OK. What would you do?
There's a crazy country that's been monkeying with your country's internal affairs for many many decades, sending in agents to destabilize your government and otherwise subvert your country for it's own ends. After a while, your country finally pushes out any agents or other creepy-crawly operatives. Of course, you had to resort to drastic measures, but at least your country's destiny is in its own hands.
Ah but now that country has invaded your neighbor to the northeast. It's spouting all sorts of rhetoric about your country and its activities, labeling it part of the "axis of evil". OK, fine. Maybe there was some reason to do it and meanwhile they got rid of a completely pesky influence on the region and world. And not very stable, either. You can live with that, but having that old enemy at your back door isn't giving you a warm and fuzzy.
Ah, but now they cook up some crazy reason to invade your other big neighbor to the South. And boy are they making a mess down there! And they're still spouting all sorts of rhetoric even though your country hasn't invaded anyone.
And did I mention there's lot of oil under your country?
Did I also mention that the big bully nation happens to eat a lot of oil?
So now you're surrounded on both sides by a country that has done nothing over the years but meddle with your internal politics and that country has overwhelming superiority in conventional weapons.
What would you do? It's obvious, isn't it?
2 comments:
This is what I've been saying for the past three years, exactly. That the Bush policy was going to lead to a huge, worldwide arms buildup. Forget about Iran for a second... say you're the Presidente of some small shit Banana republic... but one with some "Natural Resource" that Amerika might, possibly need, someday. Loking around the world over the past few years, what conclusion must you draw? Let's see: Iraq- no WMD's, North Korea- likely WMD's... WHO DID AMERIKA INVADE?!!! What that tells me is I had better get me some damn nukes, ASAP, as a deterrent to American agression.
Damn Straight, Loudmouth Bill.
And this has happened before with China. When we invaded Korea China soon thereafter developed the A-bomb. During Vietnam (another Chinese neighbor) China developed the H-bomb. Only after that did Nixon and "The Genius" Kissenger actually try diplomacy. Lesson: "GOT NUKES?"
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