I think he is still working on Iraq, although he is going slower than we would like in an apparently unsuccessful effort to get the nine votes that would make the veto crowd look like cowards.
And our priority remains, Iraq. Iraq has attacked us and others. NKorea has not, except with so many words and that plane intercept thing the other day.
I don't know what the right way to handle NKorea is. A preemptive strike makes sense, but do you do it now when they may not even have a bomb? Or do you do it 6 months from now when they may only have 1-3 and the US has more missle defense systems in place.
Secondly, China and Russia have refused to help us solve the Iraq problem. Despite their talk, NKorea is a bigger threat to China and Russia than they are to the US. And the US is doing nothing to help denuke NKorea, openly stating that they prefer to leave it to the "regional powers".
Now I don't agree that we should leave it with the regional powers forever, but you have to love the irony of the Chinese and Russians sweating over NKorea while they left us out on a limb with Iraq.
I am really tired of hearing this kind of DemoncRAT stupidity being proffered. First of all, why don't people remember the threats North Korea periodically throws around EVERY TIME the US appears distracted with something else. They do this for several purposes, one being their attempts to blackmail US at a time when we're most vulnerable, another is to distract the US from protecting our interests and, lastly, like the DemoncRATs themselves, they're interested in weakening Bush in any way they can. The best way to deal with North Korea at this point in time is TO FINISH IRAQ. First that demonstration of power is not only designed to "shock & awe" the Iraqi's, it's designed to "impress" the North Koreans as well. Remember, North Korea has largely armed itself from the same merchants, Russia, China & France, that Iraq has and they need another reminder - ala 91 Gulf War - of what they're truly up against. The second thing addressing Iraq does is demonstrate US resolve in the face of mounting pressures from anti-US forces, including the French and North Korea. Everybody is looking and the last thing we need when dealing with North Korea is to blink, as the North Koreans and the DemoncRATs themselves are urging Bush & the US to do. Lastly, this whole argument is absurd because we ARE dealing with North Korea - we're moving armaments around, continuing surveillance flights with guards and are engaged behind the scenes both diplomatically and, undoubtedly, covertly, as well.