As well the Administration SHOULD be.
Let's be clear: an attack on North Korea means a full scale war against an army of more than a million men. It means nuclear strikes somewhere - South Korea, Japan maybe. It means a disastrous blow for the world economy. It means a massive military mobilization in the USA, with steep tax hikes. In short, it means all out war.
Meanwhile, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan won't go away.
The US is in no position to start a war with North Korea right now. The North Koreans beat us. They drove for nuclear weapons, we said no. They did it, we could not stop them, and we cannot make them disarm. Kim Jong Il outmaneuvered and defeated George Bush, and he just humiliated us in front of the world, by getting on the air just after Bush told everyone we have an agreement, to say he's not disarming.
He's not.
And we can't make him.
Match. Set. Point.
And now, we are going to see exactly the same thing happen in Iran. Iran is going to humiliate Bush and the US in front of the whole world too, and get nuclear weapons. We will not stop it, we will not force them to disarm once they get them. Two of the three Axis of Evil states are going to whip our ass in public and wipe our noses in it.
It's a sorry place to be, but that's what happens when you run a war into the ground. Which we have.
While your right on most of the generalities, lets be fair. The U.S. destroyed itself with the so called "peace dividend" after the cold war. We destroyed our military by major downsizing (and of course the idiots that decided that Air Power alone would suffice) of our military and bases.
We can not begin to sustain more than a half-war now, much less the two war front we are now attempting. I place the blame and lack of foresight on those in power 20 years ago.
We could still fight the current dual wars if the public and the idiot Congress decided to, but that is way too much to hope for.
The current state of affairs leaves us in a very vulnerable position for the future. Other minor powers in the world see this are and advancing rapidly. The future looks bleak!