The Heritage Foundation where Bruce resides is a conservative think tank that is pushing all these illegal wars.

The USA has ove 700 Military Bases around the planet.How is pathetic North Korea a threat to the most powerful military machine on the planet?

Well spotted, Arjay !

Now relate that fact directly to the Article....

Yet another pathetic Western (aka- white man) 'expert' on Asia + Korea, uhh... but merely spouting the line of Australia's political masters. This thus sadly tends to indicate that OnlineOpinion is essentially a xenophobic rant. But you might like to watch this North Korean view of things... My happiness ...home, sweet home! LOL [search 'Bogeumjari - Korea'] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9HxGhIo-6k

"Kim Jong-un ordered the April 2012 launch of a long-range ballistic missile that was yet another North Korean violation of UN Security Council Resolutions..." - Let me remind you that it was the UN which sanctioned the murderous invasion of KOREA in the 1950's + has no authority whatsoever in North Korea today. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea ]

BUT here is a new (South) Korean documentary which you should watch when an English-subbed version becomes available soon - "An Escalator In World Order" (aka 'America's Wind and Fire' in Korean) - This is an important DOCO movie soon to be released in Korea ...based on the 1950's US invasion + occupation of Korea + how it has subsequently affected Koreans in the South (+ migrants to the USA)...
"The faith towards a US-centered world order was like Christianity... The collision and irony between faith and the world, the unbridgeable gap... (The 12th Jeonju International Film Festival)" http://www.hancinema.net/upcoming-korean-documentary-an-escalator-in-world-order-44893.html

[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An_cayAnmpc - Some (temporary?) problems with audio ...but try this short clip... but its not in English anyway... http://tvpot.daum.net/clip/ClipView.do?clipid=31844206 ]

Now I've seen everything - OLOers defending North Korea. And I guess that is everything, because I can't think of anywhere less defensible.

It might be slightly more accurate, GraemeY, to say that you've seen the newest user to OLO on the day of joining posting two comments, both of which criticised 'OLO's xenophobic rants'.

For myself, I regard North Korea as the exemplar of what Arjay imagines his New World Order would be like.

Sorry... all the Graham's I know are Graeme's. I'm castigating my editor as I type this...