OH JEES.......

[Infos]

Apparently the world IS going to hell in a handbasket :Q

 

[LordRaiden]

Well gee, I could have told you that. 😛

I hope you're ready for your little nuclear war party. They're just like hurricane parties, only you get to stay underground for about 200 years afterwords. 😀😛

 

[LordRaiden]

Ok, my next question...after having read the article further...if North Korea and Iran are the greater threats, what in God's name are we doing picking on Iraq??? WTF??

Geez, I'm definately voting independent come next election time. Vote out all these idiots in office. :|

 

[dahunan]

I still think that the reason the US is attacking Iraq first is because we can AND THEN we will setup a LArge Military Base there and start kicking ass on any of the other fools that try to fvck with us.

 

[HappyPuppy]

First Iraq, then North Korea, then Iran. Who's next? I would hate for our military to not have something to do.

 

[HappyPuppy]

Originally posted by: dahunan
I still think that the reason the US is attacking Iraq first is because we can AND THEN we will setup a LArge Military Base there and start kicking ass on any of the other fools that try to fvck with us.

Assuming all goes well, after completing our mission in Iraq we will turn the country over to the UN to set up a new government. We aren't going to leave occupation forces there, nor are we going to use it as a launching pad to systematically take over the Middle East.

 

[Howard]

Turn it over to the UN? :Q

 

[Insane3D]

First Iraq, then North Korea, then Iran.

Personally, I think that order is wrong. IMO, NK should take precedent over Iraq from a purely nulear proliferation standpoint. While Iraq is dangerous, I think NK is the much, much more imminent threat right now. You don't hear Iraq threatening nuclear attacks on the US and warning about WW3. I also feel NK developing into a full blown nuclear power is a much greater threat to the stability in that region than Iraq is in the middle east. Just my .02.

🙂

 

[BeauJangles]

Originally posted by: Insane3D

First Iraq, then North Korea, then Iran.

Personally, I think that order is wrong. IMO, NK should take precedent over Iraq from a purely nulear proliferation standpoint. While Iraq is dangerous, I think NK is the much, much more imminent threat right now. You don't hear Iraq threatening nuclear attacks on the US and warning about WW3. I also feel NK developing into a full blown nuclear power is a much greater threat to the stability in that region than Iraq is in the middle east. Just my .02.

🙂

NK is unlikely to sell weapons to Al Queda, so what exactly do you propose to do?

 

[UglyCasanova]

Originally posted by: BlinderBomber

Originally posted by: Insane3D

First Iraq, then North Korea, then Iran.

Personally, I think that order is wrong. IMO, NK should take precedent over Iraq from a purely nulear proliferation standpoint. While Iraq is dangerous, I think NK is the much, much more imminent threat right now. You don't hear Iraq threatening nuclear attacks on the US and warning about WW3. I also feel NK developing into a full blown nuclear power is a much greater threat to the stability in that region than Iraq is in the middle east. Just my .02.

🙂

NK is unlikely to sell weapons to Al Queda, so what exactly do you propose to do?

Iraq does not care for Al Queda either.

 

[BeauJangles]

but the difference between the two is, we can stop iraq. An invasion of NK would be messy. Very messy. That is why we are pursuing a diplomatic resolution.

 

[Insane3D]

NK is unlikely to sell weapons to Al Queda, so what exactly do you propose to do?

There are more dangerous things in the world than Al Queda you know. A country that has nuclear weapons now, has the capability to hit US targets (Alaska, Hawaii, and possibly California), and is under the rule of a dictator that might not hesitate to use them is a much more imminent threat than Iraq right now IMO. While Iraq is playing the deception game, NK is openly threatening us with nuclear holocaust.

As far as selling WMD to terrorists, do you really think NK is not just as much of a risk to sell weapons to anyone they please as much as Iraq is? I could argue it might be more so with NK. They have far more devastating weapons in form of full blown nukes, and they are developing some pretty potent delivery systems as well. It's likely that if they are left alone to bring their full blown nuclear weapons program online, they will be able to make, IIRC, 2-5 nuclear weapons per month. Not only that, but while there may be varying opinions on how effective the weapons inspectors are, at least they are in Iraq giving some degree of oversight. NK threw everyone out so we have absolutely no idea what they are doing. We talk about Iraq trying to start a nuclear program that might have one or two nukes in a few years...

I agree both are threats, however I personally think NK poses the much greater threat right now.

 

[JSClark]

Originally posted by: LordRaiden
Ok, my next question...after having read the article further...if North Korea and Iran are the greater threats, what in God's name are we doing picking on Iraq??? WTF??

Geez, I'm definately voting independent come next election time. Vote out all these idiots in office. :|

if Bush is elected for another term, I'm moving to Canada!

 

[Greyd]

The thing is that North Korea seems to be posturing more than anything else. From what I've heard, North Korea isn't really "serious" but is more upset that they aren't getting the "attention" that Iraq is. The US is refusing to pander to NK's temper tantrums and as a result they are crying even louder. Additionally, sourrounding coutries (China, Russia, Japan) would not take things too lightly if NK brought their "threats" to bear.

It is not a coincidence that NK "came out" with their nuclear annoucement just as things started gettting heated with Iraq. NK was hoping for "here stop crying" assistance in the form of more money, supplies,etc. When the spoiled baby didn't get it - they began to wail even louder. NK was hoping that the US would pay them off to reduce having pressure from two sides (NK and Iraq). I wouldn't count NK as much of a threat as it is........for now. The Iraq issue - well that's a whole different issue.

 

[althor27]

pretty much sums it up...

We are going into Iraq FIRST to prevent them from EVER developing nuclear capabilities.