[AmericanInTokyo]

They might seize them on the open seas, but not much more. It will get in the way of the DPRK-USA 2008 Peace Treaty/Mutual Diplo Relations that the U.S. State Department has as a final scenario for the outgoing Bush Administration.

This just puts an uncomfortable pebble in Condi's and State's boot, nothing more.

Such dangerous behavior by North Korea, a classic shell game to fool us on the Six Party nukes "Agreement", WAAAAY crosses over the so-called "RED LINE" that we told them not to do several years ago. But they know our threats are empty.

My guess is that the DPRK will also be silent if we take one of their ships, to avoid a larger embarrassment.

Meanwhile, appeasement South Korea will try to downplay the whole thing.

This gives the "White Hat" Anti-Appeasement Faction in D.C. true and potent ammunition, but the final decision what to do with DPRK who is now spitting in our face with these antics is up to noneother than George W. Bush himself. I would have been confident four or five years ago as to what he would have done in those days. I hope he makes a steadfast stand on this. Everyone is watching.

[TigerLikesRooster]

It might help if a lager majority of CFR members see their inflated financial portfolios go up in smoke as a result of recent credit crisis.

That is, they may ditch the fantasy that they can stay fabulously wealthy by maintaining the status quo at any cost.