American Mid Term Elections

An interesting article in the Washington Post, President George W. Bush and Karl Rove think the Republicans will hold on to Congress, Click here for Article.

Interesting article in the New York Times between growing Democratic Support and the Professional operation run by the Republicans, Click here for Article.

Views was watching Fox News on Saturday night, and their political analysts have the Democrats taking the House by 18 to 21 Seats, on the Senate side the Republicans would just remain in control. If you think about it, after the Iraq War, Congressional Scandals, the Democrats should be making more headway. On CNN’s Late Edition, one of the political analysts had about 50 Seats that should be looked at over the next three weeks. Views just has a feeling, that the Democrats should not be that over confidant, Events. Events.

North Korea Update

A few hours and my blog of yesterday is wrong, traces of radiation have been found over North Korea and the UN has acted as one for a change. The UN has passed the following resolution: The BBC Reports its main aspects:

1) Demands North Korea eliminate all its nuclear weapons, weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles.

2) Requires all countries to prevent the sale or transfer of materials related to Pyongyang's unconventional weapons programmes, as well as large-sized military items such as tanks, missiles and helicopters.


3) Demands nations freeze funds overseas of people or businesses connected with North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs.

4) Allows nations to inspect cargo moving in and out of North Korea in pursuit of non-conventional weapons.


5) Is not backed up by the threat of military force.

6) Calls on Pyongyang to return "without precondition" to stalled six-nation talks on its nuclear programme.

The next question is what will happen next? If President Bush sends in the Fleet to check ships and if by chance the North Koreans start to fire, the United States is not going to wait for over a week for China and Russia to make their minds up. It depends who checks the ships coming out of North Korea and how hard they check, the next few weeks should be interesting.

North Korea

The place that gives neo conservatives a nightmare, as of today it looks like North Korea. North Korea has not detonated a nuclear device, which is good; even if they are spinning they have the bomb. This puts the Western Powers in a bind, on the one hand, the intelligence information seems to negate the information coming out of North Korea, but on the other hand we have to deal with it as a real problem as it has been announced thus the move in the UN for sanctions even if they are weak sanctions. This does recall the Cuban Missile Crisis when the Americans on the receiving two letters from the USSR, one that offered a way out of the Crisis and another that wanted concessions from the USA. President Kennedy taking advice ignored the second letter and went with the first letter that would end the crisis. The point of this historical lesson is that the USA from a pure real political point of view should do nothing. YES NOTHING. It should be clear from those that read this blog that VIEWS is no liberal peace nick from the 1960s. The point being if the UN passes sanctions for an act that has not happened; the get out clause being so far as the information we have from different intelligence agencies; then over time one can hear those on the left jumping up and down in support of North Korea. What the USA should do is think outside the box, no UN sanctions, just nothing no sanctions but not deals either official or non-official, no deals like Kennedy did over the redundant Turkish Missiles in 1962.

The United States should request that Japan places its sanctions on hold, just do nothing, show North Korea it will not get anywhere by making demands and even more to the point, trying to spin lies to the international community. Thus North Korea can be told to take a running jump and the international community would back to where it was on the Sunday before the announcement from North Korea. This might only work for a short time, but lets punish North Korea when it actually does something not for spinning the mad views of its leadership. They should go down to the local book shop in South Korea and buy a few books on spinning before making themselves a laughing stock on the WORLD STAGE.

Is Bush Weak?

It seems from the Wire Reports that the Tough Resolution that the United States wanted from the UN is getting watered down. Dick Morris states this could be Bush’s JFK moment, as in Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 but the news reports from, FOX and the New YORK Times give the impression that President Bush is weak and will have to accept a nuclear North Korea. What Price Iraq NOW!!

Views hopes the USA stands tough at the UN, or the UN will became another league of nations. World history took a bad turn after the failure of the league.

Options on North Korea

Here are some of the interesting articles VIEWS has read on the North Korea Showdown!

An Article by Simon Jenkins in The Guardian. Views agrees with the following comment: ‘curb North Korea's ambition in the simplest possible way. Sophisticated air power, useless in counter-insurgency, has a role in the "coercive diplomacy" of non-proliferation. Israel used it effectively against Iraq's nuclear plant in 1981 and the US repeated the exercise with Operation Desert Fox in 1998…’

On the other hand we have President Jimmy Carter, VIEWS must admit, he cant stand Jimmy Carter, the worse President with Hoover included that the United States has ever had in the 20TH Century. But he still was a President and a winner of the Nobel Prize, so here is his opinion that VIEWS does not agree with at all..! ‘ What must be avoided is to leave a beleaguered nuclear nation convinced that it is permanently excluded from the international community.. ’ ( New York Times Registration Required / Free ) This is the exact impression that must be left, the UN and the USA should not back down, North Korea must learn that it can not blackmail or threaten Western powers or its neighbours.

The North Koreans are making it known that it will see any action by the USA as act of war the New York Times Reports, ‘ North Korea…. regard increased pressure from the United States as a “declaration of war ’ Japan the BBC reports is to place sanctions on North Korea, ‘ The new Japanese measures will include banning all North Korean imports and stopping its ships entering Japanese waters, a government spokesman said. ’

The UN needs to act as one or became another league of nations, the 21st Century could be defined by this week.

The Mid Term Elections and the Polls

An interesting list of the new political polls on RCP, an article in the Washington Post has the Republican losses between seven and thirty seats also the article states the following, ‘A Democratic takeover of the House is not a foregone conclusion, however. Because of congressional redistricting plans that gave huge advantages to incumbents, fewer than 50 of the 435 House seats are competitive. Democrats said internal polls show that the fallout from the Foley scandal is confined to half a dozen races.

Partly Right on North Korea

Views waited all of Sunday for North Korea to exploded its nuclear device, with Sunday over in the UK, Views thought the last prediction had been correct, that the test was not something for the International community to worry about, hours are a long time in Politics. On the Monday morning the news that North Korea had tested a nuclear device. Then as we enter Wednesday it seems the test was not as the Spin from North Korea had intended. An interesting article in the New York Times, ‘ The North Korean test appears to have been a nuclear detonation but was fairly small by traditional standards, and possibly a failure or a partial success, federal and private analysts said yesterday. ’

Fox News reports the following, ‘ Intelligence and Defense Department officials confirmed to FOX News that the test could have been a dud, but they also advised against concluding too quickly that it was a non-nuclear event. ’

The BBC state the following, ‘ The lack of information over the blast has cast some doubts over North Korea's claim, with suggestions that the blast may have been produced by conventional explosives as part of a ruse. ’

In a sense the above does not matter, the UN and the United States have to act as if North Korea has the bomb. This is a chance for President Bush; this could be his Cuban Missile Crisis. If possible with the backing of the UN, the USA and her allies should blockaded North Korea, check every ship, the USA should do this no matter if the UN says yes or no. President Bush can use this in the Mid Term Elections; place National Security at the heart of the debate.