John Moore | March 7, 2003
The United States has 4350 troops in Kosovo. As war in Iraq approaches, and war with North Korea looms, we certainly have better uses for those forces.
The troops are there to help solve a European problem: peacekeeping in the Balkans. Since the French and Germans are obstructing our vital self defense effort in Iraq, there [...]
John Moore | March 7, 2003
Charles Krauthammer agrees with my assertion that North Korea may take advantage of the Battle of Iraq to attack the South.
He is calling for temporary appeasement until we free up our forces, which may not be a bad idea if it works.
However, I have two areas of doubt regarding his reasoning:
Is it necessary? [...]
John Moore | March 7, 2003
[UPDATE] Since this post, it was revealed that North Korea attempted to capture an RC-135 aircraft and crew. This is an action more consistent with extortion and less consistent with the attack that much of this article discusses. However, the situation is still very critical and the probability of war within the year is quite [...]
John Moore | March 7, 2003
An Arizona Republic headline: “Child waiting for bus with dad hit by swerving SUV.”
If this had been a Volvo, I don’t think we would have seen “swerving Volvo” in the headline!
further…
Fire department officials said: “A car ran off the roadway and struck him.”
Swerving? That doesn’t sound like swerving.
But we all know from media [...]