Self-Fulfilling Threats
Posted on:: January 11th, 2003
Event Set #1: The Bush Doctrine of preemptive attacks is announced. The buildup against Iraq shows that we’re serious, even eager, to act on it. North Korea, an oppressive and delusional state, is included in the Axis of Evil.
Event Set #2: North Korea escalates its nuclear threat dramatically.
Gee, do you think there might be a relationship between these two sets? Nah, I’m sure it’s just coincidence. After all, when the world’s only super power announces its new policy is to threaten and then invade countries that worry it, those other countries would just give up, right? After all, that’s what Americans would do if we were threatened with attack.
Policy, meet Reaction. Reaction, meet Policy.
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Heck, yes, there’s a relationship between the sets.
But wait, there’s more! For the same low, low, price, you get :
America reneging on most of its promises provided for in the 1994 Agreed Framework, except for a limited amount of fuel oil delivered as compensation for the DPRK giving up it’s heavy water reactor program. Then. in October, as a ‘response’ to a ‘new’ nuclear program that America apparently knew about long before anyway, George and co. cutting off those fuel supplies. Just as winter looms, of course.
Threats and blustering, the only (and shopword) tools that Kim JI have at his disposal, ensuing.
Everyone acting surprised.
Lather, rinse, repeat.