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The events of September 11, 2001 were not the opening shots. Remember USS Cole? Remember our embassies in Africa? Remember the Khobar Towers? Remember our inneffectual responses to these under Clinton? I do.
My own personal belief is that NK is not a significant threat to us. To China and Japan, yes, but not to the US. The risk that NK represents is if it sells some of its weapons or weapons technology to a group of mad mullahs.
I expect that we will see this war go on for decades. Both of my sons are currently serving. Neither of them are particulary more at risk than any other American right now, but they will be standing to the colors into the next decade at least. So who know what will happen on their watch?
I watched NBC, I think it was last Friday night and saw Tom Brokaw's special report on Iraq, the Middle East and the war on terror. His show convinced me that there is only one way out of this one. Its to fight them, fight them hard and kill them. I do not beleive that we can make peace with the mad mullahs and OBL. I do not think that we can come to terms with them and retain any semblence of Western Civilization. (I'm not sure that was his intention, but ...)
Since, in my opinion we have to fight them, I'd rather we fight them there than in NYC, Chicago or Saint Louis.
Hawkeye
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