Monday - May 25, 2009

Ret Him Be Ronery

And now he has managed to light off a big one. And just a few weeks after a mostly successful test of his long range missile. WTF is wrong with this jerk?

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea defied world powers and carried out an underground test Monday of a nuclear bomb Russian officials said was comparable to those that obliterated Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The incident drew condemnation from Washington to Beijing and set the communist regime up for a showdown with the United Nations.

The U.N. Security Council was meeting later Monday in New York to discuss what President Barack Obama called Pyongyang’s “blatant defiance” of resolutions banning the regime from developing weapons of mass destruction. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown condemned the test as a “danger to the world.” Russia’s Foreign Ministry called it “a serious blow to international efforts” to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons.

French officials said they would push for new sanctions, and even traditional Pyongyang ally China said it was “resolutely opposed” to the test, which Russian officials estimated yielded a powerful 10- to 20-kiloton blast — enough to flatten a city and far more than North Korea managed in a 2006 atomic test.

Pyongyang’s unprecedented defiance raises the stakes in the mounting standoff over its nuclear program.

Last month, Pyongyang launched a rocket despite international calls for restraint, abandoned international nuclear negotiations, restarted its nuclear plants and warned it would carry out the atomic and long-range missile tests.

Kim, who inherited the leadership from his father in 1994 and rules the nation of 24 million with an iron fist, has three sons but has not publicly named a successor.

Though desperately poor, North Korea increasingly has turned inward. With last month’s controversial rocket launch and Monday’s nuclear test, Kim clearly wants to show its people that the nation remains strong, analysts said.

Monday’s atomic test was conducted shortly before 10 a.m. about 50 miles (80 kilometers) northwest of the northern city of Kilju, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Alexander Drobyshevsky said, speaking on state-run Rossiya television.

Two hours later, Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency declared that the regime had “successfully conducted one more underground nuclear test on May 25 as part of measures to bolster its nuclear deterrent for self-defense.”

The U.S. Geological Survey registered seismic activity in northeastern North Korea at 9:54 a.m. (0054 GMT), which it initially identified as a 4.7-magnitude earthquake.

And what does our own Fearless Leader have to say about it? oy vey ...

Obama Urges World to ‘Stand Up’ to North Korea, After Nuclear Test

President Obama accuses North Korea Monday of “recklessly challenging the international community” with its underground nuclear test.

The United States and its allies must “stand up” to North Korea, President Obama said Monday, accusing the rogue regime of blatantly defying the international community with its nuclear and missile test.

Obama addressed the issue in the Rose Garden on his way to Memorial Day services at Arlington National Cemetery. He called North Korea’s tests “reckless” and a “grave threat” to international security.

“The United States and the international community must take action in response,” Obama said, noting that North Korea had abandoned a previous pledge to halt its nuclear program and has with its actions violated United Nations resolutions. “We will work with friends and allies to stand up to this behavior.”
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“The United States will never waver from our determination to protect our people and the peace and security of the world,” Obama said.

He accused North Korea of increasing tensions and threatening stability in the region, while only further isolating itself.

“It will not find international acceptance unless it abandons its pursuit of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery,” Obama said earlier in a written statement. “The danger posed by North Korea’s threatening activities warrants action by the international community.”

He said the United States would continue working in multilateral talks and will hold consultations with members of the U.N. Security Council.
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“They didn’t give us any warning whatsoever,” a senior U.S. intelligence official who works on North Korean issues told FOX News.

The tests added an extra layer of urgency to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to China, where she is meeting with officials to discuss climate change.

“Such action by North Korea is unacceptable and cause for great alarm,” Pelosi said in a written statement from Shanghai. “These reported tests underscore the message our congressional delegation planned to deliver to top Chinese government leaders during our meetings later this week: the Chinese must use their influence to help bring North Korea to the table for the Six-Party talks. Today’s announcement makes that need all the more urgent.” [ why is Pelosi in China? I don’t know. Are we going to let her back in? I hope not. ]

I have this crazy idea ... a dead dictator can’t cause trouble. And we have all these cool submarines with all kinds of electronic gear. Blockade North Korea. No planes can come in, no ships can come in. And we interdict every ship and airplane that leaves, while messing with all the radio frequencies. Let them stand on their own two feet, or let China be their sole means of support. Let’s try the old time practice of Shunning, but in a big, pro-active way. And let Lil Kim be ronery all over again. Until he’s dead.

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