WAR FROM INSULTS? (letter to USATODAY) A cartoon (24OCT) was an interesting piece of propaganda. It showed Kim of North Korea stomping on Uncle Sam's hat, then (unreasonably) demanding a nonaggression treaty. If insults to America are reason for refusing this treaty, it seems to follow that mere insults are reasons to attack North Korea..an alarming extension of our alarming preemption doctrine!
It's not normal for one Head of State to insult another Head of State personally. Kim has never insulted our Head of State, Pres. Bush, in the way that Bush has hurled personal insults at Kim, insults repeated over several years--seemingly intended to provoke a war with North Korea.
If this war happens, Seoul could disappear and 40,000 Americans could be slaughtered in the first few hours. What are our rulers thinking of ?!