tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376280.post115264407503813955..comments2024-03-28T03:16:54.616-04:00Comments on The Corsair: The Corsairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01804543581141264145noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376280.post-1152982424309570992006-07-15T12:53:00.000-04:002006-07-15T12:53:00.000-04:00thanks for the intelligent, thought-provoking comm...thanks for the intelligent, thought-provoking comment, analogcabin,<BR/><BR/>RThe Corsairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01804543581141264145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376280.post-1152982347275824222006-07-15T12:52:00.000-04:002006-07-15T12:52:00.000-04:00What credibility do we have with either the DPRK o...What credibility do we have with either the DPRK or Iran? And, in case you hadn't noticed there already is a nuclear arms race in the Pacific. Leaving Japan out of it increases their existential anxieties and forces us to shoulder the economic burdens (and sociopolitical, considering Japenese opposition and cultureclashes around bases) of missile defense systems when we ought not to (Japanese interest rates have risen from zero percent, signalling -- finally -- that they are out of their economic slump) Containment --to a degree -- is necessary; but let's be realistic. It is absurd to expect Japan to cling to America's hem when Kim Jong-il inches closer to a nuclear weopon within strike range (and China and Russia, historical enemies of Japan, continue military testing off the Japanese coast) --A nuclear Japan curtails Kim jong-il better than any diplomatic 6-party talks (which, BTW, have been as fraught with surrealism and showmanship as the EU-Iran talks, and just about as fruitful).The Corsairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01804543581141264145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376280.post-1152807436147638822006-07-13T12:17:00.000-04:002006-07-13T12:17:00.000-04:00Let's set aside that failing to oppose the nuclear...Let's set aside that failing to oppose the nuclearization of Japan would remove whatever shreds of credibility we have left when dealing with the DPRK and Iran. How does a nuclear arms race in the Pacific turn out any better than the one we just got finished with?Analogcabinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12539348634113833433noreply@blogger.com