NK on the move

"I don't think that anybody in the (Obama) administration thinks there is a crisis," Robert Gates (referring to the North Korean situation)

I would beg to differ, but maybe I'm just a little nervous about a nut with a nuke, who happens to be shooting off missiles seemingly every day.

Actually for the first time I think that North Korea has it figured out. I've always watched them with some amusement much as the rest of the class watches the class clown, never really seriously but you have to watch- its like must see tv. Going back to 7th grade when the country I was to 'sell' to world at a mock trade show was...... North Korea. Now we actually did a pretty good job (me and two others) in fact we actually got some 'investors' students reperesenting companies to 'invest in us. I'm pretty sure it was Pepsico. We got a bronze level investment from them- but we did get a high praise from our teacher as we pitched the whole, "Well we're a communist nation run by a crazy family, but we have a big popluation ready to work (because they are starving) and we got a whole lot of natural resources with no way to get em out. I distinctly remember this beacuse NK actually has a very large natural supply of tungsten; so we worked really hard to get GE and Philips to 'invest' with us.
Anyway for the first time North Korea is just like screw it; they shoved all the chips to the center and basically are calling our bluff that the UN won't do anything- or will be too slow to act. I think that they realize that any act of aggretion will not be met well- however, they could be betting that the US doesn't have the manpower to do anything about it, and so they think that by threatening they can get more than obeying UN demands. Its an interesting power play move.

I however would call it a crisis.