My Humble Opinion
by Denny Magic
North Korea dictators are masters of manipulation... and The USA has been it's huckleberry for years by kissing their rump at every juncture.
There are Good and Great countries in the world that need real help... those are the countries that I personally would like to extend a helping hand towards. Other countries that jeopardize the stability of the world, or... outwardly make it clear that they "Hate Americans" can kiss our ass.
They should get NOTHING from us after a firm cut off date.
When that happens we can then start filtering those funds back to our real friends, and our own people, who often need as much assistance (or more) than these puppet governments who are 'pulling our chain'.
Former legislators keep feeding the US people propaganda that we must continue to offer a helping hand, even to dictatorships... Baloney! Let them ask their buddies over in China to support them, and when the Chinese have had enough of their blackmail and threats... China will nuke them.
Bullies always fail eventually, and we all know this... so what I'd like to see is our new government acknowledge that diplomacy is not going to work for everyone we encounter.
Let's start by acknowledging North Korea for the idiots that their leaders seem to be, then as we go through the list we can start eliminating all of these freeloaders, and start putting some of that much needed capital to work right here at home.
When you can't get you own house in order first,,, then you have NO BUSINESS extending a helping hand to others. Timing is everything. Charity begins at home, so... If China cares... then let them be the idiots that will keep feeding North Korea, and if North Korea falls... China can grab up that poor excuse for land for themselves... good riddance!
Even the Chinese are not that stupid! They are intelligent people who see the future and understand that although they may be reluctant to embrace change, even in their own country... there is no going back now!
IF North Korea actually acquires a deliverable weapons system... then we need to approach Chine to make sure that they have the chance to "Act First", or... with their permission, we will take care of business for them.
As one writer so intelligently said, the USA has the weapons and wants to keep everyone else from getting them. That is a very astute observation... we know what a bad thing having these weapons really is... but we cannot put the genii back in the bottle now. All we can hope for is to be sensible stewards to 'monitor' the rest of the worlds 'insane' dictators.
FOR EXAMPLE:
We smacked Libya down and their leader has "seen the way", and made the necessary changes. That's the kind of guy who should be rewarded, NOT North Korea. We need to set examples of how good earthly stewardship is rewarded when people 'act sensible'. We only have ONE EARTH to share between us all, so let's get a grip and try to understand that singularity as a whole planet of reasonable people.
When the body develops a cancer, doctors cut it our to save lives... there's a message in that statement that we should all pay attention to.
And for God's sake, quite pussyfooting around! The stakes are way too high to delay.
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