Don't Blow it Up

In the Washington Post, Charles L. "Jack" Pritchard says William Perry's call for a strike on North Korea's missile plans is a bad idea:

Before the Iraq invasion, we were concerned that Saddam Hussein would use human shields to prevent U.S. airstrikes on critical facilities. The same holds true for North Korea. Under the Perry plan of prior notification, you can imagine that, rather than evacuating its engineers from the missile test site, Pyongyang might instead erect bleachers and bring in schoolchildren to watch the launch. Worse yet for U.S. security is the prospect that Pyongyang might bide its time and retaliate by transferring weapons-grade plutonium to al-Qaeda, along with a map of New York City.
So we should step back and take a breath, and give our chest-thumping, feel-good opinions a rest.

Its the same way with Iran. we can't really afford to intimidate anyone right now until the Iraq problem is finished.

Meanwhile another Carter Chicken Hawk (for war when its convenient), Walter Mondale, supports Perry.