Arthur

I envy your plane spotting experiences. I hope you manage to stay out of jail if you venture into hostile territory in the future.

My exposure to military aircraft has been limited to the local annual airshow involving US, Canadian and a few European visitors from the UK, Germany, Holland, etc and occasional refuel stops from units going to and from Maple Flag, etc. Last year the shows were mostly cancelled. Hopefully 2003 will be better.

Getting back to Korea, it seems that the North Korean leaders are very sensitive types who can dish out the insults but can’t deal with the truth when they hear it. If there ever was an evil regime, it’s NK. It would appear that many others around the world also have difficuilty dealing with a a little straight talk about the nature of places like NK but have no problem insulting the US president for called a spade a spade. Reminds me of the little rhyme about “sticks and stones will break my bones, but names…… Oh well.

What I find interesting about the current Korean issue, is how many put the blame on the US. Oh I know, Bush shouldn’t have called a leader who only spends millions on his birthday party evil, even if thousands of people starved to death as a result. After all, Kim is a sensitive guy and we can all understand how he already feels about having to take food handouts from the US, poor fellow.

As far a the South is concerned, they will not own up to their responsibilities until the US gets out. Apparently none of the neighbours feel they should get involved in settling the Korean issue either.

Its strange how Russia and China are among the countries complainting how the US is ignoring the dangers of regional problems, attitudes, issues and interests in the Mid-east, at the same time they refuse to support a multi-national approach in Korea. I guess they don’t view the fact that the local madman may have an atomic bomb, a regional issue.

Regards

Sauron