Day one (and so it begins)

I am a recluse by nature. I am now ready to speak out. I've picked a random topic for today, but I hope my focus will become defined in the weeks and months ahead. That said, enough about me. I am not the story.

Enter Iran and North Korea. Exit sanity. While it can be said that both of these regimes have been subjected to a vigorous US led propaganda campaign, it can also be said that the aforementioned propaganda campaign is well deserved. Both of these countries have dismal human rights records. It is illegal to be gay in Iran, and it is illegal to do anything accept kiss Kim Jong Il's ass in North Korea. Ah yes, good ol' North Korea, home of the modern day concentration camp.

But starving political dissidents to death, and murdering protesting students is not what has drawn my attention to these two benevolent regimes this day. No, it is a report I read this evening.

You can find it here http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE55A4E720090611.

The western world has been aware nuclear weapons work in these two countries for years now, but a June 11 story by Rueters now alleges that the two rogue nuclear states are working together to develop long range missles. According to the U.S. Air Force's National Air and Space Intelligence Center as quoted by Rueters, Iran could menace the United States with a nuclear strike within six years, North Korea is already dangerously close to having that capability.

Action needs to be taken now. These are unstable regimes, capable of toppling whenever the opportunity arises. Allowing them the capability to unleash a nuclear armageddon that will annihilate much of humanity through the ensuing chain reaction is foolish.

Ultimately this nuclear pissing contest needs to stop. Several nations now have the capability to turn our world into a barren wasteland for thousands of years. But for the short term, I pray that our leaders can resolve to keep the most short sighted and aggressive political leaders in the world out of the doomsday business. Even if that means resorting to military action.