I've been following the North Korea story for quite some time, and it's turning out to be a very interesting.
North Korea is nuclear capable, they have detonated a nuclear bomb on their own soil, and as I'm sure you all know they fired several dummy 'test' missles on and following the 4th of July (America's birthday for all non U.S. readers). If anything this just showed the world that North Korea is incapable of delivering nukes in an intercontinental missle. The missles that made it the farthest were actually SCUD's that were purchased from China. No real threat.
Kim Jong Il (sp?) has the mentality of a child, seriously. A spoiled one. During the Clinton years we negoiated with him by sending aid in the form of food and other resources, and also upon request of Kim we sent him a basketball signed by Michael Jordan. He kept his nuclear reasearch low-key (Don't listen to Allbright's 'successful' North Korean litigations BS) during those years.
When Bush went into office, he simply ignored Korea, which I think is best. And like a spoiled chiled he started fussing, he tested a nuclear bomb, he is testing missles aimed towards Japan (or just showing them off) to get himself back into the polotical limelight.
His country is in ruins, all the citizens are literally brainwashed in thinking Kim is some supreme leader. It smacks of Orwell's 1984, people who disagree with him are either sent to reeducation camps or imprisioned. He is a cruel and opressive ruler, but his country and the way he's handled it is a joke.
Japan is already threatening military action against him, there has been a long and rocky relationship between the two countries, mostly originating from a dispute of the ownership of several islands north of Japan that are internationally recognized as part of Japan (and hence inhabited by Japaniese and governed by Japan), though all maps made in Korea list these as North Korean terrotority, even the sea East of Korea which is recognized as the East Sea or Sea of Japan is considered East Korean Sea to North Korea.
This guy is a menace, I hope he keeps pressing his luck until he forces the hand of Japan, China or Russia (who seem unusually silent towards the entire matter).
As for the missles he's been sending, I think it'd be in our own best interest to start blasting them off their pads with our own missles, in essence taking away the spoiled brat's toys.
Additional Comment:
Also may I add that Kim Jong has threatened action against the U.S. if we invade Iran. It's considered an empty threat, our Military is capable of crushing any of North Korea's attacks and sequestrating their miserable little country
North Korea is nuclear capable, they have detonated a nuclear bomb on their own soil, and as I'm sure you all know they fired several dummy 'test' missles on and following the 4th of July (America's birthday for all non U.S. readers). If anything this just showed the world that North Korea is incapable of delivering nukes in an intercontinental missle. The missles that made it the farthest were actually SCUD's that were purchased from China. No real threat.
Kim Jong Il (sp?) has the mentality of a child, seriously. A spoiled one. During the Clinton years we negoiated with him by sending aid in the form of food and other resources, and also upon request of Kim we sent him a basketball signed by Michael Jordan. He kept his nuclear reasearch low-key (Don't listen to Allbright's 'successful' North Korean litigations BS) during those years.
When Bush went into office, he simply ignored Korea, which I think is best. And like a spoiled chiled he started fussing, he tested a nuclear bomb, he is testing missles aimed towards Japan (or just showing them off) to get himself back into the polotical limelight.
His country is in ruins, all the citizens are literally brainwashed in thinking Kim is some supreme leader. It smacks of Orwell's 1984, people who disagree with him are either sent to reeducation camps or imprisioned. He is a cruel and opressive ruler, but his country and the way he's handled it is a joke.
Japan is already threatening military action against him, there has been a long and rocky relationship between the two countries, mostly originating from a dispute of the ownership of several islands north of Japan that are internationally recognized as part of Japan (and hence inhabited by Japaniese and governed by Japan), though all maps made in Korea list these as North Korean terrotority, even the sea East of Korea which is recognized as the East Sea or Sea of Japan is considered East Korean Sea to North Korea.
This guy is a menace, I hope he keeps pressing his luck until he forces the hand of Japan, China or Russia (who seem unusually silent towards the entire matter).
As for the missles he's been sending, I think it'd be in our own best interest to start blasting them off their pads with our own missles, in essence taking away the spoiled brat's toys.
Additional Comment:
Also may I add that Kim Jong has threatened action against the U.S. if we invade Iran. It's considered an empty threat, our Military is capable of crushing any of North Korea's attacks and sequestrating their miserable little country