Things that go Bump in the Night....

[exedir]

There are a lot of scary things to be frightened about, if fact, there is a entire industry dedicated to it, with its own night. But there is a difference between fright and fear and what happens in the night and darkness.

The Supreme Leader of the North Korean communist workers' party, Kim-Jong-un, is more than scary, he and his regime in North Korea is something to be concerned about, and yes, feared.

The nuclear test of yesterday moves the North Koreans further to more than being just a fright, it moves them to add to their capacity to be feared, and feared by more than those in Asia. North Korea's only export is the knowledge to be feared, that of nuclear proliferation and missile technology to those that will buy what they have to sell.  Iran and Pakistan have in the past been those buyers, but they are not the only ones.

The world will meeting in deliberation of this North Korean act and, will, have no doubt, issue a serious, harshly worded letter condemning this act, and other acts of North Koreans. The Chinese have expressed their displeasure and concern about the event, but then again there is a question of exactly what the Chinese are willing to do in that their self-interests are served by having the North Koreans put the South Koreans and Japan in jeopardy.

And then again what can be done about it, North Korea and their capacity? We already have a line in the sand, and a red marker pen.  But what to do and what can be done?  Not necessarily the same thing.

What South Korea and Japan will do is reconsider their options on self-defense inclusive of an national nuclear parity program. In the meantime, Iran is considering their good luck in having North Korea test a model warhead for a missile will within Iranian nuclear and technical capabilities.  India has to wonder what Pakistan might do to enhance their nuclear capability and with India has to do to upgrade theirs.

And of course, as Iran moves forward in their nuclear capability, the sketch of Netanyahu's bomb gets awfully close to being filled to the top. And, of course, the West Coast of the United States is now been put into the cross hairs of someone to be feared, not just frightened of, as they go bump in the night.

[LoveLife&Laughter]

North Korea and Iran are a nightmare. 

[Ioruach]

Which leaders, those of North Korea or Iran, are the most suicidal?  Both must realize, at least one would think so, that a nuclear attack by either would result in an immediate retaliatory response so intense that little would be left of their country for generations.  A “back into the stone ages” scenario.  At least leaders of America and the USSR saw that picture throughout the Cold War.  But perhaps that assumes more thoughtfulness and logic from North Korea and Iran than one should expect.  Those guys might really be f...ing crazy.

[Saltie]

Doesn't seem like a good time to be slashing spending on the military, does it?.

[LoveLife&Laughter]

The sequester could cost the U.S. more than four times the amount of jobs it gained last month in one swoop. And the 750,000 estimate may be conservative, 1 million jobs are at risk if the sequester goes forward as planned because it would pull so much money out of the economy so quickly.

Doesn't seem like a good time to have any spending cuts, does it?

[ProblemAgain]

it does seem like a good time to examine military expenditures. perhaps it is time to get the bang for the buck rather than issuing blank checks to defense industries in the form of 'cost plus contracts' that encourage vast overruns of projected costs and pour money into the hands of those who add to profits by excesses and expenditures that lead to contracts being let for equipment the services don't even WANT in order to placate congressional leaders who happen to have those industries in their districts and who control the pursestrings

[Lifesighs]

We already have enough fire power to go against these countries, taking the money away from the military and giving it to our infrastructure in road and bridges and fixing what's broken seems a much better way to invest in the US. We could have high speed rail across the whole country.