Taking on North Korea - The Obama Administration

The New York Times: Reports that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has stated that the USA could start to inspect North Korean ships. This would be a tough move by Obama, it would show that the USA was no longer going to play games with North Korea, a game that allowed North Korea to hold all the aces. One can postulate that this news has a link to the recent news that two us reporters have been jailed for 12 years. If Obama is tough with North Korea then his Middle East policy might have a chance, Israel would see that Obama can be tough enough to deal with Iran, and the Middle East countries would see that Obama can follow through, thus his pressure on Israel not to build new settlements on the West Bank. As stated before, the Obama Policy in Asia leads all the way back to Tehran in Iran. One false move by Obama in Asia and he could a arms build up with Japan and South Korea, and Iran going nuclear.

Minister Resigns - Jane Kennedy, OUT, No Longer Loyal to Brown

Telegraph: Reports on the resignation of as Junior Minister, Jane Kennedy. It seems from the news reports that PM Gordon Brown asked Mrs Kennedy for her loyalty but Mrs Kennedy refused and thus was sacked. But the spin from No 10 is that Mrs Kennedy wanted to resign and that PM Brown didn't ask for her loyalty. I will make a prediction, Brown will survive, the Cabinet has shown that they are political cowards, the Junior ranks are to afraid for their futures in the Labour Party and Brown will lead Labour to a massive defeat in 2010.

The Gamble by North Korea

The Times: Reports that two American Reporters have been jailed by North Korea for 12 years. This is crafty gamble by North Korea, its a simple rouse, it will force the USA to deal with them one to one, the Times reports that former Vice - President Al Gore could be sent to North Korea to have discussions about getting the reporters out, they work for his company, the Obama Administration will have to make sure that Gore does not pull a Jimmy Carter and start discussions on subjects outside the main issue, getting the reporters out. The Obama Administration will also have to be careful, the US Press Elite will start to put pressure on Obama to do something, one of its own have been taken, the same thing could happen to reporters form the NYT,CBS,NBC,ABC. Thus it seems that North Korea has all the aces in the pack, the UN is nowhere, the region might develop a arms race and Iran will see the Obama weakness as a green light to go nuclear.