Please welcome the new nuclear powers

[Onlooker]

Since Bush became president, North Korea and Iran have made great strides in developing nuclear weapons. North Korea is believed to have the weapons, and Iran is expected to have them in 2006 (if they don't have them already). The good news for Iran is that we knocked out their biggest enemy Iraq, so they don't have to devote military and financial resources to that headache.

Even though it took Bush more than four years to create a climate where Iran and North Korea could create nuclear weapons, he deserves credit for doing what no president has done before him: Bringing greater military equality to the community of nations.

[bryant69]

1. We are all one people!

Sort of.

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[wli]

2. probably supplied by Halliburton

What do you think Plame was really going to discover unless her cover was blown?

[mattclearing]

3. Iran and North Korea understand what Saddam never got...

...the only way to defend against the imperialism of the United States is to arm oneself with nuclear weapons.

The United States will never start a fair fight. We are far too cowardly to pick on someone with comparable weaponry.

[Onlooker]

4. Chemical weapons too

No, we don't want a fair fight, but who does in war? The odd thing is that Americans so easily buy in to our "rules of war" as if they are a thing of integrity. Actually, our rules of war are simply, "you can only use the same weapons that we use, not counting nuclear bombs, of course." Of course, poor nations don't have weapons like ours, so they resort to things like terrorism. Even, chemical weapons are in effect the poor man's nuclear weapon. For the victim, all the tactics and strategies are the same--they kill.

[lvx35]

5. That is the lesson Bush taught, isn't it?

Don't let the weapons inspectors in, don't comply with the UN. All of Saddams mistakes. Act Like lil' Kim; be a nutcase brinksmanship psycho, and you'll do better off!

[mattclearing]

8. That's exactly right.

Brinksmanship is like being the crazy guy in the room...no one will mess with you, because you are unpredictable and possibly dangerous.

[lvx35]

6. I'm not sure North Korea actually has nukes.

My conspiracy theory is that Kim blew up thousands of pounds of explosives, attempting to make it look like he has them, and America is running around going. "Kim has nukes" (knowing he does not) to try to keep him from getting them for real. That's just my conspiracy theory though, I don't know why I think it.

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. And don't forget, ** doesn't want India to back down on nukes either

[Initech]

9. I love when cons say that Reagan ended the cold war

No, it didnt end! It just got worse! Now 12 countries have nuclear weapons!