China to the north and west, South Korea with US troops to the south, and Japan to the east. It's surrounded on all sides, so it is in it's best interest to be passive. What we are seeing is what we have been seeing for decades. It is posturing, saying "Hey, look at me, I'm important too!". North Korea is basically trying to keep it's soverignty, by showing that it can be a force to be reckoned with. It also has come to learn that if it does something that we don't approve of, then stops that behaviour, then it gets rewarded.

Whether you agree with the invasion of Iraq or not (you don't, and I'm indifferent to it), it has happened, cannot be reversed, so it behooves us to act cohesively. All the screaming and pointing fingers won't change that fact, and we have a commitment to stay in for the long haul and fix things now that we are there. However, as I said before, North Korea is completely different. A war with them would have the effect of destablizing the entire region for years, maybe decades, and might put us at war with China.

The one thing I have never understood about the anti-Iraq war movement has been the claim that thousands of innocent Iraqis died because of it. But I never heard people out there crusading for the Iraqi people before the war, when thousands of innocent Iraqis were being killed. Maybe I'm being overly opptimistic, but I think that the war will save more people than it kills in the long run. A war with North Korea will kill more people than it saves, atleast, that's my view of it.

06-21-2004, 04:33 AM	#44 (permalink)
whocarz Jarhead Location: Colorado	You are right on certain points. Iraq wasn't a threat, compared to North Korea. However, it was a threat to the middle east, and acted to distabilize the whole region. North Korea, as you said, already was a threat. It's a massive threat. However, Iraq, unlike North Korea, has proven in the not so distant past, that it is an aggressor nation. It invaded both Iran and Kuwait, before the US finally stepped in and put an end to that. North Korea, on the other hand, can't afford to be an aggressor. China to the north and west, South Korea with US troops to the south, and Japan to the east. It's surrounded on all sides, so it is in it's best interest to be passive. What we are seeing is what we have been seeing for decades. It is posturing, saying "Hey, look at me, I'm important too!". North Korea is basically trying to keep it's soverignty, by showing that it can be a force to be reckoned with. It also has come to learn that if it does something that we don't approve of, then stops that behaviour, then it gets rewarded. Whether you agree with the invasion of Iraq or not (you don't, and I'm indifferent to it), it has happened, cannot be reversed, so it behooves us to act cohesively. All the screaming and pointing fingers won't change that fact, and we have a commitment to stay in for the long haul and fix things now that we are there. However, as I said before, North Korea is completely different. A war with them would have the effect of destablizing the entire region for years, maybe decades, and might put us at war with China. The one thing I have never understood about the anti-Iraq war movement has been the claim that thousands of innocent Iraqis died because of it. But I never heard people out there crusading for the Iraqi people before the war, when thousands of innocent Iraqis were being killed. Maybe I'm being overly opptimistic, but I think that the war will save more people than it kills in the long run. A war with North Korea will kill more people than it saves, atleast, that's my view of it. __________________ If there exists anything mightier than destiny, then it is the courage to face destiny unflinchingly. -Geibel Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else. -Marcus Aurelius Come on, you sons of bitches! Do you want to live forever? -GySgt. Daniel J. "Dan" Daly