North Korean Tightrope - And Diplomacy Is About To Fall

Brinkmanship seems to be key to North Korea's diplomatic stance. Whenever it wants concessions it pushes the "we are insane" button, test flies a few missiles and proudly proclaim that everyone is out to get them.

Well . . . DUH . . . if you threaten to destroy your neighbor and everyone else within the immediate vicinity of course everyone will be out to get you.

The US has been called an international bully and in many cases it has been rightly so.

But when it comes to the Korean problem this time it's North Korea that's the bully.

Why?

Because if they don't get what they want they threaten an escalation to war and the willingness to use nuclear weapons.

Where's Nixon when you need him. What's needed is someone to just shut up the sissy diplomacy stuff and say out right if you don't peace up we will nuke you to oblivion.

But of course it won't do since we are a civil world so it all has to be done civilly even when the other party isn't.

And now we have the question of what to do with North Korea as a result of the findings of the international group of investigators who found conclusive proof that it was North Korea which blew up a South Korean naval vessel that killed a lot of sailors.

Retaliation is acceptable for this is an act of aggression that goes against the truce that both Koreas entered into to end the Korean conflict.

And it was obviously done by the North Koreans.

I admire the restraint of the South Koreans but there will come a time when "enough-is-enough" and more forcefull action is required.

Do we really need for a lot more to die through these "incidents" before action is required.

Hell the world acted and invaded Iraq when there was no cause to and when no cause was found even after the invasion.

SO why not now when there is cause and the evidence is right there. And isn't North Korea more of a threat than Iraq.

Walking the diplomatic tightrope is all well and good but the strain is showing and it won't be long before the fall.

Let's hope it never gets a chance to get there.