You may recall yesterday I was one of the few - almost lone - voices expressing skepticism about the alleged "nuclear" test byt North Korea last Sunday. Today, ITV reports US officials have not been able to find any sign of radioactivity from the test. The wave of skepticism is slow building because the US led rest of world gang is busy trying to figure out how to punish North Korea - for what may be a farce. While John Bolton and company have whipped up a big frenzy in the UN - where a vote may come today - don't you think definitive proof would be appropriate? What's going on now is like a global lynch mob.
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Not that I am a fan of North Korea - don't get me wrong. But in the world of twisted personalities, it would not surprise me in the least is NK is pulling a global sucker punch in order to justify a real attack on the US (perhaps in connection with al Qaida or others of that ilk). In such a scenario, NK would claim a nuke was tested, then reveal it wasn't a nuke, then when the world retaliates in an over-reacting way, use that as justification to really set off a nuke - but in the US as opposed to in their own back yard. But then I guess I've watched enough nutjobs to see how such a scenario could be played.
Killing for Peace
The administration has issued an executive order which imposes new sanctions on the Sudan. Has the US suddenly gone humanitarian? Nope. Sudan has oil. This is a resource constrained world. A bigger UN "peacekeeping force" will no doubt mean more than the already 200-thousand dead in the conflict.
Georgia Simmers
The UN meantime has extended its stay in a breakaway part of Georgia by another six months.
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Other action in the former Soviet Union states: A group of radical communists took to the streets in the Ukraine Friday.
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