North Korea - some thoughts
So, today has seen the news of a nuclear-test by that mysterious nation, North Korea. It is merely no more than a country acting as a petulent child shouting "look at me, look at me!" Wow. You have a rock. Unfortunatly you dont yet have a catapult which could put the thing further than a few miles into the Sea of Japan, forget the west coast of America or Canada or, Europe for example.
It is now up to the world to decide what to do. The most serious outcome, and i include invasion of Korea in this list, is an eventuality leading Korea and Japan to also believe that they too need Nuclear weapons (and lets face it, they could build one which is 10 times smaller than the NKorean one, goes 10 times as far, and in 10 times as less time), thus creating a second "cold war" situation in Eastern Asia, and, oh yes, we must not forget to add China to that little happenin' party.
The North Korea issue is the only one i can see at the moment where i would actually not object with Military Action. To say i would support it strongly is farcical, but since "The Democratic Peoples Republic" of North Korea has no proper allies (countries like Iran will be pleased they are taking the spotlight off of them, but somehow i dont see them coming to the aid of North Korea) and if any military action is to be taken against them then it should be done sooner rather than later, before they get the chance to expand any nuclear developments they have. I would like to point out that i disagree with all Nuclear proliferation, and would like to see America consign more of its missiles to destruction (something which has strangely dwindled during the Bush years), as should Russia, China, Britain and (possibly) Isreal.
Margaret Beckett has called for tough sanctions. (Margaret Beckett shouldnt be in that job, by the way - Straw was da man) But what are tough sanctions? They appear to have it pretty rough up there already, i dont see what we could actually do now to cause them any more economic problems.
I guess this all boils down to the petulant child. Do you face it head on, smack it and put it back in its place, or do you turn your back and ignore it until it either realises it is being stupid, or does something it will later regret.
Something to think about there doodles, your comments, as ever, are welcome.
PS. Have just watched "Death of a President" on More4. Very, very good. If you get the chance at some point, i suggest you try and watch it.
Night all,
Jon
It is now up to the world to decide what to do. The most serious outcome, and i include invasion of Korea in this list, is an eventuality leading Korea and Japan to also believe that they too need Nuclear weapons (and lets face it, they could build one which is 10 times smaller than the NKorean one, goes 10 times as far, and in 10 times as less time), thus creating a second "cold war" situation in Eastern Asia, and, oh yes, we must not forget to add China to that little happenin' party.
The North Korea issue is the only one i can see at the moment where i would actually not object with Military Action. To say i would support it strongly is farcical, but since "The Democratic Peoples Republic" of North Korea has no proper allies (countries like Iran will be pleased they are taking the spotlight off of them, but somehow i dont see them coming to the aid of North Korea) and if any military action is to be taken against them then it should be done sooner rather than later, before they get the chance to expand any nuclear developments they have. I would like to point out that i disagree with all Nuclear proliferation, and would like to see America consign more of its missiles to destruction (something which has strangely dwindled during the Bush years), as should Russia, China, Britain and (possibly) Isreal.
Margaret Beckett has called for tough sanctions. (Margaret Beckett shouldnt be in that job, by the way - Straw was da man) But what are tough sanctions? They appear to have it pretty rough up there already, i dont see what we could actually do now to cause them any more economic problems.
I guess this all boils down to the petulant child. Do you face it head on, smack it and put it back in its place, or do you turn your back and ignore it until it either realises it is being stupid, or does something it will later regret.
Something to think about there doodles, your comments, as ever, are welcome.
PS. Have just watched "Death of a President" on More4. Very, very good. If you get the chance at some point, i suggest you try and watch it.
Night all,
Jon
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