North Korea assaulted its southern neighbor today, its latest act of war against U.S. treaty ally South Korea
and fresh on the heels of news of a previously undisclosed uranium-enrichment facility. Last March,
North Korea sank a South Korean naval vessel without provocation, killing 46 sailors.
Today’s incident involved sustained shelling of a South Korean island by Pyongyang’s military, and resulted in at least two deaths.
This is likely part of an effort by Kim Jong Il to bring the North Korean military closer to him as he works
through the installation of family members to surround him in power and eventually succeed him. It is also
North Korea’s tried-and-true method of scaring us back to the negotiating table, where Pyongyang has
gotten so much largesse over the years in exchange for false promises to disarm.
The response taking shape in Washington is insufficient.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/11/23/crisis-crisis-team-obama-comes-short-korean-peninsula/#ixzz16Cm064e7
