http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/10/09/north-korea/ English, Rationalist and Liberal Conservative Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:35:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/10/09/north-korea/#comment-16535 Mon, 09 Oct 2006 18:35:37 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/10/09/north-korea/#comment-16535 think you've summed it up here, Gavin. think you’ve summed it up here, Gavin.

]]> http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/10/09/north-korea/#comment-16495 Mon, 09 Oct 2006 16:43:00 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/10/09/north-korea/#comment-16495 And now it does! And now it does!

]]> http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/10/09/north-korea/#comment-16472 Mon, 09 Oct 2006 16:11:37 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/10/09/north-korea/#comment-16472 Should have read "... errors the US/UK have made in Iraq ..." Should have read “… errors the US/UK have made in Iraq …”

]]> http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/10/09/north-korea/#comment-16470 Mon, 09 Oct 2006 16:09:51 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/10/09/north-korea/#comment-16470 I think the danger that North Korea represents predates by many years the Iraq situation post-2003. When you look at a map and see just how close Seoul is to the DMZ, not to mention how close Japan is (and has already had test-missiles fired over it into the Pacific by North Korea some time ago), then I think that North Korea represents a whole different order of anxiety than Iraq. Pre-emptive action against North Korea hasn't been practicable in any meaningful sense for a LONG time for these reasons. Not everything that goes on in the world has its roots in oil or with whatever errors the US/UK may have made in Iraq. The recent rapprochement between China and Japan, despite the former's views about the latter's role in the world and its own history) is a clear indication of just how seriously THEY take what their neighbour and erstwhile 'ally' is doing. I think the danger that North Korea represents predates by many years the Iraq situation post-2003. When you look at a map and see just how close Seoul is to the DMZ, not to mention how close Japan is (and has already had test-missiles fired over it into the Pacific by North Korea some time ago), then I think that North Korea represents a whole different order of anxiety than Iraq. Pre-emptive action against North Korea hasn’t been practicable in any meaningful sense for a LONG time for these reasons. Not everything that goes on in the world has its roots in oil or with whatever errors the US/UK may have made in Iraq. The recent rapprochement between China and Japan, despite the former’s views about the latter’s role in the world and its own history) is a clear indication of just how seriously THEY take what their neighbour and erstwhile ‘ally’ is doing.

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