KOREAN HEAT – AT 1:15 P.M. ET:  As we debate football and knees, let's not forget the real world.  The North Koreans are talking, and boasting.  From CNN:   

Washington (CNN) North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho on Monday accused US President Donald Trump of declaring war on his country by tweeting over the weekend that North Korea "won't be around much longer."

"Last weekend Trump claimed that our leadership wouldn't be around much longer and declared a war on our country," Ri said, according to an official translation of his remarks to reporters in New York.

"Since the United States declared war on our country, we will have every right to make all self-defensive counter measures, including the right to shoot down the United States strategic bombers at any time even when they are not yet inside the aerospace border of our country," Ri said.

A White House spokesman said Monday the Trump administration had no reaction to the comments.

The ongoing war of words between the two nations saw several new fiery salvos on Saturday, a day on which the US military, in a show of force, flew bombers in international airspace over waters east of North Korea.

COMMENT:  Trump is to be praised for bringing the North Korean threat front and center, rather than kicking it down the road, like his predecessors.  At the same time, I wish he would tone down some of his rhetoric.  He has to be careful not to play into North Korea's hands.

But I'd rather have Trump than Obama any day. 

September 25,  2017