[AmericanInTokyo]

Iraq War and Afghanistan theatre both simultaneously could not be waged successfully unless a major effort and concentration were centered there first and foremost. Bush was also delivered a nasty sting, almost a figuratively speaking closed [electoral]Gfist strike to the face, in the US General Elections in November 2006 by the American People, who strongly empowered the Democratic Party with major victories across the board (just as the American People were again to go on two years later to place Obama in the White House). In the meantime, with fears of having to open a second front in Northeast Asia (and Kim Jong il knowing it full well and this soft, US underbelly of vulnerability), things were kept at bay--and even relaxed--Chris Hill of State Dept. slobbered like a hurried, two-bit whore to run to Macao to unfreeze the DPRK's blood money stashed there in Banco Delta Asia--we agreed to all kinds of unverifiable crap the North was to do, but/so this was also akin to letting a peanut sized brain tumor develop into the size of a grapefruit rather than start with the treatment when it was manageable. This is all the 2004-2006 time frame, and then it REALLY got bad between 2007 and when Bush left office in early 2009. Now it will get even WORSE.

[Hanna548]

Wow.......i love when I run into you on here:) You are a great teacher:) You make it simple and easy to understand. Thank you for that.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Ping! My take. (replete with spelling errors)

PS Norkies launched two more, a few hours ago...guess you heard that in Korea. 130 kilometers, off Northeast Coast into East Sea (Sea of Japan as they say here). They still have the threat on to launch into the West Sea (Yellow Sea) off their west coast between now and tomorrow as well. It is one thing after another.....