North Korea’s “supreme leader” toys with international dysfunction Kim Jong-un launches missiles like a mischievous toddler throws his sippy cup to the kitchen floor. It’s bad behavior and they know it, but they also know it’s effective behavior in getting what they seek: attention. Kim faces increased scorn from within and without the impoverished nation. […]
Childish, narcissistic psychopaths with nuclear weapons irresponsibly threaten war “Fire and fury like the world has never seen before.” That was a threat to North Korea by the president of the United States a couple of weeks ago. Does that mean napalm and flame-throwers more devastating than in Vietnam? Bombing more intense than in Hiroshima […]
While North Korea continues to develop its nuclear weapons program, the United States and China are engaging in a sort of on-again off-again courtship. Last week, the president of the U.S. tweeted that China’s efforts to sway their Asian neighbor had failed, adding that, “At least I know China tried!” That was the most recent […]
Veto power of U.S., Russia, China stands in the way of making treaty binding One hundred and thirty of the 193 total United Nations member nations have drafted a proposed treaty which aims to ban the use or possession of nuclear weapons worldwide. Dissenters and supporters tally up squarely by whether they believe they benefit […]
North Korea coolly covers exhaustion from efforts to get a seat at the adults’ table Diplomacy by missile test, Kim Jong-un’s repeated firing of varied and sundry projectiles into the Sea of Japan not only looks bad—and childish—for him and North Korea, it marks a new low in how nations communicate, or attempt to communicate, […]
War of words wanes as U.S. lauds Kim, Pyongyang readies nuclear weapons What could be more unnerving than heads of ostensible democracies who think they know better than the people what’s best for their nations? Well, for one thing, when those same heads of state engage in puffing up of their rooster chests while endlessly […]
People of North Korea and U.S. on edge as blustery leaders rattle radioactive sabers North Korea “is ready to react to any mode of war desired by the U.S.” So says, the deputy ambassador to the U.N. from the Asian nation. Of course, the question is Does the U.S.—or more specifically the executive branch—“desire” war. […]
The United States has built a strong coalition recently—against itself Ninety days into the new executive branch, and hard lines have already been drawn by the United States and North Korea. The U.S. ultimatum: no more nuclear or missile tests by Pyongyang. North Korea’s line: not a “single bullet” directed at them by the U.S. […]
ISIL, Syria, and North Korea eagerly eye U.S. as encroaching enemy While Russia and China enjoy unchallenged peace as respected superpowers, the U.S. has begun to scrap, recently, with several unstable nation-states that threaten to bring American status in the world down to their levels. Those levels are among the lowest of the low, in […]
Throughout the distinct decades of our American history, great leaders have tasked us, The People, with meeting certain goals for the maintenance of our nation’s core values. Rarely have we even approached attainment of those objectives. Hardly have we even experimented with commencement on some of these important tasks. So, today, as we look upon […]