North Korea and our big CowBoy talk

After the Intentional Republican Aspired Quagmire(IRAQ), most people in the world don’t view our leaders as honest. Countries watched us attacking a weak nation without nuclear deterrence. N.Korea ("Axis of Evil" cowboy talk) realized having a Nuke is an effective deterrent to our overwhelming military superiority.

The world was with us after 9/11 including the people of Iran. If we listen, and travel across secular western democracies we will understand post Iraq fear, and resentment of our unilateralism and hubris. We did not give a damn about proliferation in Iran at one time when we gave them their first Nuclear Reactor, (Kissinger said they did not even think about proliferation). We stubbornly refuse to reduce our arsenal and still preach to others! Pakistan is a military dictatorship with proven ties to Jihadists who hate us; they have nuclear weapons they built as a deterrent against India. Israel has over 100 nuclear bombs. Why don't we lead by example? We have not even signed the NPT.

In a democracy, we should examine the conduct of evangelical zealots in power. Sadly, across the globe (including civilized Europe), people wonder if we too are ruled by a cabal of mad evangelical ideologues who are a bigger threat to global stability. A person claims to consult a "Higher father" to invade Iraq; (and not his own father who would have counseled him against it) we must wonder about that person's state of mind too. N.Korea is best dealt with by direct engagement. There is no military option because S.Korea and China are opposed to it; we have little credibility around the world now. Sure Clinton failed. but at least they kept the doors open instead of refusing to watch out for real threats by going after the wrong nations.