Friday, June 23, 2006

Pre-emptive strike on North Korea

I'm with Walter Mondale on this one. If North Korea even starts to look like it's about to start thinking about actually launching that missile, we should, in Fritz's words, "take it out."

Mondale, 78, said North Korea already has nuclear weapons and its ambition to develop a long-range missile is "one of the most dangerous developments in recent history." It's so dangerous, he said, because of the nation's isolation from the international community and its unpredictable leader, Kim Jong Il.

"Here's this bizarre, hermit kingdom over there with a paranoid leader getting ready to test a missile system that can hit us," Mondale said.

Former President Clinton's defense secretary, William Perry, also advocated a pre-emptive strike in The Washington Post, but National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley brushed aside Perry's suggestion. Mondale spoke about a pre-emptive strike during an appearance on WCCO-AM in Minneapolis
It would be encouraging to hear other politicians who care about real national security weighing in on this subject.

1 comments:

billie said...

line drawn in the sand by bush- kim creeping towards the line. posturing. russia and china both have talked to korea- won't happen.