MO' N. Korea

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/053109/reg_445612201.shtml


No Idiot!! As I believe I stated in my last post, we should sit this one out!!!

Don't worry though, I also feel the need to attack Obama on this issue as well:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/25/us.north.korea.react/index.html


-In that article, Obama made the statement: "North Korea's behavior increases tensions and undermines stability in Northeast Asia. Such provocations will only serve to deepen North Korea's isolation...
The top-ranking U.S. military officer said Monday that North Korea's reported nuclear test is a primarily a diplomatic matter right now, not a military one."



Uh, correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't N. Korea WANT to be isolated and left alone?? When we establish sanctions on these "rogue states" we basically do the opposite of what we want to do. I don't think I am articulating this one well (Still in vaca-and I mean vacation and not the spanish word for cow-mode) Take a country like Iran for instance- They are sanctioned up to their necks. The result-> They have been able to rally a lot of nationalistic support from their people and still do whatever they want without the Intl. Community breathing down their necks too much.

I am not saying that things change overnight- look at China. Since China has really opened up and become a legit world player, there are constant calls on them to check themselves on issues like human rights. They are no where near where I would like them to be on these issues, but they do seem to have become more aware of this constant scrutiny.

I do not think that countries like North Korea or Iran are necessarily chomping at the bit to become legit members of the Intl. Community and isolating them with sanctions and such seems, at least to me, to be counter-productive.

New Business-Lil bit o' N. Korea

Ok, so, most people that I call friends know a few things about me: 1. I don't ever shut up. 2. I am opinionated to a fault. 3. I love politics and discussing them. I want to share my opinions on things but I have found that some issues are too advanced and complicated for my "Note" readers to comprehend. I do not want to discuss these issues on my personal blog because That is where I bitch about life...so I decided to make this one a little more broad as I do not think anyone looks at it anyway. Today I got a lovely text from my fiance: "Hey, I'm sure you already know, but N. Korea tested a nuclear bomb underground." Much to my chagrin, I had not already read/seen this as I had some errands to run immed. upon waking up.

Funny that a few weeks ago I helped my sister prepare for an oral report on Kim Jong Il. I had made mention of how I thought there was no way that they were anywhere near real nuclear capabilities. MY MISTAKE haha. Look at the evidence though-they can't even get a successful rocket and satellite into space. Their two attempts in 1998 and 2006 were total failures, they barely got off the ground before blowing up. This past April they did manage to get a long range missil off the ground, over Japan, and into the Paciffic Ocean somewhere.

These underground nuclear bombs they are setting off are comparable to our '45 nuclear bombs. I can more comfortably say that they are no where near capable of getting them small enough to become a warhead on one of their shitty missiles. What I think our response should be is to publically stand behind China. China is a big ally to N. Korea and they are PISSED about these underground tests. Russia and Japan, though the latter really has no military, are also very upset about this new development. I say the US sits this one out and let's the regional powers handle it. It is in our best interrest to have China and N. Korea at odds, so let it happen.