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.