Korea's ranting and carrying on reminds me of Wag The Dog...

There's a scene where DeNiro says to DENY the spy plane (or whatever it was that didn't actually exist). Doing so would make the media concentrate on the denial and not on what was actually going on.

Korea threatening nuclear strikes and carrying on like an idiot while nothing has been said to them - as far as I am aware - is like that part of Wag The Dog. Create interest in one thing... possibly to distract from something else.

Also. Korea just wants attention.

As for pre-emtive strike et al. I would hardly think Korea's situation bares any resemblence to Iraq - 12 years with 17+ resolutions and a severe lack of co-operation while simultaneously killing its own citizens after creating a huge environmental catastrophe by blowing up over 100 oil wells.

Korea is open about its weapons - look, we are building nuclear weapons. Iraq says we have nothing bad then rockets which exceed ranges are found as well as mustard gas (which, I believe was outlawed last century). Hmmm.

No comparison IMO.

Michael Ross