North Korea
A sampling of comments from the Australian article on North Korea’s nuclear test
Paul Duffy of Sydney
It is of concern that North Korea has nuclear weapons however there is still only one country that has been stupid enough to actually use nuclear weapons. It is greater concern to me that this country still has them. I look forward to a day when no country has nuclear weapons.john gilroy of Hurstville
If America can have Stealth Bombers and other WMD, why can’t other countries?Marilyn
What hypocrites the west are. Let us never forget that great chunks of our country are permanently not fit for human habitation thanks to nuclear tests by the Brits in the 1950’s and ‘60s. The US used the weapons in 1945 on civilians and most of the wretched world cheered them on so much so that they got nuclear bombs themselves. …Now let’s all stop our snivelling shall we. The dictator of Korea surely is no crazier than Bush.Natasha of Brisbane
If everyone would just leave Kim Jong Il alone then he would have no reason to use his nuke on them. America has already tried to wipe his government off the planet and Japan controlled them before WW2 so if any country needs to protect itself it is NK.LittleFaith
And these people are enfranchised…they get to vote in adult elections. It’s true the US is the only country to use nuclear weapons and the world breathed a sigh of relief when they did. My mother cried with relief as she could then expect her husband and brother to return home to start life again. It is not true that “great chunks of our country are permanently not fit for human habitation”. I have stood at ground zero at the Monte Bellow Island test site and the ecology is booming but Marylin never let a fact slow down her ranting. The problem is, of course, that there is potentially a very short time line between rogue states like Iran and North Korea having nuclear capability and terrorists having access to same. A very bright light over Tel Aviv, Washington, Canberra and London is not to be considered. The weird faction of the left must be aware that the US won’t deploy nukes unless it’s very existance is threatened and that is unlikely; whereas the rogue states, particularly Iran, look at the capability as a means to destroy the western civilization starting with Israel. They are in bed with the terrorists and they will use the capability if they can. They suffer no restraints. None of this is news yet the extreme left so hate the US that they support anyone or anything that threatens her, not recognizing that the sames threats also can affect us.Expect nothing to happen, trade embargos will be broken with the help of Iran & Venezuela, North Korea’s new friends.This is just another step towards the end of Western Empire after it’s demise from it, bungling in Iraq & Afghanistan. A special thanks to Mr Bush, a golden opportunity squandered. Just watch the West slowly but surely sink into the graveyard of history’s empires.
Thats the thing that really scares me, the sheer determination to be wilfully ignorant. in adults.
I can only hope that when the first western city gets nuked some of these people wake up, otherwise western civilisation really is doomed.