The most bizarre sight in the world has to be a little kid throwing a tantrum in the aisle of a grocery store, while his mother tries to reason with him over a bag of candy. The screaming child is completely irrational and good ol’ mom continues futilely applying logic to his ears, instead of applying an encounter-ending thump to his rump. It’s a negotiation doomed from the start. Eventually, the kid gets the candy and the parents wonder why their little crumb cruncher behaves this way!
North Korea practically lives in the candy aisle and Kim Jong-il’s ranting in front of the world seems always to be met with his sweet tooth being pacified. Neither the U.S., China nor anyone else will ‘pants’ this little bad boy and provide the disciplinary paddling he so richly has earned. He needs to be taught what it means to be a small mouse playing with big cats — and that just because he sports some claws, doesn’t mean he’ll ever be mistaken for a feline.
The danger in leaving this ‘roaring rodent’ unchecked lies, not so much in his own use of North Korea’s nuclear capability, but in his willingness to export any part of their storefront to the highest bidders — bidders that are madmen even more highly motivated than himself. Just as many grocery stores have done, his neighbors need to establish a candy free aisle for little Kimmy.
For openers, they need to impose an immediate halt of all materiel and financial resources to N.K. with verification, at will, by the international community. If he throws a tantrum, any force must be met with greater force until he backs away from his aggressive nuclear ambitions, not in word but in deed. He has proven on numerous occasions that he has no respect for talk or treaties and can neither be trusted nor tolerated.
Unlike the small boy, Kim Jong-il may eventually require stronger than usual measures to correct his irrational behavior — including measures to remove him altogether, kicking and screaming, from the store. Our world is already too dangerous a place to waste any more precious time fooling around with a fool.
R.S.F.
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