First the Haliburton argument liberals are so fond of floating is a fallacious one. They listen to that robot Gephardt to much. Cheney has no ties with Haliburton anymore, and hasn't for a number of years. Furthermore, Haliburton already had the contract before the war ever started. The have had military support contracts since before Bush was in office. This argument that the war was started to benefit them is about the stupidest one out there. They have the experience from the last war, they were already under government contract. Unfortunately the army has bowed to the bullshit political preasure and has put the contracts up for bid anyway.

North Korea just wants to try to blackmail us again. That is their interest in developing nukes. It gives them something to hold over us. Kim Jong Il, is not a complete nutbag. He isn't going to use them any time soon. He knows if he did he and his people would cease to exist. I also think China's interests are more with us than NK. The free trade they are now enjoying is much more important to them than preserving the government in Pyongyang.