Andreas: USA isn't going to sit quietly and wait for North
Korea to be the first to use a nuclear bomb. Use it or lose
it. Any attack on South Korea is a mortal threat to the
lives of 30,000 US servicemen.
"Use it or lose it" refers to a strategic nuclear
confrontation between superpowers and has no meaning at all
in describing a confrontation between the US and North
Korea. Why? Because we can't "lose it." To "lose it" means
that an enemy strikes your nuclear missile facilities before
you can use them. Hence Hermann Kahn's "use it or lose it"
refers to the pressure to escalate a nuclear exchange rather
than risk losing the nuclear forces a country has.
You call me a racist and a supporter of "terminal
confrontation with North Korea" simply because I quote
General Pace's account of our force capability. That's like
supplying seven or eight steps to a thought--steps that I
haven't endorsed at all.
I think China must deal with North Korea, and as long as we
step in with bribe money for Kim Jong Il or excessive
concern, China will play the North Korean situation to
distract our resources and time. We should stick to
six-party talks, period. It's a global geopolitical game,
remember, perfectly in synch with Chavez's visit to North
Korea and all the other little gnats boasting about how big
and bad they are. Iran is a serious long-term problem, but
not worth immediate military confrontation either.
So stop insulting me with your imaginings of my views. You
like peace? Let's be peaceful with each other.
Eric
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