North Korean A-Bomb: Another Bush Failure
by James Buchanan
It was George Bush who declated that Iran, Iraq and North Korea formed an “axis of evil.” So it was George Bush’s responsibility to see that none of those nations developed an A-Bomb and now he has failed big time. Bush and his cabal of neocons chose to invade the nation of Iraq, which posed the smallest possible threat to the US.
A Reuters news article reports “World powers condemned North Korea on Monday after it said it had conducted an underground nuclear test and Washington sought harsh UN sanctions that could further impoverish and isolate the communist state. China, Pyongyang’s strongest political and economic backer, denounced the test by its neighbor as ‘brazen,’ and urged it to avoid action that could worsen the situation. Russian President Vladimir Putin also condemned the test… Monday’s announcement by Pyongyang sharply escalated world concerns over North Korea’s nuclear program and was a slap in the face for major regional and world powers engaged in six-party talks intended to prevent just such a test.”
In reality it’s an almost impossible and fairly ridiculous policy to declare that one nation can have nuclear weapons while another can’t. The best policy would be encourage trade and friendly relations so that no one begins a rogue nuclear program. There are literally dozens of nations with nuclear reactors right at this moment. If the US -for example- declares that Bulgaria is a rogue state with an unstable leader that shouldn’t have a nuke, and Bulgaria develops nukes, then we have a new enemy in the world with nuclear weapons. Exactly how smart is that? By what criteria do we decide who can or cannot develop a nuclear bomb?
The biggest mass murderer of Europeans, Joseph Stalin was allowed to develop an atomic bomb. If ever there was an excellent reason to go to war and wipe out a menace to humanity, it was the Soviet Union under Stalin. But our nation decided that it was “OK” for that mass murdering monster to obtain the greatest weapon known to man.
Another nation allowed to develop an atomic bomb was Israel. In the 1950s, Israeli agents bombed US facilities in Egypt in the “Lavon Affair” hoping to blame the terrorist attacks on Egyptians. In 1967, Israel deliberately attacked a US Navy ship, the USS Liberty, killing 34 Americans and wounding over 180. A secret US report on Israel noted that they were a wildcard capable of carrying out false flag operations against the US. The one nation most likely to plant a nuclear bomb in a US city is Israel, but we have allowed them to develop and keep nuclear weapons.
North Korea is probably the second most dangerous nation to the US after Israel and now they have the atomic bomb. Hopefully Americans preparing to vote in November will reflect on how much LESS SAFE they are since 911 thanks to the endless bungling and incompetence of Bush and his neocon allies in Congress.