And Somehow This Is All Bill Clinton's Fault

When it comes to balls, Kim Jong-il has them and Bushco doesn't.

South Korean and Japan monitored reports today of North Korea’s possible preparations for a second nuclear test, a day after the US confirmed that communist country had, as it claimed, detonated its first nuclear device.

Washington pressed forward with a round of diplomacy in Asia to address divisions over how to impose sanctions on the North in response to the test blast, with secretary of state Condoleezza Rice due to arrive in Japan tomorrow before travelling to South Korea and China.

China, whose support for the measures is key to whether it will have any impact on neighbouring North Korea, has begun examining trucks at the North Korean border to comply with new United Nations sanctions endorsed over the weekend.

But China’s UN ambassador, Wang Guangya, said in New York that his country’s inspectors would not board ships to search for suspicious equipment or material.

Now don't get me wrong, I'm as concerned as anyone that NoKorea is playing around with nukular bombs, but they have the right to do so just as does any sovereign nation. I do wish no one would do it.

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