This column by Nicholas Kristof sent a cold chill down my spine when I
read it.

Here are some of the bits that made me start to worry. Remember, if
you're a Cassandra, you're only nuts if your wrong.

    The single greatest failure of the Bush administration's foreign
policy concerns North Korea. Mr. Bush's policies toward North Korea
have backfired and led the North to churn out nuclear weapons, and they
have also antagonized our allies and diminished America's stature in
Asia.

    The upshot is that there's a significantly greater risk of another
Korean War, a greater likelihood that other Asian countries, like
Japan, will eventually go nuclear as well, and a greater risk that
terrorists will acquire plutonium or uranium.

    In fairness, all this is more Kim Jong Il's fault than Mr. Bush's.
Right now some administration officials are glaring at this page and
muttering expletives about smarty-pants journalists who don't
appreciate how wretched all the options are.

    But if the Bush administration had just adopted the policies that
Colin Powell initially pushed for - and that Mr. Bush largely came to
accept several years later - then this mess could probably have been
averted.

(Emphasis added.)

Jesus H. Christ.

And what about this bit:

    ....Administration hawks will again consider a military strike on
Yongbyon, even though that would risk another Korean War...North Korea
is the most odious country in the world today.

    [snip]

    But by then North Korea will have well over a dozen nuclear
weapons, the risks of a terrorist nuclear explosion at Grand Central
Terminal will be increased, and our influence in Asia will be in
tatters

Yeah, I worry about the DPRK a lot, but not for no reason. Not for no
reason. But as I have said before, I probably ain't leaving even if the
State Department tells all Migukins to leave the country. Although I do
hear that you can register with the U.S. Military here in Korea and
they'll help you get out of the country in the event of a crisis.

Now all I need is a digital camera so I can upload pictures of the
mushroom cloud when I hide out in the old look out post on top of the
mountain near my house.