Comments on: North Korea, Japan and the illogical nature of U.S. foreign policy. http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/opinion/north-korea-japan-and-the-illogical-nature-of-us-foreign-policy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=north-korea-japan-and-the-illogical-nature-of-us-foreign-policy Views about the Australian stock market, shares, the economy, investing, politics and world events. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:42:13 +0900 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Greg Atkinson http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/opinion/north-korea-japan-and-the-illogical-nature-of-us-foreign-policy/#comment-353 Greg Atkinson Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:13:21 +0000 http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/?p=120#comment-353 Pete I am not a fan of anyone having nuclear weapons and now that India and Pakistan both seem to have such weapons that makes things even more scary. But it is going to be hard to eliminate these weapons when some countries seem to think they have some sort of right to these weapons and then in turn think other countries do not. I wonder what exactly gives a nation the right to have nuclear weapons? Pete I am not a fan of anyone having nuclear weapons and now that India and Pakistan both seem to have such weapons that makes things even more scary. But it is going to be hard to eliminate these weapons when some countries seem to think they have some sort of right to these weapons and then in turn think other countries do not. I wonder what exactly gives a nation the right to have nuclear weapons?

]]> By: Pete http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/opinion/north-korea-japan-and-the-illogical-nature-of-us-foreign-policy/#comment-349 Pete Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:01:28 +0000 http://www.shareswatch.com.au/blog/?p=120#comment-349 Nice article. Couldn't agree more. I don't think anyone really bothers to try and see things from the North Koreans perspective. Besides, if North Korea detonated a nuclear weapon on ANY country without provocation, the entire world would be up against it. It would be suicide. But it makes an excellent defence mechanism. That said, yes it is a worry when seemingly unstable countries like this posses such arms. But exactly as you have said, the US are not exactly "stable" in that they will go to war with another country if they choose to, under the guise of a mass of PR and political stunts. Although I think the US will be looking for a battle sometime in the coming years to stimulate its economy. I certainly wouldn't be provoking them. Nice article. Couldn’t agree more. I don’t think anyone really bothers to try and see things from the North Koreans perspective.

Besides, if North Korea detonated a nuclear weapon on ANY country without provocation, the entire world would be up against it. It would be suicide. But it makes an excellent defence mechanism.

That said, yes it is a worry when seemingly unstable countries like this posses such arms. But exactly as you have said, the US are not exactly “stable” in that they will go to war with another country if they choose to, under the guise of a mass of PR and political stunts.

Although I think the US will be looking for a battle sometime in the coming years to stimulate its economy. I certainly wouldn’t be provoking them.

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