Right, so I maybe I will return to less cerebal affairs and more of journal type format. I am considering divorcing the current events/editorials into a seperate blog (eventually a section of the website)...athough this would entail me either posting to one or the other rather my current concentration on one thing at a time.

Well, at any rate, in Asia two things indicate furthering destabilization in the region in light of the distraction of war...first, North Korean grandstanding and hyperbole continues with the Firm belief that the U.S. is trying take over the world and simply walking out on UN talks

second, India and Pakistan are exchanging tests again, grandstanding and saber rattling with Ballistic Missiles for now (although both are nuclear capable)

The third item for today bolsters my contention that Pakistan is a Chinese issue, despite the US considering it an Indian problem or a central Asia problem. Granted, North Korea is the real bone of contention here but Pakistan's Chinese ties certainly aren't helping matters when Pakistan happens to be one of the two or three nations performing nuclear testing in the past fifteen years.