tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046628493283608233.post6564129771731204834..comments2023-10-29T05:29:58.599-04:00Comments on Right-Side-of-Lowell: The US (And UN) vs DPRKUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046628493283608233.post-69590189432132958482010-07-13T14:50:45.179-04:002010-07-13T14:50:45.179-04:00It is a new world out there and we have not fully ...It is a new world out there and we have not fully transitioned. President George H W Bush tried, as did President Clinton. President George W Bush tried to pull back from the world, but got pulled back in—and I don't know what else he could have done after 9/11, at least WRT al Qaeda in Afghanistan.<br /><br />While I agree Kad's point, that transition may involve the United States being willing to confront aggressors and state sponsors of Aggressive Non-Governmental Liberation Organizations (ANGLOs).<br /><br />But, as folks are beginning to note, spending the hundreds of billions we do on defense may not be the solution. That said, we do need to be investing in the R&D and production capacity for a number of potential strategic paths. Not to produce billions of dollars in equipment, but to have the capacity. Nuclear wars we need to be able to do with capacity at hand. Small wars we need to be done with forces at hand. Large conventional wars are not likely to be over quickly, so we can go with a production base strategy. And, if someone looks like they are building a force to conduct a conventional attack on the US, then we can ramp up production.<br /><br />In the mean time, we need to be investing a lot in our Foreign Policy efforts.<br /><br />Regards — CliffC R Kriegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10563658418464959198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046628493283608233.post-46422252716610771662010-07-13T11:12:12.516-04:002010-07-13T11:12:12.516-04:00My suggestion as to why we are letting this slide ...My suggestion as to why we are letting this slide is that DPRK (possibly? likely?) has nukes, and it's entirely clear to me why Iran and every other sane nation on the planet wants them--it's because nukes are the only proven deterrent to American aggression, and Iraqis and Afghani's can vouch for what can happen to an otherwise sovereign state without them.<br /><br />We seriously have to rethink our entire foreign policy strategy--the Reagan approach works great against superpowers--it's less effective when the countries are smaller, more desperate, and possessed of far less to lose.Craig Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09824029248081902170noreply@blogger.com