ANOTHER FAMOUS OBAMA VICTORY – AT 12:18 P.M. ET:   The Dem foreign-policy establishment used to boast that North Korea was under control, as a result of our brilliant diplomacy. Strange how that talk has died down.  From AFP: 

North Korea on Saturday showed off what it said were long-range ballistic missiles carrying miniaturised nuclear warheads, its latest claim to the sophisticated technology which state television said could destroy enemies in a "sea of fire".

Rows of the intercontinental ballistic missiles known as KN-08, which some think could fly far enough to reach the continental US, were paraded through the capital as part of a massive military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the ruling Workers Party.

A defence analyst in Seoul said the new missile appeared to have been modified to allow it to be fitted with a miniature nuclear warhead -- a claim echoed by North Korea's state TV -- but others experts said it was impossible to tell.

North Korea has long claimed it has technology capable of launching nuclear bombs at its distant enemies, but experts are sceptical whether the impoverished country has acquired the sophisticated technology needed to produce such weapons.

COMMENT:  It is the better part of wisdom to take their claims seriously.  We had all kinds of doubters who believed they North Korea have developed a nuclear bomb.  We now know they have it.  They may be a poor country, but they devote a good part of their economy to the military.  They've made frightening progress, and can export their technology to countries like Iran.

October 10, 2015