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North Korean leader Kim Jong Il may be crazier than a june bug, but he has a good sense of timing when it comes to sticking it to President Bush.
Pyongyang announced Tuesday that it’s going ahead with plans to test a nuclear weapon. It’s the latest and most serious in a litany of threats that has seemed to coincide with the United States’ increasingly untenable program in Iraq. Kim seems to be saying: “WMDs? I’ve got your WMDs right here.”
It couldn’t come at a worse time for the Bush administration, already on the defensive over Bob Woodward’s new book and now appearing to have let slide far more tangible threats than Saddam Hussein.
For North Korea, testing a nuke would be betting the farm — Kim’s final card in his standoff with the international community.
Well, except for actually using one.
Posted by Dave Knadler