Thursday, February 19, 2009

Screw your head on straight

During this past election, I came to realize that I was not such a die-hard Democrat as I thought. I agreed with John McCain on several things. There are a lot of Republican strategies and philosophies to which I agree.

My favorite politician throughout the years and in this past primary is Hillary Clinton, now Secretary of State. She was in Japan a few days ago. During a speech she said that she wanted to normalize ties with North Korea and “help rebuild its economy if it dropped its nuclear weapons program.”

Now Hill baby, how are you going to do that? Agree to blackmail with terrorists? “Normalize” relations? What about OUR bankrupt country? Should that not be the priority? You are smart enough to know that you can NOT negotiate with terrorists or with a totalitarian Stalinist dictatorship, a country with one of the worst human rights records in the world. There is nothing normal about this country. You only can negotiate with moral, NORMAL people with a conscience. Past diplomatic efforts have been futile.

US specialists must gauge just how much plutonium North Korea has produced - the key to assuring de-nuclearization. If we have to negotiate, then it must be from strength and all the facts. North Korea is a powerful player and keeping the lines of communication open is one thing, but sitting down at the same dinner table is another. They don’t have to adhere to Sunshine Law.

North Korea is one of the “axis of evil.” To even sit down at the same table with these people is giving them a legitimacy they don’t deserve and one that the world can not afford. The world pays attention to strength, not weakness. North Korea only understands one phrase—survival of the fittest. We should learn from the enemy.

Knowing that there are millions of people that do not agree with me, e-mail me your thoughts.