RE: Question???????
There are four distinctions between North Korea and Iraq:
1. NK already has nukes (albeit only 1 or 2) whereas Iraq doesn’t. Attacking a potential nuclear power is very different to attacking an actual nuclear power.
2. Two allies of the US (South Korea and Japan) have an active policy of containment for NK. There is a tripartite agreement between the US, Japan and South Korea to develop two nuclear reactors in NK, of a type not easily used for a weapons program. The reactors are funded mainly by the US. In return, NK agreed to have it’s other reactors monitored. What has happened recently is that NK has ripped out the monitoring cameras and threatened to reactivate one of the research reactors.
3. One of the most powerful nations around (China) is next door to NK. China is willing to exert a little pressure on NK to reform. However, any use of force would turn this around 180 degrees.
4. An “ally” (Pakistan) has helped (even post 11/9) a memmber of the “axis of evil” (NK) in WMD research – a fact always glossed over by the US. An attack on NK might have an alarming response from Pakistan.
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