KOREAN AMBITIONS...
Saturday, July 4, 2009 at 10:42AM 
So, what happens when a rogue nation ignores UN platitudes and proceeds to advance its belligerent and nuclear tinged agenda.
A South Korea news agency said the missile were Scuds, which would mark an escalation by the reclusive North, which has fired several non-ballistic, short-range missile since the May 25 nuclear test. North Korea is barred by United Nations resolutions from firing ballistic missiles such as the Scud.
North Korea exposes the absolute impotence that lies at the heart of the UN. Like Iran, it is not remotely bothered about what the internationalists think about it. It is ruled by a lunatic that will happily see his people starve rather than concede his mad militant agenda. North Korea - like Iran - needs forcefully de-fanged and I wonder which nation has the military might and will to do so? Is there anyone out there that thinks the UN will do it? Maybe the EU? Some more hard-nosed diplomacy? Or a comprehensive military strike that reduced atomic dreams to rubble?
Iran, North Korea, UN. 
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Concerned that South Korea may have sneaking regard for Pyongyang if they direct their rage and weapons at the Japs.
The UN may get exercised about North Korea as does the US, but the one country that looks pretty relaxed about all this is South Korea.
And it's not difficult to see why. It has more than double the population of the North; A rich, confident, well motivated society, and, if need be, access to the best military hardware money can buy.
For the North Koreans, that old Chinese maxim applies: 'The ship that's in the deepest fog sounds it's horn the loudest'.
The answer to the Iran and North North Korea problem: Undetectable by radar
So, what happens when a rogue nation ignores UN platitudes and proceeds to advance its belligerent and nuclear tinged agenda.
Israel anyone?
"North Korea exposes the absolute impotence that lies at the heart of the UN."
Unless of course you count the Korean War.
I'm not sure that the South Koreans are relaxed. If things escalate, they're in it and they provoked nothing. If NK collapses, the South will inherit the mess and it will make East Germany look like a cheap snack.
But the South Korean imperative is that they want to, indeed must, inherit the mess.
They must surely have agents in the north, even close to great leader fils.
Anyone actually know what South Korean government or experts recommend?
Nothing short of a strike will stop Kim's posturing. But would he be keen to go to war??????
"'The ship that's in the deepest fog sounds it's horn the loudest'."
........... it's also the one most likely to crash into you!