Nukes and Maniacs

Last week North Korea announced to the world that it had tested a nuclear weapon. The consequences of the test are yet to be determined but one thing is for sure - NOTHING GOOD can come it!

Currently there are eight nuclear nations. They include the United States, the United Kingdom, China, France, Russia, India, Pakistan and Israel. If indeed North Korea has now joined the "nuclear club" then there are now nine nuclear nations. Considering the possible consequences Japan and South Korea are sure to develop nuclear weapons to protect themselves from North Korea and bring the total to 11.

One can see the unintended consequences of North Korea's actions specifically an arms race like the one that took place during the cold war.

Being armed is not the problem. What a nation does with those arms is a great problem. Of all the current nuclear countries the only one that would sell nuclear weapons and the associated technology is North Korea.

North Korea currently sells every type of weapon it has and its catalog has included ballistic missiles and related components, conventional weapons such as mobile rocket launchers, and nuclear technology. And they are not very particular about who they sell them to. According to U.S. officials and outside experts, Pyongyang has sold its military goods to at least 18 countries, mostly in Africa and the Middle East.

The Middle East is certainly an area of concern for the rest of the world considering that it is home to most of the world's terrorists. There is a huge difference between selling terrorists conventional weapons like AK-47's and selling them a nuclear bomb. Terrorists cannot destroy cities and countries with AK-47's but they certainly can with nuclear bombs. And therein lies the problem.

If allowed to continue along its current path North Korea will improve its technology, build more nuclear bombs and sell it all to the highest bidder which will probably be the terrorists. The mere thought of terrorists obtaining nuclear weapons is horrifying at best. Can anyone say mass destruction?

North Korea must be stopped and stopped NOW! All of the diplomats at the UN must be made to understand this - NOW! Forget about the embargos and the freezing of hard assets. They must stop their discussions and debates and realize that diplomacy will not work. In fact, so far it has totally failed.

The only viable remaining option is force. The communist regime that is North Korea must be eliminated. That means killing its maniacal leader Kim Jong-il and crushing its repressive government. Anything else would be too little too late.

Oh the world could wait to see what the North Koreans will do but that would be futile. The only real questions are when will they sell their nukes and who will they sell them to. The world can not afford to wait. Waiting will certainly reveal the answers but seeing a giant mushroom cloud over a major city is not the way to find out.

We can have a future with North Korea and its nukes or we can have one without them. I personally choose the latter. The future is all about planning and certainly the best way to predict the future is to create it.