Economy, Economy, Economy - But That Ain't All
Oh yeah, do we have economic problems that are consuming us all on a daily basis. But let us not forget or foreign policy problems.
We have the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, which since the election we have not heard much about (could just be a coincidence or could it be that the media reporting on the negatives no longer has a reason to report).
But we also have two of the members of the Axis of Evil flexing some military muscle, perhaps as a test of the United States resolve under a new administration, and perhaps because they are an incredible danger to us all.
Iran and North Korea
Who can forget these guys? As reported by Reuters on Tuesday, North Korea is preparing to test its' longest range ballistic missile as the tensions with South Korea escalate. This development is a result of some actions by South Korea that are considered provocative by the North, prompting Kim Jong-il and the government to announce that the Korean peninsula is on the brink of war.
Meanwhile Iran and it's leader President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad launched a home grown satellite into space that has technology that is very similar to that used in a ballistic missile. Iran says that the technology is for peaceful purposes, and who wouldn't believe him?
While being focused on the economy as well as on staffing his administration and the distractions that comes with it (damn taxes), our new President had best not forget that these are potentially very serious foreign policy events that have to be addressed and not back burnered because they have not bubbled over yet.
Let's be proactive instead of the typical stance of reactive.
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