Re: Radical Suggestions

From: John K Clark (jonkc@att.net)
Date: Fri Jul 25 2003 - 21:49:49 MDT

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    <Dehede011@aol.com>

    >are you taking the position that you would prefer to see 10 million
    >South Korean citizens die before you would use whatever means
    >were at your disposal to do so?

    I am taking the position that engineering a situation where you are forced
    to use nuclear weapons to kill people for the first time in nearly 60 years
    is not a good way to stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons; and that
    after all was the point of the entire endeavor.

    >we can certainly pose a sufficiently plausible threat that makes
    >everyone from North Korean Generals on down decide that
    >supporting a suicidal dictator is not a good idea.

    And what are you going to do when they call your bluff as they almost
    certainly will? I remind you that even the CIA admits that
    Kim Jong-Il enjoys a great deal of grass root support in his country, far
    more than Saddam ever had in his. Yes it's odd that a monster like that
    could be popular but the fact is he is.

         John K Clark jonkc@att.net



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