Was it a real failure or did we take it out ?

Eventually they will suceed. Crack a history book and take a look at our own space program. Real WMD are developed and Bush does nothing...

Eventually they will suceed.

I do hope your cheering when that happens won't wake the neighbors.

McGehee,

I guess your mistaking my concern about the intentions of our enemies and the desire to make national security assessments based on reality instead of the faith-based type made by the Bush admin can be attributed to a lack of intelligence on your part.

How very fascist of you to question the patriotism of all who disagree with you, especially on the 4th of July,

And just for your information, asswipe, I have an uncle who fought at Chosin Reservoir and watched a lot of good men die in Korea. Some men fight wars, and others just cheer for them on blogs...

Anjin, What do you call mustard and sarin gas? By the way, if you kept up to date on material found in Iraq as opposed to forming an opinion and sticking to it, in spite of evidence to the contrary, those mobile labs could not have produced the amount of hydrogen gas necessary for weather balloons. You guys think if you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes true. If Clinton had not made the deal he did with N. Korea, helped by the fine American Jimmy Carter, We would not have this problem with North Korea. Why is it that after 8 years of do nothing foreign policy, everything now is Bush's fault? And you want to be the party to lead the country. Quit it.

Zelsdorf,

Still reading your "Bush the Conqueror" comic books I see.

The President's father pulled Saddam's fangs. That's reality. Deal with it.

As for Bush's "do something" policy, you can see how North Korea fears us. They chose the 4th of July to make a missile launch Bush warned them against all year...

Hey guys, you're wasting your time trying to talk to AS (Another Sore loser). His hate for Bush is dominating his every thought and action. He wants all of America to band together and support guys like Gore and Kerry who are the champions of the "Cut and Run" crowd. They would choose to see each and every American die by beheading rather than fight those fanatics and killers that want to destroy America, AS included. It's to bad that AS does not have the mental capacity to understand and know which side his bread is buttered on. Notice how he resorts to foul names with those who disagree with him, but, he's a hard core democrat you know. Oh Well!

They would choose to see each and every American die by beheading rather than fight those fanatics and killers that want to destroy America

If you really believe this, do you think the US is headed for civil war? I am seriously curious where you think this kind of talk will lead.

The regime in North Korea could not survive without the food, oil, and material support it receives from China. Why can't we threaten to disrupt Chinese imports into the U.S. if they don't cut this madman off at the knees? The Chinese need our dollars much more than we need the cheap goods they send here, which wouldn't be quite so cheap if we quadrupled the import fees on everything arriving from the People's Republic. If China threatened to withdraw support from him then L'il Kim would likely become very reasonable. He may be crazy, but he's not suicidal.

Actually Herb, Democrats love our country, we just hate the neo-con vision for it, in which America is sort of like the Soviet Union, with corporations...

Look, let's be honest, here. Their 'long range' missile failed before it made it to the range of the scuds they fired later. So, even assuming that Kim had intended something more dangerous, he doesn't have the ability.

As to intent, the timing of the launches (Within minutes of the Space Shuttle Launch) speaks to Kim's true intent; Banging the drum for a better negotating position for funding, (See also, United States-based largess) so as to retain his failed leadership, at our expense. The reaction of various world governments...(feigned outrage when they've known for years this guy's abilitys don't macth his intentions) ... are only aiding his cause.

So, I'm not getting excited about this one.

What I find most interesting is how seemingly everyone wants to read the tea leaves to figure out what North Korea is up to. It reminds me of the heady days of the Kremlinolgists, who somehow managed to miss the utter collapse of the Soviet Union.

It really is much easier to observe the facts, and make a diagnosis, i.e., Kim Jong Il is a seriously dangerous nut and it will only be a matter of time before he will manage to get a few million people killed unless the "international community" grows some balls and gets serious about deposing him.

President Bush's comments about the Axis of Evil some ever more true as time marches on.