Katherine Harris is back … and she’s hanging out with Alligator Bob in South Florida. No need to add a single solitary thing more. ……

But data from U.S. and Japanese Aegis radar-equipped destroyers and surveillance aircraft on the missile’s angle of take-off and altitude indicated that it was heading for waters near Hawaii, the Sankei Shimbun reported, citing multiple sources in the United States and Japan.

North Korea may have targeted Hawaii to show the United States that it was capable of landing a missile there, or because it is home to the headquarters of the U.S. Pacific fleet, the paper said.
An alternative explanation might be that a missile could accidentally hit land if fired towards Alaska, the report said.

A separate report in the Mainichi Shimbun daily cited U.S. and Japanese government officials as saying a piece of the Taepodong-2 missile fell off immediately after take-off, strengthening the view that the launch was a failure.

What does North Korea want? Pretty much what South Korea wants: to be left alone. Is that really so bad? Yes, the North Korean regime is something out of George Orwell’s worst nightmare. But, as I said above, it can’t last much longer. Surely the advocates of “regime change” will agree that a peaceful Atlas shrugging – as in the case of the German Democratic Republic – would be preferable to a bloody war of “liberation” that could easily go nuclear.

Comment by Rosencrantz — July 6, 2006 @ 4:37 pm

I couldn’t disagree more.

This story is part of the tapestry of lies from the right, and truths from the left, that has permeated this entire debate between the right and the left since the invasion began in 2003. We told them this is what would happen. Can anyone say “Quagmire”?

Many of us knew this would bog down the military and distract from the real war on terror, but they were all so hell bent on going.

But the real story here is the denial and the outright lies by the Bush administration. They insisted year after year the military was not bogged down in Iraq, and could easily handle multiple theatres simultaneously. They were constantly asked this question, particularly in the early years, yet the Bush administration continued to deny that the Military was being streched too thin by the war in Iraq.

Now they finally acknowledge that fact.

I’d say thats a huge story.

Comment by Randy — July 6, 2006 @ 9:37 pm

You mean a country with 40 year embargo by US? How would capitalism fail if US had 40 year embargo from other countries? Think before you write, tin man.

QUESTION: Do current military obligations in any way limit or restrict potential U.S. responses to North Korea?

SNOW: How would you define North Korea?

Where would North Korea’s nuclear weapon program be today without our help? Wouldn’t North Korea be just another failed communist country like Cuba?

I think you are thinking of Wendy Sherman, who currently works for Albright at her consulting firm and worked under Albright while she was Secretary of State. My question is, does she and Albright think most of America are idiots. She was trying to get us to believe that North Korea was developing nuclear weapons under the first Bush administration and stopped because of Albright and Clinton’s negotiation tactics, only to start again under the second Bush administration?

Does anyone here think that makes sense? Kim is not stupid and he may or may not be crazy but the one thing he did not do under the Clinton years is stop building nuclear weapons.

During some recent interviews, I believe Albright has warned us not to make fun of Kim or his country since that will only “egg” them on. I think she also referred to him as being childlike in manner. The truth of the matter is Kim is a spoiled brat and Albright treated him like many liberals treat their children, not really being a parent but rather pacifying them with treats. The one thing we will not do is give him what he wants the most and that is unilateral attention. If military action is to be taken, it will occur with full participation from the member countries of the security council.

Albright and Sherman are pushing their message hard to the MSM, who is just eating it up so they can save their business. Bush is not hanging Clinton out to dry on this one because he is the bigger man although, if roles were reversed, I’m sure Clinton wouldn’t be so kind.

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Of course, you may think that bringing our boys home would be the biggest weapon against Korea. Maybe you think that the sober, rational leadership of Korea would see how a harmless military sitting at home crocheting afghans poses no threat to them and then they can finally lay down their arms and invite us over for a nice rousing game of badminton.

Please, somebody tell me what your plans for the US military would be regarding Korea if we weren’t in Iraq. Please!

Shell along with Chevron, BP and seven other oil giants, have won contracts to buy Iraq’s new oil production of Basra Light crude. The contracts cover production from the Mina Al-Bakr port in southern Iraq from August to December of this year. Under the deal, Iraq will supply 645,000 barrels per day (bpd) for export, an increase on the 450,000 bpd produced in July but still just a third of pre-war levels.

http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=7989

If Chevron isn’t operating there now, I would be really surprised. Why would you setup shop in August of 2003, then leave. Doesn’t make sense, but neither does anything the Bush admin does.