- Gone to war in the Balkans, and overthrown a tyrant or two.
- Gone to war in Iraq, and overthrown a tyrant or two.
- Gone to war in Afghanistan, and overthrown the most evil regime in
history.

What part of our "Big Stick" aren't you getting?

I don't know about the Balkans, but in Iraq we have not overthrown a
tyrant or two that hasn't been replaced by another tyrant or three. In
Afghanistan, we did =not= overthrow the most evil regime in history; we
slowed that particular branch of terrorism a bit, while allowing it to
breed elsewhere like a hydra. We are going to win the war on terrorism
the same way we won the war on drugs. Our stick isn't even that big -
by all reports I've read, we don't even equip our troops properly.

As for North Korea being irresponsible,

The world (yes, it's not just your horrid
United States of America)warned North Korea not to launch any more
missiles toward Japan under the guise of "testing" them.

In response, they launched not one, but SEVEN missiles, provoking what
could have been an all-out retaliatory strike.

I suppose you believe these missile launches were the act of a sane
government? Good grief...

Yes, I do. A dangerous one to be sure. But defying orders is not the
mark of insanity. It is important to understand how the enemy thinks
and what they value. It's a grave error to evaluate them based on how
-we- think.

Jose
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