Moon Sun Myung, and Kim Jong Il

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True Fathers editorial staff at his various News Agencies are
very smart. The US has nothing to fear, as long as they
empower Sun Myung Moon as Messiah and King.
Especially since True Father has already been
coronated on US Capitol Hill. If they don't, True Fathers Buddy
Kim Jong Il will anti up even more towards peace or war. While
holding out for even more. But don't worry, I'm sure True Father
has EVERYthing under *control*. Sun Tzu's text on The Art of War"
is undefeatable as I said before. A man who has nothing to lose,
stands to gain it ALL.

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The Washington Times http://www.washingtontimes.com
Calling North Korea's bluff

By Claude Salhani
Published July 8, 2006

North Korea may have gambled -- and lost -- while playing a game of
nuclear missile chicken with the United States.
The reclusive communist state, the only remaining Stalinist regime
on the planet, can hardly feed its population. Thousands are reported
to starve to death every winter, yet this has not prevented Pyongyang
from spending billions of dollars to build a nuclear deterrent, and a
delivery system it hopes could reach the continental United States.
But those hopes quickly faded. Six missiles launched Wednesday
morning, including a long-range Taepodong-2 ballistic missile, believed
to have a range of up to 6,700 kilometers, or 4,163 miles, fell well
short of their intended range, splashing down in the sea off the Korean
Peninsula a mere 42 seconds after being launched, according to reports
from the South Korean capital, Seoul.
It was reported that the North launched a seventh missile later in
the day as protests from Washington and Tokyo were made public, and as
the United Nations Security Council convened to consider possible
punitive actions against North Korea for escalating the arms race.
In Washington, meanwhile, White House Press Secretary Tony Snow
called the North Korean action "a provocation." Yet this is one
provocation from which the United States stands to win in a very big
way.
This latest move by North Korea will give the United States a
golden opportunity to step up its military presence in and around the
Pacific area. Following this latest North Korean stunt, Washington
should find it relatively easy in convincing Tokyo for the need to
strengthen U.S.-Japanese military cooperation. As one analyst put it,
Japan could well become the England of the Pacific -- an island
fortress and a staunch ally of the United States who sees its own
security and well-being tied in to a strong -- and permanent --
American presence in the Pacific region.
Similarly, the Bush administration will make certain to stress the
dangers associated with North Korea's missile maneuvers, emphasizing
that Pyongyang is now within reach of Alaska, Hawaii and possibly even
the West Coast of the continental United States.
Luckily for North Korea, their missile test flunked. But assume the
North Koreans had succeeded; that, in and of itself, would not
necessarily mean there is suddenly any real and present danger to the
security of the United States given the tremendous imbalance of power
between the two countries.
The North Koreans are by nature survivalists and not suicidal. And
while their leader, Kim Jong-il, may well suffer from an esprit de
grandeur, he nevertheless cannot ignore America's overwhelmingly
dominant nuclear arsenal. Neither can he pretend the United States
would hesitate for a New York minute to obliterate the North off the
map in the event of a launch on an American, or allied, position.
North Korea was hoping to use the missile launch to pressure the
Bush administration into making concessions. Pyongyang had hoped these
missile tests would grab Washington's nuclear attention, which is now
entirely preoccupied with Iran. However, the North Korean gambit may
now backfire with Washington lining up its allies in the region,
stressing the importance of a unified defense. There also is little
doubt the United States will profit from the "North Korean excuse" to
consolidate its defense against China, too. Another golden opportunity
will be to reinforce Taiwan's defenses. Might as well kill two birds
with one stone.
Analysts believe North Korea wanted to deliver a message to
Washington and Tokyo that the security of the region could be seriously
threatened if the United States does not accept the demands of the
North.
The North continues earning large sums of money by selling its
missile technology to a number of developing countries. Pyongyang has
earned some $1.5 billion annually from exporting its missile technology
and spare parts. In past negotiations with the U.S. in 1996-1997, the
North demanded that Washington remit $3 billion to compensate for
losses it would suffer by suspending missile exports.
But North Korea's bluff may have been a blunder. The Bush
administration will make a point to stress the dangers associated with
this latest North Korean proliferation to the U.S. West Coast, not to
mention Japan and other Asian countries. North Korea's gamble will have
paid dividend -- but to the United States.