Going Nuclear

So North Korea supposedly has the bomb. Here we have (another) excellent example of why you can't spend all your efforts negotiating with despots & terrorists. Honestly, there's nothing wrong with trying to engage in diplomacy to prevent war but after the "other party" - in this case Kim Jong Il - demonstrates they're not to be trusted, it's time to take action.

The Clinton administration, using former president Jimmy Carter - the renowned pacifist who made us look weak & ineffectual throughout the world as Commander-in-Chief - as an ambassador, gave them funds, food & nuclear technology (for energy use) in exchange for promising not to develop a nuclear weapon. The North Koreans did not keep their word.


The Bush administration sat down (multilaterally, for all you people who say the president "goes it alone") to give the North Koreans another chance at negotiations. Again, their dictator went back on the agreement.


Heck, I'm arguing that the government of Kim Jong Il felt it had nothing to fear from the world in developing a nuclear device. They could easily be emboldened by the example of Iran, who has thumbed it's nose at the world body continuously. Gee, I wonder where that came from, former president Carter?


The mentality of the western world is more selfish than ever. Let's face it, the Europeans have little to do with anything that doesn't benefit the individual - they're simply not interested in confronting evil. Even some in America seem to purchase this secular-progressive agenda like the latest fad. I think it's darkly amusing those who would push such a socialist agenda are so concerned with only themselves & saving their necks - a behavior they "accuse" of us in democracy.


In fact, if democracy exists in a country, it's certainly better off than socialism, which has NEVER succeeded in the world. Have an example where it has? I'm all ears...
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Don't have one? I didn't think so. :-)


People in a democracy have always demonstrated more benevolence than any socialist demonstrator (for the clueless, that's a protester) would ever muster. It simply takes more courage to defend an ideal - and with it, those less capable of defending themselves - than it does to slink in the shadows of the welfare state & rely on a government to provide for you.


This is what I particularly loathe about nations like France. No, it's not (just) for their current incarnation. It's because they proved the theory that people with unlimited freedom will exercise that freedom foolishly. The French had every opportunity to determine their own destiny when Napoleon was on the path to become emperor. The people had the choice to make & instead of choosing the responsibility - & the individual rights that accompany it - of a government for & by the people, they decided to be ruled.


Such is the way of the weak in the world - Government guides & nourishes them. It's the downfall of every nation that could know greatness. The absolute power of the government in North Korea demonstrates what horrors unlimited government can bring to the world. Preventing it can only come through resolve & willingness to face conflict.


"Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong". President Ronald Reagan