Steve

Believe it or not, it might have been fishing. Fish is an integral part of Far Eastern diets.

Military rations are boring at best. North Korea has food supply problems.

Soldiers do crazy things, out of boredom, out of hunger.

I know it sounds ludicrous, but believe me, large organisations are full of these eff-ups. Even totalitarian ones.

Bad and stupid things happen when people are tense, but this could have been a genuine accident, rather than a deliberate provocation.

J.

Seems a call to Governor Bill Richards may be in order. The only question is will the decider decide this is a crisis like we the people? And has all of this gotten to the politically ridiculous boiling over point yet? Will a true American please stand up and take some semblence of control in an America gone mad , haywire, nuts and outrageously arrogant and obsessed with power, greed and complete control? Bush has way underestimated the world's response to "terrarism" .

Good lord Steve, do you REALLY want these inept asses in the White House messing with someone that REALLY DOES have nukes???

Frankly, I'm happy if the WH doesn't get involved, since their record in "steadying matters" regarding foreign policy is nonexistent.

I'm not able to find a list covering more recent incidents, but why is this incident any different than those listed here:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/dmz-list.htm

It is amazing that these guys are so obsessed with Iraq and keep on forgetting, (even before we all went in this was true) about North Korea. Is there even a policy on North Korea?

Is there even a policy on North Korea?

Posted by Gracchi

Yeah, its "Don't ask, but do tell."

And now CNN reports that NK has tested a bomb.

Mission accomplished

So why did NK conduct this test when the Japanese PM was visiting China?

Here are comments by both leaders from the FT:
"On the subject of North Korea, Mr Abe said: “We agreed that nuclear tests by North Korea can never be tolerated. That we saw eye-to-eye on that . . . in itself sends a strong message.”

He said Japan’s policy towards Pyongyang combined “dialogue and pressure”, a reference to Tokyo’s call to step up sanctions.

However, Chinese officials and the joint communiqué referred simply to “grave concern” over the threat of nuclear tests and an attempt to deal with the issue through six-party talks, of which China and Japan are members."

Well, it appears N. Korea lit one off today. Kaboom, another player enters the nuclear fray. It sure is comforting to know we have a bunch of self-serving assholes, in both parties, watching out for our interests, isn't it? Bush attacks Iraq while our "ally", Pakistan, is selling nuke technology to N. Korea. Only in Bushworld. These are the most corrupt and inept fuckers that have EVER occupied our nation's capital. Guess what folks? These people in our government just don't give a fuck about anything other than their bank accounts and their libido, whether it is little boys that get them off, slutty young female aides kneeling in the Oval Office, or just plain power. If you aren't disgusted with the whole damned wad of these scumsucking pseudo "representatives", than you are either not paying attention, or you are a moron. One thing is for sure, this country is rapidly being flushed down the crapper, and it is probably too damned late to do anything about it.

Well, today's escalation really ratchets things up further. Another screw up on this President's watch. I like the fact that all three of the "axis of evil" nations are now even more dangerous than they were before.