Kim Jong Il Grins as the West Shrugs
Michael Cecire • August 27, 2008 • Uncategorized
As Brent points out, North Korea seems intent to restart its once-’dismantled’ nuclear program. The timing seems awfully suspicious – frightening, even, as it comes right off the heels of an apparently successful Russian foreign policy leap.
It’s truly unfortunate that such things have transpired, but with Russia’s brazen gamble in Georgia, the reputation of Western resolve has been sorely weakened worldwide. Could it be that North Korea’s decision was directly influenced by the West’s collective cowering? Maybe not, but the possibility seems eminently real and extremely frightening.
Let’s not forget that North Korea, along with Russia, had a direct hand in the Iranian (and Syrian!) nuclear programs. Was the Georgian invasion the turning point in global nuclear proliferation?
Either way, it’s time to re-add NoKo, alongside Russia, to the list of states in open revolt of the once seemingly inevitable march of the liberal democratic order. Truly, posterity will have much to ponder about August, 2008.
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