Tuesdays with Paulie 10/10/06

North Korea and the Bomb
Thanks Bill and Maddy

At this moment the world does not know for certain that the government of North Korea has actually tested a Nuclear Weapon. The power hungry regime of Kim Jong Il will do and say anything to be feared by the world. North Korea is ruled by a madman who has been starving his people to death since he took over for his father in 1994. Unfortunately the foreign policy incompetents of the Clinton administration believed this psycho could be trusted and provided him with the technology he needed to begin his nuclear weapons program.

Moments after North Korea claimed they had successfully tested a nuclear blast the Democratic spin machine went into overdrive blaming the Bush administration for the test, claiming the current administrations decision to not have one-on-one talks with the communist regime is the reason North Korea may have joined the exclusive "Nuclear Club."

Howard Dean, Nancy Pelosi and certainly Hillary Clinton don't want you to remember, so close to mid-term elections, that under President Clinton, Secretary of State Madeline Albright negotiated a deal with the North Korean madman that including billions of dollars in aid and the technology to build two nuclear power plants. In exchange North Korea would stop pursuing weapons of mass destruction including Weapons-Grade Uranium and continuously allow UN weapons inspectors into the nuclear facilities.

The collapse of the agreement or the reality that Albright was "tricked" as she later admitted, became obvious in 1998 when North Korea launched a Taepodong-1 Rocket over Japan. North Korea later admitted they never stopped pursuing Weapons-Grade Uranium through-out the 1990's. Sadly the regime diverted millions if not billions of foreign aid into the development and building of WMD and missile's factories. This money earmarked for the starving people of North Korea. Millions have died due to starvation.

In 2002 every aspect of the Clinton deal collapse when Kim Jong Il kicked out the UN Weapons Inspectors. Glad to see that diplomacy with a madman worked so well.

Kim Jong IL simply put is a psychotic killer. He purposely escalated a humanitarian crisis in his country, so he can obtain more foreign aid to put into his nuclear program. The only thing this man cares about is power and wants to be recognized for that power. Unfortunately, thanks to the 1960's mentality of the previous administration, Kim Jong IL may have the capability to hold the world hostage. He also will undoubtedly sell his nuclear technology and WMD to terrorist groups such as Al-Queda, Hezbollah or anyone willing to cough up the money and promote him as a person the the world must deal with.

Those who believe diplomacy is the only solution and terrorists must be negotiated with are more dangerous than the terrorists themselves.

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The recent murder of a second journalist in Russia, both outspoken critics of the Putin administration, have inspired a great article by Dennis Prager. The radio talk-show-host and author of my favorite book, Think a Second Time, discusses how the finest people of every generation are often murdered. Click "article" above and check it out.

Paulie