Oh For the Good Old (Cold War) Days

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Time for a short history lesson, or two...

Back in the 1960s, President Kennedy was told that there were nuclear missiles located in Cuba, 90 miles off the coast of Florida. Kennedy reacted by establishing a blockade around Cuba, challenging any Soviet ships that came close. The globe came the closest it has ever came to a nuclear war, but the Soviets blinked and pulled the nuclear weapons out of Cuba. The US later pulled some missiles out of Turkey.

In the 1980s, President Reagan met in Iceland with Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev. The positions of the two men were as different as their ideologies. Mr. Gorbachev told President Reagan that the Soviet Union would dismantle a number of nukes if the United States would dismantle the same number of weapons. Mr. Reagan basically replied: "No, YOU dismantle your nukes, we're going to build 'Star Wars'."

The press of course, thought that Mr. Reagan was ruining the summit, and Mr. George Schultz said at the time that it was one of Mr. Reagan's finest moments. Mr. Schultz of course was Mr. Reagan's Secretary of State.

I give you these glimpses into history as a way to compare the way these issues were handled as opposed to the way the rhetoric from North Korea and its insane sycophant leader are dealt with.

For instance, the NoKo nutjob running the country says that he's developing nuclear weapons to defend his country from an attack from the United States, but when the United States says that they are strengthening our missile defenses to respond to such a threat, the NoKos call the move a provocation.

Most recently, I have been listening to the rhetoric coming from the NoKo leaders. Remember now, this is a man who loves James Bond movies, French wine, and porbography. He has said that any sanctions levelled against North Korea will be considered an act of war.

What the HELL does he think nuclear tests are? A box of chocolate and a dozen roses?

The Liberalistas in this country are now whining that we should talk in bi-lateral talks with North Korea, while the Bush administration says that the multi-lateral talks are designed to put some pressure on the NoKos...the logic goes that if the NoKos violate an agreement with the 6-party talks, the NoKos will be ticking off five countries, not just simply the United States.

The Bush administration has the right idea. With the insanity that exists at the top of the leadership of North Korea, to agree to face-to-face, two-party talks would be the height of stupidity.

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John B.
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