Reply #15: well, maybe. we've had some influence in the past. [View All]

And this has nothing to do with being "the supreme ruler" of the world. The U.S. has a long standing defense pact with S. Korea and one with Japan. N. Korea's leader is a meglomaniac who's inflicted horrendous suffering on the citizens of his country and whose interest in nukes far predates bushco. And not the U.S. is not a rogue state. It's not considered a rogue state by any world entity or officially by any nation. you can claim it is until the cows meander on home, but in the reality based world, the world in which we operate, N. Korea is the "rogue state"- not that I consider that a particularly useful tag.

There are already sanctions (U.N.) against N. Korea, and you're right, they haven't accomplished their goal. As I said I don't know what Obama can do, but I do understand he doesn't have the option of doing nothing. Btw, both Russia and China have made strong statements against the tests by N. Korea.