Thar She Blows

North Korea bombs South Korea. Why is that not surprising? With South Korea continuing its naval drills and North Korea continuing its nuclear tests without authorization from the UN, it was bound to happen. But, my question is: What will the world do about it? i.e. What will the U.S. do about it?

My father and I agree that the United States probably won't directly intervene, as usual. It isn't our place to just go around fixing other people's problems and fighting people's battles. However, South Korea is our ally. North Korea is a threat to the Korean peninsula, and perhaps more importantly, Japan. Scary.

I wonder what would happen if North Korea bombed Japan? I think the United States might get a tad bit angrier. Will the United Nations really do anything? North Korea isn't going to listen to the UN. They want to break free of an international peacekeeping organization because they don't exactly want peace. They want to dominate South Korea and unify it to make one GIANT DPRK.

The United Nations today doesn't strike me as a very powerful organization...in times of crisis, people look to the United States. Funny.