UK on North Korea - NK Crisis Update 2

Telegraph: Reports on remarks by the UK Foreign Secretary William Hague,  " He suggested the authoritarian regime could be increasing its threats in a ploy to win more emergency food aid from other countries. ".

Lets Get Real:

Thus one can postulate that North Korea will test fire its two missiles next week, then seek talks, in other words its back to the old play book of threats and blackmail.   It could be argued that the Oval should ask China to give North Korea extra supplies and they will get this back from the US, this will allow the US to say that it has not been blackmailed, and it is a safe bet that China will keep quiet about any deal which allows it to get bonus points from the US.  Of course it really depends what North Korea does, if they are playing the old play book they will ask for food, a lot of food after its missile tests, if they are bluffing and something does happen then ALL BETS are off folks.   For a prediction this blog would suggest that North Korea is playing the old game, one would think that the US, UK, China are all hoping the same thing, old game, otherwise a lot of pain and death folks. 

US Policy toward North Korea - NK Crisis Update 1

Guardian: Reports on the latest US moves when it comes to North Korea, " ..Chuck Hagel, the US defence secretary, postponed the test launch of a Minuteman 3 intercontinental missile from a California airbase until next month in an attempt to reduce tensions. ".

Lets Get Real:

This is a wise move by Secretary Hagel, when your dealing with a nuclear armed power its better to try the cool, cautious path, this test launch might have been taken the wrong way by the Stalinist North Koreans, thus best to wait, lets see what is suppose to happen after April 10th, the North Koreans stated that they could not defend Russian, UK Embassies in NK after that date.  The last few days we have seen rumours out of North Korea via the South that the NK as have placed two missiles for testing, this could lead to the end of the Crisis, of course it depends on this not being a bluff and NK not having a death wish, they might invade a South Korean Island, or sink a South Korean Ship or start terrorist acts in South Korea, the US and its Allies will have to wait, it's been quite this weekend, its early Sunday here in the UK folks, lets see what the night brings, it looks like NK is full of hot rhetoric, lets hope they are just windbags with no backbone, lets hope folks. 

Sec Kerry WARNING to IRAN - Iran Crisis 1

BBC News: Reports that US Secretary of State John Kerry has warned Iran that endless talks can not go on.  

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As noted in this blog the US deadline is a Year before Iran gets the bomb, the Israeli deadline is about six to seven months, the new Israeli Government will not allow Iran to get the bomb and then strike, the Israelis will want to hit before Tehran can produce a bomb and place it on a missile.   It is unknown of course how much info North Korea has given to Tehran about the production of the bomb and its placement on a missile.  It can be postulated that Tehran is following the present North Korean Crisis, it has seen that NK with the bomb is give space, it is not pushed to far, for the simple reason it is a nuclear armed power, also it has a million man army on the border with the South, Iran will have noticed what happened to Gaddafi after he gave up his weapons of mass destruction, the Tehran Regime is not want a bayonet placed there any time soon!   Thus this year could be a Foreign Policy Crisis year folks, it seems that NK is ready to fire off a test missile after all its hot rhetoric, if nothing goes wrong or NK has a death wish this Crisis should start to fade a bit, then we are back to Iran, always Iran folks, it never ends. 

The Rings of Akhaten - Doctor Who Review

The Doctor Who News Page: Reports that the good Doctor had 5.5 million viewers in the overnight rating.  Doctor Who was the top drama  for Saturday, reality shows has the first two spots. 

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The Rings of Akhatern allowed Clara to develop her daring side, allowing her to have her own adventure but also show her caring side, thus a connection to caring side as shown in the Christmas special, the dots are there folks, you have to pay attention.  It was nice to show the Doctor mention that he has a granddaughter, that he has been to the planet before, but also it allowed Matt Smith to show his acting chops, showed that the Doctor has walked through ALL of time, and that even a Monster as big a PLANET could not take the secrets of the Doctor.  

The mercurial  side of the Doctor was shown when he was not going to give up his Sonic Screwdriver, the Doctor without his sonic would have been dead by now, okay Rose was not impressed with it, that being the sonic, she was more impressed with Captain Jack's Sonic Gun, first series folks.   Is it me or is Steven Moffat trying to turn the 11th Doctor in to the 5th, TARDIS console is going back to the 80s feel, the Doctor has a brown long coat, he wears glasses, think about that folks, of all the old Doctors, its the 5th that has come back to do a cameo.   Also it was interesting to see that the Doctor was laying to Clara, he knows she cant be, that she is a mystery, she has died twice, so who is SHE, what is SHE.  Also forget these reality music shows folks, the Doctor has some great singers in this episode.  Next week the TARDIS lands on a Nuclear Sub during the Cold War, looks very intense by the trailer and horror, yes folks the Doctor is back!.