Phew, that was a close one (Nork Nuke Edition)
I’m sure they’re telling the truth. I mean, come on. Look how cute that Kim Jong-un is:
How can you not want to pinch those cheeks?
North Korea announced on Wednesday that it would suspend nuclear weapons tests and uranium enrichment and allow international inspectors to monitor activities at its main nuclear complex, a step that raised the possibility of ending a diplomatic impasse that has allowed the country’s nuclear program to continue with no international oversight for years.
Although the Obama administration called the steps “important, if limited,” they nonetheless signaled that the country’s new leader, Kim Jong-un, is at least willing to engage with the United States, which pledged in exchange to ship tons of food aid to the isolated, impoverished nation.
Well, with Iran pushing the world’s buttons on nukes right now, the Norks might see this as a good time to lay low. They may chafe a little at getting less attention than the Iranians, but heightened nuclear pressure from two areas at once might increase the odds of something…unfortunate… happening.
And besides, it’s not like they’re promising anything. Oh, well okay, they are, but it’s not like they mean it. Or, at least, it’s not like we believe them.
Is it?
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