Last month the Associated Press reported the Pentagon announced naval maneuvers are scheduled off the coast of North Korea at the end of October.
On Monday, Oct. 4, AP reported: “North Korea says it has turned the enriched uranium from 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods into nuclear weapons to serve as a deterrent against increasing U.S. nuclear threats and to prevent a nuclear war in northeast Asia.”
During last Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate, Sen. Edwards reported that North Korea has six to eight nuclear weapons.
Given the insular and the psychotic characteristics of the Communist leadership of Kim Chong-il, the legacy of his dictator father and the White House charges that North Korea is one of the “axis of evil” and a “rogue nation,” we could be on the brink of a nuclear confrontation.
Let’s not forget history and how frighteningly close we came to war with the Soviet Union during the 1962 missile crisis.
What purpose is served by these maneuvers when weighed against the consequences of a human error or misinterpretation of intent that could trigger a war?
James Magee
Pinehurst
