The difference between Iraq and Iran:

[Deja Q]

Iraq was manufactured by a selfish and vengeful worm.

Iran has said it's got nuclear power but for peace-related intentions only. They could be manufactured too.

N Korea has already admitted nukes and recent events have proven them to BE a threat, though they've already stated why they're doing what they are: Fear of attack from a guy who has proven himself to be a rabid, loose cannon. *. Now add in how N Korea said that America isn't the only country that can resort to pre-emptive defense (they made that comment after the * doctrine came out). And it's obvious that N Korea is almost taking delight in calling *'s hand.

Iran may or may not be attacked, but N Korea will have to be engaged by *.

And I dunno what they will say about Iran, but my bet is that Europe WOULD support * WHEN he engages N Korea. (not IF, but WHEN. N Korea's own comments are 100x that more severe than Saddam's pointless threat against Poppy B because they were speaking of all of America. Not just a comment by a crackpot leader made against a former crackpot leader.

[teryang]

1. Contrary analysis

N.Korea probably doesn't have nuclear weapons yet. See:

http://globalresearch.ca/articles/ELI502A.html

North Korea's Phantom Nukes
by Gregory Elich
www.globalresearch.ca 18 February 2005
The URL of this article is: http://globalresearch.ca/articles/ELI502A.html

<...To complicate matters further, the percentage of U-234 in uranium can vary widely even in the same mine or in a single sample of uranium ore. The International Atomic Energy Agency conducted tests on the same material and concluded that the evidence was inconclusive. An official for the agency pointed out, "In order to come to this conclusion, you need a sample from North Korea and no one has a uranium sample from North Korea. The Pakistanis won’t allow any samples of their UF6 either." Another official, requesting anonymity, said that it would be hard to believe that the material came from North Korea. Fueling the agency’s skepticism, the container holding the Libyan uranium hexafluoride originated in Pakistan. It was apparent that the Bush Administration was once again playing fast and loose with the truth in order to further its political objectives, and the visit by the two NSA officials to Asia was an obvious effort to sway regional allies to support harsher measures against the DPRK.<snip>

<In 1996, the Livermore and Handford laboratories estimated that North Korea could have extracted at best 7 to 8 kilograms of nuclear fuel prior to the Agreed Framework, "yet it takes ten kilograms of weapons-grade plutonium to fabricate a first bomb," and 8 to 9 kilograms for each additional weapon. "The possibility of North Korea’s possession of nuclear arms has been stated on many occasions by U.S. intelligence authorities," said South Korean President Roh in June 2003. "But the Korean intelligence organization has no compelling evidence to prove these claims.">

Much more in this article. In any event anyone who thinks it is a good idea to attack N.Korea must have forgotten that it is the Chinese who will defend it.