US Shifts Policy, Willing to Meet 1-on-1 With North Korea

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/09/us-shifts-policy-willing-to-meet-1on1-with-north-korea.html

The US shifted its policy today, saying it is now willing to meet one on one with North Korea if that is helpful to bring Pyongyang back to the nuclear negotiations.

US envoy Stephen Bosworth got the green light from the other members of the 6-party talks, negotiations to rid Pyongyang of its nuclear program, during meetings in the region in recent days.

Obama's Deadly Defense Cuts

http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/wallop_obama_defense/2009/08/13/247692.html

The Pentagon’s proposed 2010 budget would cut the funding for homeland missile defense – known as the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system, or GMD – in half, allowing the U.S.’s only defense against long-range ballistic missiles to stall and eventually become obsolete.

The budget halts the installation of interceptor missiles in silos in Alaska and California, leaving us approximately a dozen missiles short of what security analysis has shown we need to counter the threat from North Korea.

Bill Clinton's Hollywood Blockbuster

http://www.nypost.com/seven/08062009/news/nationalnews/bills_hwood_blockbuster_183236.htm

This is disgusting. It makes you wonder what the motives were. Were saving two lives really as important as getting yourself back in the news and creating all this staged hoopla? A true hero acts heroically even when no one is watching. The same cannot be said of Bill Clinton.

N.Korea to build more nuclear bombs after UN vote

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090613/ts_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsunleadwrap

"North [Korea]... said it would never abandon nuclear weapons and would treat any attempt to blockade it as an act of war."
You really showed them this time, UN, yeah!

I love this, only in Washington can you "hail" something that causes "further provocations."
"Washington hailed the measure but warned that Pyongyang might respond with "further provocation."

U.N. Nuke Watchdog Finds 'Manmade' Uranium in Syria

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,525233,00.html

North Korea declares it conducted nuclear test

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090525/D98D7MT80.html

"President Barack Obama said a nuclear test would constitute an act of "blatant defiance" of the U.N. Security Council and a violation of international law, and only further isolate North Korea."

I'm pretty sure North Korea doesn't give a damn about isolation. They are already one of the most isolated nations in the world. The last two presidents have failed with North Korea because they though they could bribe them. In the end North Korea took the bride and continued its nuclear program. When will our presidents learn that talk is idle when dealing with these nations?

Experts Predict Pakistan’s Collapse

http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2009/04/16/experts-predict-pakistan’s-collapse/

Maybe we should be paying less attention to Iran and North Korea...

Fury in Seoul, Tokyo over NKorea launch

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.f7268b4a2905fc581431034aca2ff82a.21&show_article=1

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.f7268b4a2905fc581431034aca2ff82a.11&show_article=1

"Diplomats said there was general agreement on expressing concern over the launch and calling on Pyongyang to return to the six-party talks and to respect UN resolutions."
...Oh joy the UN comes to rescue again!

You would think with a clear violation of a UN resolution that some action would be a clear response, but apparently the "United Nations struggled for agreement on whether to punish the communist state." This is because you have nation such as Russia and China who aren't exactly on the same page as us or have the same interests. Why is it again we leave our security in the hands of our enemies?

North Korea Launches Rocket, Defying World Pressure

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_nkorea_missile

...and nothing will happen...

UPDATE:
...or maybe we should elect the right leaders...
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/20903.html

North Korea Rocket Launch on Track

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/04/world/asia/04korea.html?_r=1&ref=global-home

The point here is not that North Korea will launch a rocket or whether or not it is for satellite or ballistic missile testing. No, the issue here is that Western nations have taught their enemies how to beat us. Regardless of how many stern warnings or convened security councils there are, North Korea will launch this missile as they have many times before and there is nothing anyone will do about. This has been the trademark of Western nation's diplomacy. We ask hundreds of times to not do something, they do it, and then we offer them rewards to not do it again. They accept and for a few years you hear nothing. Then when our enemies want something else, they get themselves in the news and the cycle repeats. The only problem here is that while Westerns observe this as a peace process, our enemies see these opportunities as preparatory periods in which they can do whatever they want covertly while still raking in the aide money. So, while it is wonderful North Korea hasn't nuked some city in the past decade, stern warnings and aide money are not going to deter them forever. One of these days we will wake up with one of our cities gone and wonder how this could have happened while all the while it was apparent: we need to walk less softly and carry a bigger stick.