m_j_nels

Welcome to my blog about politics in the world we live in today, and anything that is puzzling or a good topic for discussion :)
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my name is Michael. I love music. i play Piano mostly, and am in the band "the narrow" :) Snowboarding is my thing in the winter, and in summer i try to spend as much time up at our cabin in Spicer MN on Green Lake.

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BAGHDAD, Iraq — The U.S. military reported Wednesday that 10 American troops had been killed in bombings and combat, raising to 68 the number of U.S. troops killed in Iraq in October.

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North Korea

Today 2 explosions, presumably nuclear, were detected in North Korea. Even if the explosions weren't nuclear; what is the North Korean Government trying to communicate? I think everyone can agree that it isn't nesscarily for peace. The controversy is what stand the U.S., and the U.N. for that matter, should take on this. Should we take peaceful stance like the Clinton administration took in 94 with the help of Jimmy Carter? Or should the U.S. take a more aggressive stance on this, and not negotiate with hostile governments with the goal of a nuclear arssenal? There is a History of arms agreements not working, it didn't work with Hitler, or the Soviet Union. The agreement in '94 sure didn't slow down North Korea from producing enriched Plutonium. In fact through the agreement we gave support to the North Korean Government wich helped support the very reigime we are haveing troubles with today. Thats the downside of negotiating. The more aggressive stance of posses massive problems as well. Striking stratigical locations in North Korea could spur North Korea to fire the countless missiles and artillery at Seoul, the capital of South Korea, bringing the city to ruins and the death of thousands of lives. There is however an agressive stance without millitary action. Ronald Regan saw that there were three main things that composed the Soviet Union, one being the flow of money. China is the economic lifeline of North Korea, convincing them to halt business with North Korea could potentialy bring N.K. to its knees. of course this is alot more complex than this and there are most likely compoments that i didn't mention or take into consideration. It will be interesting to see how this folds out.

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