What do about North Korea - Korean Crisis 3

The New York Times: Reports that the latest actions of North Korea are down to the fact that the Obama Administration has not allowed itself to be blackmailed by North Korea.

Lets Get Real: 

Folks, North Korea is a nuclear armed power, it has a million man Army on the border with South Korea, even China has lost its influence with the North, the US does not have a choice, it will need to feed the poor people of North Korea, has to get NK back in to the box, the more NK regime feels under threat the more chance it will take military action and hit one of the disputed Islands on the border between the North and South.   It might even go further folks, what if North Korean troops try to take over one of these Islands, the South would then have to react, any Government that did not would fall, the US would have to back them up, its a out there option folks, very risky for the North, but from their view it might be the only way to get attention.  Or worse, yes folks worse, they could sell their nuclear technology to Iran, NK has been warned by the Oval that this would be a red line, thus folks, what next in this chapter, thus far a lot of hot air out of NK, lets see what happens, what ever happens the Oval and the West will be faced by the choice of the lesser evil. 

Picture of Saddam Hussein on the Gallows - Iraq War

Telegraph: Reports on Iraq ten years after the Iraq War started, it has has pic of Saddam Hussein on the gallows, the article notes the following, " Minutes before being dispatched by a hangman's rope, Saddam Hussein's defiance was so theatrical that he seemed to be acting out a heroic deathbed scene. "

Lets Get Real:

Thus folks in a few days it will be 10 years to the day that the Iraq War started, the cost in lives and treasure for the US, UK and Iraq was and is great; the impact is still having consequences for Iraq;  the question often asked was it worth it and was the only winner Iran.   In the political arena it damaged the political standing of Bush 43 and Tony Blair, it can be argued that the mess of Iraq post invasion and the lack of weapons of mass destruction lead to Tony Blair being forced out by his Chancellor Gordon Brown.  In the US the long war allowed for the raise of then Senator Obama to President Obama, the Republicans with Iraq and the near banking collapse never had a chance in 2008.   The perceived failure in Iraq has cast a long shadow, the West has allowed over seventy thousand Syrians to die without taking action as it is afraid of another Iraq.   The Tehran Regime now does not have worry about Iraq, it in fact uses Iraq air space to send arms to the Assad Regime in Syria.   Thus folks what does Iraq equal ten years on, Saddam Hussein was an evil man, killed thousands of his own people, started regional wars, and used chemical weapons, at the end of the day Bush 43 and Tony Blair were right, they made major mistakes, but their hearts and faith took the right path, the mistakes were in the post planning for Iraq, the dissolution of the Iraqi Army was major mistake, it sent thousand of Iraqi men out on the streets with no jobs but with weapons, thus the turmoil of the following years, it took years for the US to gets is strategy  right in Iraq, thus the Bush surge of 2007, the UK Army in Iraq allowed it itself to get pushed on to the Basra air base and was not trusted by the US or the Iraqi Government, in other words it was a disaster for the UK, thus Bush 43 could correct the mistakes, while Blair was out, thus the results of the War folks. 

US and North Korea - Korean Crisis 2

Guardian: Reports the following on the increase in US Missile Defence on the US West Cost, " The additional interceptors will bring to 44 the total deployed in Alaska and California,....Pentagon also plans to shift resources in order to speed up deployment of missiles in Europe to counter the threat from Iran. ".

Lets Get Real:

At the end of the day folks, the US has to allow itself to be blackmailed by North Korea (NK), NK has the bomb, it can sell it to rogue nations that want the bomb, such as Iran, thus the US and the West has to take the lesser evil path, feed the poor people of North Korea while its Government builds more nuclear bombs for more blackmail, its not a great choice, its the only choice.   The problem for the US and the West is Iran folks, the thought of Iran with the bomb should keep policy makers up all night, if Iran gets the bomb the Middle East will have an arms race the following day, Saudi Arabia with its oil wealth could buy a bomb off the shelf, via the US folks, then the US could keep an eye on it, thus the Oval has every reason to keep Iran from the bomb.   In his latest remarks President Obama stated that Iran was a year from the bomb, lets see what Mossad says about that thinking, at the end of the day its a race folks, the Tehran Regime wants the bomb, it has seen how well treated North Korea is, it has also seen how when Gaddafi gave up his weapons of mass destruction he become weak and open to NATO attack, thus a rogue nation like Iran is better off with the bomb, well the Regime is better off, the Middle East and the World is very much worse off, time is clicking away folks. 

US Missile Defence and North Korea - Korean Crisis

BBC News: Reports on remarks by the new US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel, Secretary Hagel has stated that the US will increase its missile defence on the US West Coast due to developing North Korean Crisis. 

Lets Get Real:

What the article does not mention, great surprise, is the fact that in the 1st Obama term, the missile defence shield on the West Coat was scaled back, in other words Obama made a major strategic mistake and it will cost the US millions to put this right, yes the President in charge of US policy towards North Korea, Iran and  Russia.   As the article notes the funding of the increase West Coast funding comes at the expense of defending Europe against Iran.   The Missile Defence shield to protect Europe always annoyed President Putin of Russia, Obama was caught in a off microphone moment telling the Russian PM that once he was re -elected he would have more ways to move, in other words to appease Russia.   The US Congress should demand that the Oval keep the funding for Europe at the same level, how about cutting welfare to defend the US and Europe.   Or is welfare funding more important to Obama than the defence of the US and Europe.