Posted by
EWRoss on Monday, June 22, 2009 8:00:00 AM
Since North Korea’s recent successful nuclear weapon and ballistic missile tests,
Kim Jong-Il has been behaving a like spoiled child throwing a temper tantrum. He warns that any actions taken against him in response to past or future tests would spark a nuclear war. At the same time, North Korea prepares for the test of a 4,500-kilometer range
Taepodong-2 missile he plans to launch toward Hawaii on or about July 4. Increasingly, it appears that we’re going to have to call Kim’s hand with a Cold-War-style confrontation or admit there’s nothing we can do about his nuclear weapons and missile programs. The longer we postpone that confrontation the greater the risk.