Helpless and Indolent

North Korea blatantly attacks the south because the pencil headed dictator’s son wants to show that he is going to be the new pencil headed dictator and the world had better be careful or he will do something naughty. To prove that his “mojo” is active and well he sends a barrage of shells to a little known island in the south killing at least 4 people, injuring several others, and destroying homes and businesses. In the meantime the world stands by helpless and indolent, unable to do anything that will permanently stop this lunatic regime from doing it again and again.

Our next move in defense of our ally, South Korea,  is to have a joint drill of naval ships in the Yellow Sea. Wow; I am really scared to death about this. An exercise, a drill? This is the best we can do? There must be something with more “juice” behind it? Oh, I know what we should do; let’s go to the UN and get a resolution started, that will solve everything. I mean, the world knows that once the UN says that what you are doing is a no no; everybody gets all worried and starts to react with a sense of urgency.  Just look at how effective UN resolutions have been with Iran.

The headlines this morning are, “N Korea warns war drills take region to the brink of war.” Duh; I thought that it was their shelling of some little insignificant island that was bringing us to the brink of war; maybe I misunderstood what the cannon fire was all about; was it just a friendly “how do you do” that just got a little out of hand? Can you believe they have the audacity to warn the world that we are being reckless and are inching closer to war; that our plans to stage military exercises in the Yellow Sea are the cause of this. Someone needs to get a grip on reality.

But never fear, the US is on the front lines ready to take action. General Sharp, at the UN Command center, said, “make no mistake, this was clear violation of the 1953 armistice.”  Wow! I am glad we had that explanation; I mean I was really confused about what was going on till I heard that. And then there was Japan’s response, their parliament adopted a resolution calling the attack “an outrageous act of violence.” Let’s be clear here; It wasn’t just an act of violence, nor was it just a bad thing to do, it was “outrageous.” I’ll bet old Kimey Il wet his pants with fear when he heard that one.

Of course our great friend and ally, China, has not apportioned blame over Tuesday incident, and is urging both sides to show restraint. But, our guy has talked to China’s guy and has urged China to use its influence to calm the situation. Isn’t it great to have friends like China; they are there right on the front line protecting the world from another little inconvenient war. At this point who needs another war? After all, a few more lives, a lot more money; whose counting anyway?

Wake up world! People are dying, lives are being destroyed, and all you can do is talk! I’ll just bet that the dead people on that little island would be proud to know that the world is ready to make another resolution; that the world is ready to stand in the gap to protect the innocent and those who are unable to defend themselves. I can see their shinning little faces, smiling with thanksgiving that the UN, Japan, China, and US are “rattling their tongues” in defense.  Wait a minute, isn’t the cliché supposed to be “rattling their sabers?”