North Korea's Problem
One of the problems facing North Korea is the shrinking market for their missiles and nukes. Obviously Iraq is no longer a potential client. Iran and Syria would be subject to regime change if they atempted such a purchase. The same would be true of Libya. There really are not that many other customers out there for these products> Osama has no place to take delivery of missiles. His resources have been constrained to the point where it is unlikely that he could afford a baby nuke, much less a delivery vehicle. This is why his focus has been on chemical and biological WMD.
Chatter Boxes
One of the boxes bin Laden's crowd has found themselves in since their disbursale from Afghanistan, is the need to communicate to put an attack in motion. The 9-11 attack was hard to detect becaue most of the communications on planning and target selection took place in person in Afghanistan. Now command figures have to call or email attackers making not only the plan of attack vulnerable, but also the commanders who can be found and captured. The Saudi operation is a good example. The US and Saudis were already on the trail of the attackers when the explosions occurred. They also knew the command and control for the operation originated in Iran which put pressure on that government to arrest the al Qaeda operative. The US and Saudis can now put pressure on Iran to turn him over or share his fate.
One of the problems facing North Korea is the shrinking market for their missiles and nukes. Obviously Iraq is no longer a potential client. Iran and Syria would be subject to regime change if they atempted such a purchase. The same would be true of Libya. There really are not that many other customers out there for these products> Osama has no place to take delivery of missiles. His resources have been constrained to the point where it is unlikely that he could afford a baby nuke, much less a delivery vehicle. This is why his focus has been on chemical and biological WMD.
Chatter Boxes
One of the boxes bin Laden's crowd has found themselves in since their disbursale from Afghanistan, is the need to communicate to put an attack in motion. The 9-11 attack was hard to detect becaue most of the communications on planning and target selection took place in person in Afghanistan. Now command figures have to call or email attackers making not only the plan of attack vulnerable, but also the commanders who can be found and captured. The Saudi operation is a good example. The US and Saudis were already on the trail of the attackers when the explosions occurred. They also knew the command and control for the operation originated in Iran which put pressure on that government to arrest the al Qaeda operative. The US and Saudis can now put pressure on Iran to turn him over or share his fate.
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