Too funny. The following comment did not match the required storyline, and was rejected as uncivil:

Exhibit A regarding why you never show weakness when dealing with lunatic regimes. The South Korean talk of dialogue showed NK that their threats had worked.

The South Koreans should be given a little lesson by President Orangutan: start showing some public spine, or the US will stop acting as your shield.

The North Korean's military 's strength is a thousand miles wide, and almost an inch deep. Bluff, bluster and threats. And it has certainly worked well for more than a decade as they were allowed to push their nuke program, as primitive as it is, forward. But the North Korean's fear the gig may be up, with a White House occupant who is almost as looney as the Kim's. Hence they're pushing hard now.

And the Chinese are sitting back and watching it all unfold, wearing a Cheshire cat grin

This new Globe self-censoring certainly works well