Perhaps it's time to do an about face or use reversed psychology when it comes to North Korea's Kim Jong Il.
For decades now the world has made threats and or sanctions on North Korea for their actions with respects to their nuclear capability.
Yesterday Kim Jong II once again defied the worlds demands by setting off an underground nuclear explosion.
More after the bump...
Former South Korean Foreign Minister Han Sung-Joo told FOX News his scientists estimated the scale of the latest North Korean nuclear test to be about 10 times the size of the 2006 nuclear test.
They registered the tremor from the blast at 4.5 on the Richter scale. That is 1.0 more than in 2006, or 10 times greater. It is estimated that the 2006 test was about 800 tons, just under one kiloton. That would make today's blast around 10 kilotons.
By comparison, the bomb dropped on Hiroshima was 22 kilotons.
The former South Korean foreign minister called the latest test serious, and a potential "game-changer."
He said North Korea's Kim Jong Il is trying to escalate its nuclear capabilities to attain a better bargaining position, and eventually is seeking bi-lateral talks with the United States. He said North Korea is directly trying to draw attention from the Obama administration.
As Minister Han Sung-Joo points out, this is a game changer. The guy has nukes and will use them. This means we either take him on and go to war to stop the growth of those nukes and his capability of selling that capabilitty -- or we say "Let's Talk" one on one.
Sanctions, threats and rules haven't stopped them from getting what they need to build those nukes. Perhaps a little respect might work instead.
I'm probably going to catch hell for saying this; but perhaps President Obama should invite Kim Jong II to Camp David. Not the White house but Camp David, a place where other peace negotiations have occurred in the past. Or perhaps the prime minister of China could invite both Kim Jong II and President Obama to his nation to have one on one talks.
Think about it. What harm would it do? Kim Jong II is still testing his nukes, he's still selling his information and products to other nations and the enemy, even after all the sanctions and isolation we've put him in that we've done for decades.
Perhaps we should deal with the guy as we did with China and Russia many years ago. Perhaps we should deal with him in the same manner we dealt with Saddam Hussein for many years until the Gulf War.
President Nixon is famous for opening relations with the People's Republic of China and initiated détente with the Soviet Union. Perhaps this 'plan of attack' would help Obama and our nation as well as it did Nixon and the nation back then.
I realize some will say that's just inviting other rogue nations like Iran to want nukes even more. Maybe so, but if we deal with North Korea perhaps he'll stop giving Iran his secrets in exchange for more prestige in the world?
Besides, who wants another WAR?
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