North Korea is ruled by a tyrant who has never known anything of life except the way of having things his own way, in his own time and for his own reasons. His leadership is questionable and his country is in trouble. People there are suffering from starvation and a lack of necessities.

Seeing that, our country should not overthrow that leader, but we should not support him either.

Those North Korean missiles were a last-ditch effort of a very spoiled person to get his way. That is the kind of problem that exists in the world today, and that should make all of us take a really close look at who we elect as president in 2008.

If we are to survive as a country, we must learn when to speak and when not to speak; when to fight and when to negotiate.

John Bean, Lewiston