[softwarecreator]

for their continued absence at six-party talks

They are backing away from the talks again and blaming the US?

Gee, didn't see that coming.

How long does this "smoke and mirror" routine go on?  They have no intention of actually stopping their nuclear ambitions and these "talks" are just stall tactics until they are far enough along that they can blackmail the world.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Fact is, they ARE now far enough along that we have essentially been dancing with them under a state of BLACKMAIL for at least the last 18 months. You don't need to speak in the future tense.

The cancer has grown very extensively.

Hence, while South Korea appeases, WE only bark and threaten and maneuver, but we know we cannot attack without horrendous implications for US civilian and military in South Korea, not to mention downtown Tokyo or US bases in Japan (Nodong, scuds, bombings on the ground by terrorists in country, suitcase nukes, chems, bios, you name it).