ANOTHER WARM GREETING FROM NORTH KOREA – AND EUROPE STARTS TO WORRY – AT 10:33 A.M. ET:   News reports say that the Norks are preparing for a new, imminent test of another ICBM.  And their "diplomats" aren't trying to be very diplomatic about their policies.  From Fox: 

North Korea vowed Tuesday to send more of its sinister “gift packages” to the U.S. -- similar to the Hermit Kingdom's recent nuclear test -- as the French defense minister warned of the rogue nation’s missiles reaching Europe sooner than expected.

Han Tae Song, the ambassador of North Korea to the U.N. in Geneva, said at the U.N.-sponsored Conference on Disarmament that Sunday’s supposed hydrogen bomb test was “addressed to none other than the U.S,” Reuters reported.

"The U.S. will receive more gift packages from my country as long as it relies on reckless provocations and futile attempts to put pressure on the DPRK," Han said.

And even the Europeans are starting to worry:

French defense minister Florence Parly said Europe could also face North Korea’s wrath sooner than expected, according to Reuters. North Korea test-launched its first intercontinental ballistic missile in July, following a series of other missile launches earlier this year. 

“The scenario of an escalation towards a major conflict cannot be discarded,” Parly said during a speech to the French military. “Europe risks being within range of [North Korean leader] Kim Jong Un’s missiles sooner than expected.”

COMMENT:  I'd imagine that Trump, or, more probably, Secretary Tillerson, is asking for public European support in our confrontation with North Korea.  We will get it from some countries, primarily Britain.  The statement by the French defense minister is welcome.  I'd like to hear from Germany.

Israel has of course announced its support.  Arab countries?  We have Arab allies.  They must speak out.

The North Korean story is developing day by day.  It will not soon end.

September 5, 2017