Rocket's Red Glare

Not-so-crazy Kim tells the world to pay up one more time.
Opinion Journal

"North Korea's missile tests also point up the need for improved missile defenses, both regionally and in the U.S. South Korea announced last week the purchase of upgraded Patriot missiles from Germany. Japan is working closely with Washington to improve its fledgling missile defenses, including an agreement last week to allow the Pentagon to deploy Patriots at a U.S. base in Okinawa.

But nothing the U.S. and Japan might do is likely to accomplish much if China and South Korea refuse to pressure the North to abandon its nuclear program. This is what happens when a non-transparent, authoritarian regime is appeased long enough for it to acquire nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them. The mullahs in Tehran have already absorbed that lesson. Iran, and other states that are considering going nuclear, will be closely watching how the world responds to Kim Jong Il's latest provocation." Read more.

I don't think it bothers Russia or China that much to have Kim Jong Il acting like the raving lunatic that he is. It keeps the U.S. preoccupied and unfocused on other matters. It is to their advantage to have us distracted and pulled inseveral directions ..... Iraq, North Korea, Iran for starters.

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