How Stable Is North Korea?

Last Saturday North Korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile. They claimed it was a satellite but that seems less then truthful considering nothing made it into orbit. Seeing that our President is too scared to do anything nothing will get accomplished. Think about it, if Russia and China would not increase sanctions on North Korea after Bush's appeal do you really think that President Hussein will have better results? Absolutely not. Its about time American citizens are fully aware of the threat posed by North Korea.

During the Cold War neither side preemptively launched nuclear weapons against the other side because of the rational conclusion that the world would be destroyed. The thing is, for rational decisions to be made we must have rational decision makers. Has anybody seen Kim Jung Il recently? The man looks like a walking vegetable. He can not move his arms and probably has lost control of many body functions. Can a man in this state really be trusted to make the rational choice to not launch nuclear weapons? We do not even know if he is still mentally there. Remember when Woodrow Wilson had a stroke nobody was told of the extent of his handicaps and will live in a country with a free press. Also, we have a Congress that can temporarily step in if the executive branch not functioning properly. The North Koreans do not have those options. What if Kim Jung Il goes crazy and orders nuclear weapons to be dropped on South Korea or Japan? Is there anybody who can oppose his decision. No there is not.

I think North Korea needs to be given an ultimatum. Keep your government but get rid of nuclear weapons or keep your nuclear weapons and reform your government. I highly doubt if the North Koreans had a functioning democracy or Republic we would ever need to worry about their nuclear weapons program. Rational voters will not elect representatives who want to see the end of the world.