Oh for crying out loud!!!!

Powell quit the planned three-day discussions with China and North Korea early and made some heated remarks about USA not being blackmailed etc... oh please, please dont go stomping over there with your 'made in the USA' army boots... I know I often look at the dark side of things but really, the leadership in North Korea is two steps removed from complete insanity - their paranoia hangs over the country like a thick black cloud. Just looking at them wrong might provoke them to launch a self-destructive all-out war, which will cause huge casualties on both sides (or more, we may all get sucked into this one).

These last few years have seen a slight relaxation, at least between North and South Korea. The prudent course of action right now would be to pretend North Korea does not exist; do NOT interfere... and wait, wait for the smallest openings to show like the thawing of relations between north and south... and then cheer them on like mad, reward them richly. Not very macho, I suppose, but this will save many lives and wont destabilise the world.