History Forum / General / British History / June 2006

Democrats, out of office, former doves and chickens, are now advocating
Preemptive Strikes.

Hilarious!

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"Mondale: Force an option for stopping North Korea"

"Former Vice President Walter Mondale says he supports a
pre-emptive U.S. strike against a North Korean missile that is raising
nuclear fears around the globe.

Earlier this week North Korea announced it was preparing to test
a missile that could reach United States mainland. Tensions rose further
when the North Koreans put fuel into the missile, and continued to insist
that a test firing was imminent.

Mondale said on WCCO-AM Friday that the United States should
tell North Korea "defuel that missile. It has three boosters. Dismantle it
and put it back in the sheds. Because if you're getting ready to fire this,
we'll take it out."

Mondale, who's also a former U.S. ambassador to Japan, calls the
North Korean missile "one of the most dangerous developments" in recent
history.

"Nuclear weapons can destroy hundreds of millions of people in
one strike - destroy major cities -it is the danger of our time," Mondale
said. "Here's this bizarre, hermit kingdom up there, with a paranoid leader
getting ready to test a missile system that can hit us. We've got to stop
it."

The tensions are over North Korea's apparent preparations to
test-fire a Taepodong-2 missile, and the possibility that the missile could
eventually carry a nuclear warhead.

Analysts do not agree on how far the missile can travel -Jane's
Defense, for example, said last year that the Taepodong-2's maximum range
was probably about 3,700 miles. A Russian report said it was about 5,600
miles, and an American report suggested 6,200 miles. Other reports have
quoted U.S. officials as saying the 116-foot-long missile has a firing range
of 9,300 miles.

Despite the confusion, Mondale and other former top Democrats
are convinced apparently that action is the key to ending the standoff.

"This is such a legitimate thing for the United States to do,"
Mondale said. "The nature of the threat is so serious that I think we should
knock it out right there if they won't stop."

President Clinton's defense secretary, William Perry, advocated
such a pre-emptive strike in The Washington Post. Current National Security
Adviser Stephen Hadley brushed aside Perry's suggestion, saying he hoped
that North Korea would see the unanimously negative reaction from the
international community to the test and return to the negotiating table."
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