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What would Cheney do, if he were still in power, about North Korea? (Original Post) raccoon Apr 2013 OP
First question to ask... Sherman A1 Apr 2013 #1
Dont land on the soil if there isnt any oil. SummerSnow Apr 2013 #4
Probably nothing Cirque du So-What Apr 2013 #2
rant about the axis of evil treestar Apr 2013 #3
Invade Mexico... Brother Buzz Apr 2013 #5
Rant, rattle sabers, and otherwise not do much of anything. Posteritatis Apr 2013 #6
He'd Newest Reality Apr 2013 #7
Go to Iraq graham4anything Apr 2013 #8
Don't know. Chickenhawks don't like bombing countries that will fight back. TwilightGardener Apr 2013 #9
tweeze his cashew ,take a downer and a shot of scotch then crash. olddots Apr 2013 #10
Throw money at them. Mr.Bill Apr 2013 #11
He'd be checking him out to see if he could use... santamargarita Apr 2013 #12
Good one! Marie Marie Apr 2013 #17
Invade Iran n/t Lil Missy Apr 2013 #13
Invade Spain. NV Whino Apr 2013 #14
he'd be whacking off Skittles Apr 2013 #15
Ask if they needed any spare parts? Octafish Apr 2013 #16
Give 'em A Q Khan's number and send in food. sofa king Apr 2013 #18

treestar

(82,383 posts)
3. rant about the axis of evil
Sun Apr 14, 2013, 07:44 PM
Apr 2013

might not go to war there as there's no oil.

Halliburton needs to make $$ though. Maybe they would find it necessary to "bring Democracy" to NK. OTOH, even they couldn't get away from the fact NK may have some nukes, and that makes it dangerous, unlike Iraq, which did not have them, which they knew.

Posteritatis

(18,807 posts)
6. Rant, rattle sabers, and otherwise not do much of anything.
Sun Apr 14, 2013, 07:46 PM
Apr 2013

Nobody's going into North Korea unless they send troops across the border on a large scale or shell Seoul first, and I'm still skeptical as to whether North Korea even now is batshit insane enough to try either of those.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
7. He'd
Sun Apr 14, 2013, 07:48 PM
Apr 2013

make his Dubya' puppet say funny things about it, then continue onward with PNAC and the Neocon agenda, while sporting a hearty sneer and avoiding concepts and behaviors that involve honor, integrity or the greater good. Typical psychopath career track.

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)
9. Don't know. Chickenhawks don't like bombing countries that will fight back.
Sun Apr 14, 2013, 07:49 PM
Apr 2013

That's a REAL war, son. Not a destabilizing energy grab.

 

olddots

(10,237 posts)
10. tweeze his cashew ,take a downer and a shot of scotch then crash.
Sun Apr 14, 2013, 07:55 PM
Apr 2013

oh yeah he would sneer and try to act macho/authoritarian .......he'll like hanging out in hell with the dick-taters from North Korea

sofa king

(10,857 posts)
18. Give 'em A Q Khan's number and send in food.
Sun Apr 14, 2013, 11:55 PM
Apr 2013

Cheney's policy was to give the North Koreans whatever they wanted so we could fight two other Vietnams.

As cynical as the above is, note that Cheney would have been fully aware of the little-known Second Korean War of 1966-69, which was a sympathy war-let dusted up by Kim Il Sung in part to keep American and South Korean troops tied up there instead of being sent to Vietnam.

Things probably wouldn't have come to this point under a Bush dictatorship because they would have happily given the North Koreans whatever they wanted through back channels in order to continue pursuing Bush's other wars.

President Obama, however, seems to be more willing to enforce sanctions and advance the diplomatic ball.

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