No Joke

North Korea has been the proxy war/distraction used by communist China in order to take the free world's focus off of them for the past 60 years. While North Korea creates a diversion by warring with its southern neighbor, China builds its own military and economic strength. In return, China supplies North Korea with some food, but mostly military technology and armaments. Without a doubt, this is how that lunatic pot-bellied dictator got his hand on civil and military nuclear technology.

Recently, North Korea has been ratcheting up their military prowess by attacking the south without warning or provocation. First it was the sinking of a South Korean battleship back in March, and now there is the very real possibility that the north and south will resume where they left off 56 years ago due to North Korea's shelling of the south as reported this morning...

South Korea Vows ‘Enormous Retaliation’ After North’s Deadly Island Bombardment
Published November 23, 2010
Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, who convened an emergency security meeting shortly after the bombardment by North Korea, said that an "indiscriminate attack on civilians can never be tolerated."

"Enormous retaliation should be made to the extent that (North Korea) cannot make provocations again," he said.

North Korea bombarded a South Korean island near their disputed western border Tuesday, setting buildings ablaze and killing at least two marines and injuring 16 others after warning the South to halt military drills in the area, South Korean officials said.

South Korea said it returned fire and scrambled fighter jets in response, and said the "inhumane" attack on civilian areas violated the 1953 armistice halting the Korean War. The two sides technically remain at war because a peace treaty was never negotiated...

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My theory is that the lunatic pot-bellied dictator is preparing to hand over power and control to his son, Kim Jong Un. So as not to give the appearance of his country's weakness during this time of transition, North Korean military has been place on hair-trigger alert. But make no mistake, this is no laughing matter. Do not forget that North Korea has become a nuclear power - thanks to poor military intelligence and appeasement diplomacy over the past 20 years.