Nuclear Genie Out of the Bottle 
"Proliferation - It's estimated more than 40 nations now have weapons capability, largely a result of an expansion of nuclear-energy technology supported by the nominal nuclear powers and the watchdogs, raising fears of new arms races."
New York Times writers William J. Broad and David E. Sanger put it this way in their evaluation of what is happening right now, also on October 15:
"The spread of nuclear technology is expected to accelerate as nations redouble their reliance on atomic power. That will give more countries the ability to make reactor fuel."
They list among the nations planning to enrich uranium: Argentina, Australia, and South Africa. Considering doing the same thing is Egypt. What started this nuclear age arms race? Look no farther than the Republican-controlled Congress and Democratic wimps who went along with their trial of terror and error.
With the Johns Hopkins latest estimate of dead Iraqis at 655,000, the question finally must be asked, "Why all the UN frenzy over North Korean President Kim Jong Il setting off some low grade nuclear tests? Is it to get the monkey off of Bush's back?
We have known for years on end that Kim Jon Il was considered unstable to say the least? Bill Clinton had negotiated an 8-year freeze on Kim Jong Il's nuclear development.
Statesman George Bush announced that looking at Kim Jong Il give him a bad visceral feeling. Isn't that just too bad? This tactless statement, coupled with Bush's repeated refusal to meet with the North Korean leader, finally bore fruit. (Just in time for an election round of fear.)
Kim Jong Il declared he had achieved underground tests of nuclear energy. Now Bush can talk - not directly to North Korea or Kim Jong Il, of course, but at the UN with world TV watching, picking up the anticipated development.
Wasn't this all to be expected? U.S. policy announced so dramatically has come to mean preventive strikes on any nation we feel might be a threat. But this time Bush mentioned diplomacy!
Vice President Cheney, who has suffered continuous heart problems for years, gave his profound wisdom regarding preventive strikes, which they deceptively refer to as "preemptive", "If there is 1 percent chance in 100 that an enemy will strike, we must strike first," or irrational words to that effect.
Seeing the "shock and awe" attacks on Iraq would naturally strike fear into North Korea, Iran, and throughout the entire world.
The nuclear arms race is on! The Washington chicken hawk brigade must take its proper place in history for letting the nuclear genie out of the bottle.
At the UN great emphasis is focused on Kim Jong Il's potential sales of nuclear power materials and secrets to other nations.
When was the U.S. questioned regarding rushing those deadly cluster bombs to Israel to kill so many in Lebanon, a democratic nation, lest we forget?
Some people question the rationality of Kim Jong Il. Some people question the rationality of killing Iraq citizens in a now proven war launched on non-existent weapons of mass destruction.
KEYWORDS: Kim Jong Il, George W. Bush, Nuclear Weapon Proliferation, Dick Cheney, Bill Clinton, Bush Administration Careless Rhetoric
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