Recently, Bob Noel posted:

In article ,
"Neil Gould" wrote:

A question to anyone in this discussion: if *you* were the leader of
North Korea, having US troops on your southern border for the last
50+ years; with the leader of the US calling you one of the "Axis of
Evil"; and having invaded and destroyed a sovereign nation (also on
the "Axis of Evil" list, btw) on the most obviously bogus of
pretenses, how would *you* respond to protect your population?

do you actually think that the "leader" of NK has any interest in
protecting "his" population?

Irrelevant. I wasn't asking about Kim Jong Il; I asked what *you* would
do.

time for a reality check.

Indeed.

For starters, it would be a good idea to know approximately how wide the
Pacific Ocean is. Then compare that figure with the experts' opinions of
the range of the Taepodong-2 missile sans payload (which though it has
never been successfully flown, its "range" has been somehow increased
about 3x from their original statements). Then try to reconcile the
completely irresponsible claims being made about it being able to deliver
a nuclear weapon that could reach the lower 48 states.

You're being had yet again.

Neil