While You Were Sleeping

Do you know what an EMP is?  Well, the North Koreans do.  Yep, while you were chewing on your finger nails because of the hyped-up threat of contamination from Japan's damaged nuclear power plant, North Korea kept right on working on a bomb that, when detonated 25 miles above ground, would cripple every computer, cellphone, and radar tower within 60 miles.  Not only that, it turns out they have a whole mess of advanced, uranium-enriching centrifuges in operation which could be quickly converted to make nuclear weapons- that is, if they haven't already been doing that.  So all of those sanctions the diplomats are always talking about, all of those deals we made...yeah, that didn't stop them.  All of that bargaining, all of the food and cash we've traded with them for a promise to not do exactly what they're doing, and what do we get?  A big freaking "KICK ME" sign on our backs.  "So what," you might be saying, "what the hell do we care if the NoKor Commies want a bomb?"  Well, I guess if you forget the fact that we and our ally South Korea are still technically at war with them...if you forget the fact that we have over 30,000 service men and women stationed there...if you forget the fact that North Korea isn't any further away than the Russians...hey, what's to worry about?  Let's go back to watching March Madness, right?  Pass me a beer.  Oh, wait...keep that one cold for me, will you, because it turns out North Korea isn't just building this stuff, they're also advertising it for sale to our other enemies in the Middle East!  You know-another place where we have tens of thousands of soldiers, marines, sailors, and airmen?  You're such ans alarmist, Mr. Johnson, some of you are saying, how do you even know any of this stuff is true, you war-mongering dolt?  Well, aren't you clever.  Can you, read, too?  Then read this from ABC News.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/electronic-warfare-north-korea-nears-completion-electromagnetic-pulse/story?id=13081667&page=1
Finished yet?  So, am I still a warmonger, fearmonger, fishmonger, what ever else monger?  Or maybe I just want our leaders to stop playing hopscotch with places like Iran and North Korea and actually put something out there that has some teeth in it instead of begging them not to do stuff while paying out the ransom cash.  Bullies only understand one thing.  So are we going to be The United States of America, or are we going to be wiping blood off of our nose with our shirt sleeve as we hand over our lunch money?  We look like Bugs Bunny to these people, drawing a line in the sand and then when Yosimite Sam crosses it, we just draw another line. "Yeah?  Well, don't you dare cross this one, bub!"  This is exactly what these goons want, don't you see that?  They want us to make some insignificant statements, wag our index fingers at the T.V. cameras,  then turn our ball caps backwards and go back to the Final Four, American Idol, and pornography.  I mean, important, ground shaking things are happening, and our leaders are biting each other on the butt and throwing out their basketball picks!  Mr. President, Madam Secretary, it's time to wake up now, please.