North Korea is dangerous. Having missile capabilities that are trans-pacific is not dangerous? China is the counterweight between the US and North Korea. China has economic ties with both the US and North Korea. Any disturbance with China could tip the scales in one direction and hurt the other.
Fine, they're communists, but they are still fascists. Putin slams oligarchies and his government kills those that speak out. His government has killed numerous journalists for investigating his government.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/08/europe/EU_GEN_Russia_Journalist_Killed_Glance.php
As for Hugo, he takes after his homie Putin, trying to manipulate the government and destroy the articles of their country so that he can remain in power.
Underestimation of any country is the worst thing you can do because it leads us into a quagmire.
I read some of their stuff. They seem to be moving Sharia Law to a more progressive stance, which is what they want. They're loosening it up so to speak.
A lot has changed in roughly 300 years. The zeitgeist was completely different and the conditions don't even pale in comparison to those in Iraq. We had a set of founding fathers, generals and scholars. Iraq doesn't have that. They have no one to relate to. They have no heroes.
I am being realistic. I do support the troops because I care for my fellow man. Therefore I can say that the mission is not worth their sacrifice. I feel that they are dragged into something that may never end. Does it stop my support for them? No, not at all. If they can get the job done, that's fantastic, but I don't have to support the American oligarchy vision of what it wants in the middle east - which of course is superimposed onto my countrymen who are fighting over there. Supporting issues blindly is not what democracy is all about, and as a civilian, it is my duty to question the visions of our government even during wartime.
Such a paradox right? 
