[Elspode]

Anybody else read the comic strip "Boondocks"? Today's strip articulated something which I had been pondering for awhile now. Namely, why is it imperative that we kick the ass of Iraq, where we cannot seem to find any nuclear weapons, yet we feel no such pressing need to do the same to N. Korea, who not only admits to having nuclear weapons and says it is making more, but is also a member of the same 'Axis of Evil' as Iraq, as indentified by GW Bush?

At first blush, it would seem like it is safer to kick the ass of a country who we claim has such weapons, but does not, than it would be to attempt to kick the ass of a country who we know has nuclear weapons and could easily blow up Japan and South Korea (and even the US, with a little more effort).

Am I just being cynical, or is the US acting like a playground bully picking on the weaker of two kids because that's the way to ensure a victory? Or am I overlooking some deeper political/economic/sociological issue, here?