today's lame diatribe

I've been working on this for a while, then went and said twice as much in half the time on UWL's site. Now this feels anti-climactic, but I'll post it anyway...

Here's what I've got to say about the situation in North Korea:

See, there's this trigger-happy idealogue running the Country largely for his own pleasure and that of his Cronies. These martial maniacs make nuclear-tipped threats, and carry out their militaristic fantasies despite overwhelming world opinion to the contrary. They seem, in fact, to welcome the world's censure, as if that somehow justifies their actions. They pursue these objectives despite the damage done to their own economy and citizens, while their Cabal-controlled Media tells everyone how rosy their lives are, and how the lies of their enemies are an attempt to destroy the State and everything it's Citizens love and believe in. In reality, of course, their "enemies", i.e., the rest of the world, would simply like the Leader to stop acting so crazy and play ball with the rest of the world, rather than strutting around with his chest puffed out, threatening folks.

And the Koreans arent any better. Why they insist on pushing people's buttons the way they do can only be explained by macho bluster, stupidity, or careful study of Republican Political tactics.

Still, Lord Bush insists on telling the North Koreans (and everybody else), "You do what I'm tellin' you, then maybe we'll see about givin' you a little somethin'."
Now, before anyone starts telling me that I'm a traitorous scumbag who wants to see our babies die in the last nuclear gasp of Communism, let me say that I think that the Koreans need to put away their little atomic toys before they hurt someone, and force the world to kick their asses into a sea of glass (and thereby, maybe, taking care of our little global warming problem, after a few weeks spent carefully indoors). But America also needs to realize that it's not up to us, who recently shook our radioactive fist at Iran, to do so. We've lost the moral ground to stand on. China, their neighbor, and who has more to lose, should be the ones dealing with it.

We need to back off, shut up, and quit giving the world a reason to roll its collective eyes.