Atomic Hour

North Korea this strange little country supported without fail since the conflict of 1950-53 by China is once again threatening atomic war. In a recent pronouncement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Capital of North Korea, said the dark clouds of total atomic war are gathering and how the current USA Administration is frantically trying to cause an atomic war with its evil ally South Korea. I really cannot see Obama trying to throw himself into total atomic war. The phrase total atomic war would, if it happened, would spell the end of the world for all of us and this should happen over such an insignificant country as North Korea? In the last few years the Six Party Talks held in Beijing have yielded little to no results.
What is disturbing is the troubles of the leadership in North Korea, for the last few years a very serious famine in the country has created real hardship, thousands have died, the economy is dead, North Korea produces nothing and depends on China for everything and on South Korea and other governments like the USA for financing of its daily activities in the hope that it will not produce atomic weapons, it has. The only way it can hold on to power is to use whatever meagre resources it has left to pay off the army and the police. Once that runs out, then the leadership is in real trouble and the Kim family dynasty could easily be eliminated by a disgruntled army.
So the solution is to create a crisis and the excuse is the enemy is at the gate. You keep the army busy and distracted, you create as much commotion as possible within the government and you can assure your survival.

At this time North Korea's Kim family is preparing for the succession, it is more complicated this time than in the 1970's, Kim Jong Jun, is a young man and his father Kim Jong Il the current ruler is said to be sick. Others may have an eye on the throne, this is why a diversion is so important now. This is why we are at risk. I am sure China's leadership are dismayed at what is going on and now appear powerless to do anything. They could send in the Chinese army to diffuse the crisis by removing Kim Jong Il, but I wonder if that is really possible. As for Russia though they do not have any significant population in the border area, they too know the consequence of even only one missile going astray and hitting Japan, South Korea or Hawaii. The response from the USA would be automatic, in fact the protocol was written in the late 1950's and the President would have little to no choice in the matter.

Again all the pronouncements in North Korea are most probably just for domestic consumption and bears no real danger for the outside world. Let's hope so. Oh, yes in the real world Michael Jackson died, now that is serious news.