Nuclear North Korea

The New York Times > Washington > U.S. Aide Sees Nuclear Arms Advance by North Korea

If they can make a nuclear explosive device, then all they need to do is build or buy a missile to bury any city in California. Their wacked out leader, Kim Jong Il, is ill in the noggen, severely, and certainly poses a much larger threat to the US than Iraq ever did. But the good news is that he also poses a threat to everyone in Asia, so maybe Kim Jong can be their Saddam.

It would be interesting if both Russia AND China turned up the heat on Kim. It's a real opportunity for either of them to show their prowess at foreign relations/dealing with adverse leaders, which could heighten either's political clout. But I predict both of them with defer to the USA to clean up the world's problems so they can sit back and critisize.