That's right I said blow the North Korean Taepodong 2 missile off it'a launch pad. Everyone keeps telling me that the can't take preemptive action against North Korea because it would destroy our diplomatic credibility and it would anger China, Russia and much of the rest of the world, thereby destroying diplomatic relations with our 'allies' China and Russia.

Bloomberg.com reported today "China's Premier Wen Jiabao called for the resumption of six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program "as soon as possible," amid concern the communist country is preparing to test-fire a long-range missile. They quoted the Wen stated "We still believe the six-party talks are the only way to a peaceful settlement to the nuclear issue on the Korean peninsula." and China will work actively with the various parties concerned in the matter so that we can resume the negotiations as soon as possible.".

James Na, a guest columnist for the Seattle Times wrote "What is vital, however, is that should North Korea launch the missile, the U.S. must not overplay the advantages thusly derived from the situation. The recommendations to launch a preemptive strike against North Korea or destroy the missile on the ground in North Korean territory would be psychologically gratifying, no doubt, but is not advisable. Such a move would forfeit all the diplomatic leverages; the U.S., not North Korea, would now be seen as overreacting and being belligerent, while North Korea would play the victim card of having been attacked by the U.S.".

In my opinion the U.S. does not have any 'diplomatic leverage'. We have been trying to use diplomacy ever since the 'Korean Conflict' began and it has gotten us nowhere. Our so called 'allies' China and Russia have been blocking our efforts for decades.

As for angering China and Russia, so what. They already hate us, they are our enemies, not our friends. If either of those countries thought they could conquer us now they would attempt to do so. As far as China goes, they are at war with us right now. They are trying to defeat us economically and they are doing a good job of it.

China doesn't want to end the dispute with North Korea, they just want to delay and extend it. The more problems they can cause us the better. Does anyone really think that China could not stop North Korean in it's tracks if it wanted to. China is not worried about North Korea's nuclear capabilities. Their leaders know that they can crush North Korea anytime they want and they don't have to worry about a democratic citizenry voting them out of office. Nor do they care if they lose a few million Chinese citizens, if North Korea were stupid enough to strike first.

The people of America have become too worried about what other people think of us and not worried enough about our own survival. The world knows this and therefore, takes advantage. What good is being the so called most powerful nation in the world if we are afraid to use that power. We have to learn to stop putting out fires and to start preventing fires. We have to learn to stop listening to people like Howard Dean, John Kerry, Nancy Pelosi, Alec Baldwin, Susan Sarandon, etc.. We have to stop wanting everyone to love us and start making everyone fear us.

David G. Hallstrom, Sr.
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