Adam Garfinkle (editor of The National Interest has an in-depth explanation of the North Korean crisis that provides a lot of good background into what is going on in the region and what our options are.
It’s clear that North Korea is a very different case from Iraq, and it only strengthens the case for action in the Gulf. Imagine what Saddam Hussein could do with the leverage that Kim Jung Il now has… that is why we cannot afford to wait until Saddam Hussein develops or even gets close to developing nuclear weapons before acting.
