[samtheman]

investigators poring over the books of dubious banks in the former Portuguese colony of Macau

Terrorist-rights violation! Terrorist-rights violation!

Call the NY Times! Call the NY Times!

[Brilliant]

"North Korea is known to have sold 1.7 tonnes of uranium to Libya..."




And thanks to George W. Bush, that uranium is now off the streets.

[nuconvert]

pong

[hinckley buzzard]

some American officials now think Beijing is simply playing off its client against its superpower rival.

Gee. Our State Department is well-stocked with einsteins, if they actually figured this out for themselves. Who wouldda guessed--the Chinese are out for themselves.

[Bommer]

He believes half a million artillery shells an hour would be rained on Seoul in the first day of any conflict from North Korean artillery hidden in caves. The North Koreans could fire 200 mobile rocket launchers and launch up to 600 Scud missiles.

Let them! Time for Seoul to defend themselves. Especially after they way they protested against the US

[snowsislander]

"The vast majority of Japanese agree that we need to be able to carry out first strikes," says Yoichi Shimada, professor of international relations at Fukui Prefectural University.

"I spoke to Mr Abe earlier this week and he shares my opinion that for Japan, the most important step would be for Japan to have an offensive missile capability."

Kim Jong-Il's unbalanced behavior is pushing Japan toward a much-needed repeal of Article 9.

Ironically, by such a repeal, Tokyo will have a stronger case for its admission as a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council.