North Korea and Kim Jong Il

I was watching a documentary on Kin Jong Il the other day and it was really interesting.

Yeah there was the usual dictatorship quirks. North Koreans are forbidden to discuss his height, weight or hairstyle, they believe he born by the Gods etc etc.

He also routinely stops all rail traffic for hours, sometimes days at a time because he hates to fly and travels by rail.

But, the most interesting thing to come out of the whole documentary was the fact that he says he only has nuclear weapons so that the United States will negotiate with him, and won't bomb him.
He says all he wants is an assurance the US won't start bombing him if he agrees to some of their requests.
Now, from a man that is happy to see his people starve in favour of his favourite Cognacs and Bourdeaux, he's actually a little bit intellegent.
Except he wasn't counting on the US people to elect an imbocile as President, and re-elect him for that matter.
Since George Bush has come into power in the US all dialogue with North Korea has stopped, and coincidently has coincided with North KOrea's growing aggravation. Coincidence? I think not.

Now I'm loath to say anything coming out North Korea is right, but perhaps old Kim JOng Il is on to something when he says he keeps nuclear weapons for safety. Kind of like keeping a gun under your pillow.

I do take comfort in the fact that soon there will be a new President of the United States, either a woman, a black man, or a crazy Vietnam Vet who is currently looking for the all powerful NRA votes. I hope and pray that whoever it is who is elected in November will recommence talks with North Korea, in an attempt to take steps to creating a more stable Asian region, and world in general.