From: "Robert Comer" 

> The US administration made it crystal clear that if there wasn't a
> resolution they would go straight to military action.

That was Iraq, and they've softened a bit on that attitude -- at least to
the point of giving the inspectors time to possibly find something.

> Iraq is the weakest & most isolated of the 3 "axis of
evil" countries.

Agreed.

>If Mr
> Bush thinks he can take on NK without vastly more problems then h's nuts.
> Seoul is with artillery distance. Tokyo within rocket distance & finally
the
> NK geograhpy is vstly harder to fight over.

Also true -- but it might simply be posturing, something the NK's are used
to doing themselves.

- Bob Comer




"Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
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>
bobcomer{at}mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:3e0da33e$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > I think it's a purposefull distraction ("fear
spin" if you will)
> allowing
> > > Pres Bush to go "look at the axis of evil threatening
us......we must
> > reduce
> > > the number of evil-doooooooers in the world starting with the weakest
&
> > most
> > > vulnerable".
> >
> > It was a U.N. resolution, not just us, wasn't it -- how else could we
stop
> > the oil?
> >
>
> The US administration made it crystal clear that if there wasn't a
> resolution they would go straight to military action.
>
>
> > Anyway, N.K isn't what I'd call weak. Even with their economic problems
> the
> > still have the military hardware...
> >
>
> Iraq is the weakest & most isolated of the 3 "axis of
evil" countries. If
Mr
> Bush thinks he can take on NK without vastly more problems then h's nuts.
> Seoul is with artillery distance. Tokyo within rocket distance & finally
the
> NK geograhpy is vstly harder to fight over.
>
> Adam
>
>

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