On the last leg of his Pacific rim swing - a visit to China - he talks about "reaching out" to North Korea, and maybe even looking for steps that could be taken before it "denuclearizes" - as if North Korea has any intention of denuclearizing.
Awful.
But didja know that the new Pope would be a terrible Pope? Some are hawks, like you, but many are doves, don't it make you just go ballistic? Perhaps if the "foray" into Iraq had been truly shocking and awesome a decade ago you'd have your peeps in power and would have already shocked and awed the world again with your firepower. How dare they? You'd show them some balls, goodness gracious, great balls of fire, right? And then we'd know, again, that nobody does it like Cheney (oh he of the deep doo doo) can. Carp on, no carpe diem for you today, since you lost the power, and of course it tears you apart.
ReplyDeleteSeoul (AsiaNews) - Pope Francis's appeal for peace on the Korean Peninsula "was a consolation for all of us living in North Korea. Even though the government did not give much publicity to the event (Urbi et Orbi blessing on 31 March), we heard about it. Like him, we hope for peace. We do not want to be isolated from the rest of the world," said a North Korean Christian. Anonymous for security reasons, he spoke to a source working at the border who relayed the information to AsiaNews.
According to the source, "there will be no war. Our bishops are right; it is a matter of political balance in the North and humanitarian aid. Pyongyang cannot lose face, so all these threats have to produce something. But it is hard to know whether there will be a land invasion or an attack against US or South Korean military sites. Whatever the case, we must pray, as the pope said, for there to be peace and a new reconciliation in Korea. "
Read more at http://www.aleteia.org/en/religion/news/north-korean-christians-say-popes-calls-for-peace-strengthen-them-919001
I too believe that it is really as simple as this:
ReplyDeleteDaryl Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association, acknowledges the North might be able to put a warhead on a Rodong missile, but he sees it as unlikely. He says the North's nuclear threats are less worthy of attention than the prospects of a miscalculation leading to a conventional war.
"North Korea understands that a serious attack on South Korea or other U.S. interests is going to be met with overwhelming force," he said. "It would be near suicidal for the regime."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/04/06/wrd-north-korea-nuclear-weapon-program.html
We shall see, won't we? Kimball's scenario is not such a foregone conclusion that Global Test should reinforce the current perception of weakness that our enemies have of us.
ReplyDeleteAnd re: the Pope: well, who doesn't pray that it all ends nicely?