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N. Korea next to hear U.S. war drum (GEOFFREY YORK, Aug. 7, 2003, Globe and Mail)

A senior Pentagon adviser has given details of a war strategy for invading North Korea and toppling its regime within 30 to 60 days, adding muscle to a lobbying campaign by U.S. hawks urging a pre-emptive military strike against Pyongyang's nuclear facilities.

Less than four months after the end of the Iraq war, the war drums in Washington have begun pounding again. A growing number of influential U.S. leaders are talking openly of military action against North Korea to destroy its nuclear-weapons program, and even those who prefer negotiations are warning of the mounting danger of war.

Some analysts predict that North Korea could test a nuclear warhead by the end of this year--an event that could cross the "red line" that would provoke a U.S. attack.

Unfortunately, this is probably just in the nature of Kissinger's old "Nixon's a madman" ploy. It's especially useful with President Bush because he's so hated that people write about him like he is a lunatic. We'd hope that they'd not only take out Pyongyang's but Beijing's nuclear capabilities. Posted by Orrin Judd at August 8, 2003 10:53 PM