Posted by
The Elemental Chronicler on Sunday, October 08, 2006 11:59:32 PM
Madeleine Albright said it best for the diplomatic world a few years ago, "They tricked us!" The diplomatic community is impotent when dealing with Crazy SOBs like Kim Jong Il. Tonga today felt an Earthquake and now, the world has felt one.
US officials confirm the Iranian Nuclear Test, and the Defense Ministry of South Korea has stepped up their readiness in readiness for a military response when the word comes from their leadership or the United States.
Face it, George Bush is going to be blamed for this Nuclear Test by the DEMs and RINOs, because he did not go talk to the man face to face. If he responds militarily, they will crucify him for widening an already supposedly quagmired war on terror. He can't win. The Moral Highground is now in full question. But never forget that this test was Kim Jong Il's brainchild and his way of changing the world stage.
We have to behead this madman. The US will show some reserve to see who our real allies are. Don't be surprised if Japan attacks. Don't be surprised if we pull all of our troops out of all engagements to restructure. Don't be surprised, just assume that our leaders are acting in a chess game in which the fate of the world hangs in a balance.
This test restructures all previous understandings in Diplomacy. The leaders of China and Japan were just denouncing the possible Nuclear Tests and everyone who has denounced the tests have stated that their will be dire consequences.
Kim Jong Il shrugs, thinking, "What are they going to do, reduce my surplus population?"