Thats pretty much my take. They are conducting cold war style maneuvers in a star wars world. Makes life easier whenever we have to go and take them down.
i still find their belligerence very troubling...
Meanwhile, check this out: (posted on Final Phase yesterday)
"Top Russian Parliamentarian Visits N. Korea After Mystery Blast"
Created: 13.09.2004 16:53 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 16:53 MosNews
A senior Russian official met North Korea’s Kim Jong-il on Monday in the communist leader’s second public encounter with foreigners in as many days after months of privacy.
Sergei Mironov, chairman of Russia’s Federation Council, the upper chamber of parliament, handed Kim a letter from President Vladimir Putin, the North’s official KCNA news agency said.
On Sunday, Kim also met a Chinese delegation for his first reported meeting with foreigners since a secretive trip to China in April. A train explosion in North Korea killed at least 170 people just after Kim returned from that trip.
That meeting was the first reported reception given to visitors by the North Korean leader since he returned from Beijing, a South Korean official told Reuters.
The meeting with top Russian and Chinese officials highlights Kim’s focus on China as his main ally but his desire not to alienate Moscow, a communist-era patron that shares a tiny border with the North.
Kim can go many months without publicly meeting foreigners, although regional diplomats say he does meet the Russian and Chinese ambassadors privately.
www.mosnews.com/news/2004...vkim.shtml