I agree N.Korea is most likely saber rattling, and would like to get some concessions, foreign aid etc. but whenever a population is ruled by a dictator like the situation in N.Korea the problem becomes compounded. If he has a bad hair day and decides to pull some shit militarily who in his country will stop him ? Then if the USA responds militarily...what willl China do? Side with us, stay out of it militarily while issuing their own world currency (fucking the US dollar hard) or side with N. Korea militarily?

China is the key, we need to be talking to them and getting them involved in a positive way. I think I smell "regime change" on the horizon if this situation blossoms. Chinese gov't. officials may not want regime change though as a "free" N.Korea could lead to unrest in China. Nobody wins if China and the USA back opposite sides that's for sure.

I hope this doesn't get out of hand, I'm not looking forward to World war III. The Japanese people must be watching this very closely. They still remember what happens when old school nukes start flying. I wonder if Obama will order Korean Americans into concentration camps like FDR did to the Japanese Americans during WW II ? (sarcasm...I think)