I think everyone ought to calm down and weigh this Axis attack plan with a cool head. There has been no link shown between 911 and any of the 'Axis' countries. None. So what are the planned attacks intended to achieve? Do the risks, which (IMHO) in the case of North Korea may well lead to a very difficult confrontation with China, outweigh the positives? I don't want to offend any of my (fast-disappearing!) Freeper friends, but what I really believe is that the escape of Bin Laden means that there's been no closure of 911 for America, and its people and leaders are in the mood to lash out.
Gotta wonder how calm you would be if the terrorists had flown a 757 into a packed Sydney Opera House?
There has been no link shown between 911 and any of the 'Axis' countries. None. So what are the planned attacks intended to achieve?
The point of the article was that we are acting PRE-EMPTIVELY not RE-ACTIVELY. The "Axis of Evil" countries, while not directly related to 9/11, have openly sponsored terrorist groups in the past. We have put them on notice that such sponsorship will be responded to in the same or similar fashion as we have in Afganistan. We are making plans to attack them if needed or if such sponsorship is clearly indicated. You have a problem with that?
Do the risks, which (IMHO) in the case of North Korea may well lead to a very difficult confrontation with China, outweigh the positives?
Considering your proximately to China, at least as compared to ours, I could see how you would be worried. Understand, China needs the US, badly. We are their largest single customer and account for over 25% (some estimates are higher) of their exports. We could always buy cheap good from lots of low labor cost countries. Heck, we have several in our own hemisphere that could fill in if our relationship with China goes south. They, on the other hand, would have a hard time replacing 300 million affluent customers. They will bluff, bluster, posture and then ultimately back down.
I don't want to offend any of my (fast-disappearing!) Freeper friends, but what I really believe is that the escape of Bin Laden means that there's been no closure of 911 for America, and its people and leaders are in the mood to lash out.
There are some serious "cons" to capturing or killing Bin Laden. His followers would make a martyr out of him. It could be the trigger for a new round of attacks. Multiple wimpy-socialist-lefties within and outside of our boarders would say we are done fighting terrorism and try to pressure us to stop.
The reason for our reaction is that this is a "War On Terrorism." This is a war on the mindset that randomly killing innocents is an effective way to attack an enemy. We will not stop until Terrorism joins Nazism and Facism on the ash-heap of history.
Please don't pull a liberal on us and tell us who said, and when they said, we were going to attack North Korea?
George W should have just said BO! Who knows what countries we would attack according to Europeans and other factless liberals?