THE ROBERT W. WHITAKER ARCHIVE

BACK TO IRAQ AND NORTH KOREA | 2002-10-26

Right now the right is going to argue that they are not really being contradictory by pushing war with Iraq and negotiating respectfully with North Korea.

Both of those countries are developing weapons of mass destruction. The difference is that North Korea SAYS so.

We could invade Iraq to break OPEC, but that is what our "allies" - and incidentally our outright enemies - say, so we gotta be Shrewd and not do it for that reason.

Nossir, what conservatives are going to do is what they always do: say something Shrewd that everybody knows is nonsense.

Meanwhile, let me do the one thing that only WhitakerOnline does, tell you the unShrewd plain truth

In the nuclear age, international racial equality means proliferation. It is too late to stop it. The sooner we get serious and start talking turkey, the better chance we have to survive.