Comments on: North Korea Said to Be Preparing Long-Range Missile Launch

By: The Dawn Patrol

The Dawn Patrol — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:12:40 +0000

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By: usinkorea

usinkorea — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:36:08 +0000

I think Iran’s testing of an ICBM capability – with its satellite launch this week – makes it a little more likely North Korea will do the same.

At least India-Pakistan has cooled down from the terrorist blast — but is still an open wound.

And now there is talk that Obama’s military leaders are starting to balk at a Iraq pullout.

…..Not a great time to get your feet wet in global policy making….

I don’t think 2009 is going to be a good year — all the way around….

By: usinkorea

usinkorea — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:43:53 +0000

If Netanyahu wins the election in Israel, things could get extremely interesting…

Pres. Obama could easily find his administration jerked into foreign policy as its primary focus and with that focus also drastically limited by events outside his control – just like Pres. Bush went from wanting to be the education president to dealing with global terrorism after 9/11.

Whether or not Netanyahu does strike Iran’s nuclear capability, his being the leader in Israel will force Obama to dedicate even more of his time to those issues than the recent battles in Gaza already have. If he does strike at Iran, all bets are off and who knows where it will lead…

And it would be highly tempting for North Korea to do even more than an ICBM test if the US is rolled up in hot Middle Eastern issues.

Since my last big prediction failed with the dawning of 2009 — I’ll go out on a limb to make another one:

If Netanyahu is elected the leader of Israel – North Korea will test both an ICBM and nuke this year.