April 30, 2005

There's HappyFunDictatorship of the Norks:
N.Korea May Carry Out Nuclear Test by June

The United States has warned the International Atomic Energy Agency that North Korea has been preparing to carry out an underground nuclear test since March and could go ahead as early as June, Kyodo news agency said on Saturday.

And then there's the mad MOO-lahs in Iran:
Iran Threatens to Resume Nuclear Work as Talks Fail

Iran warned on Saturday it may resume uranium enrichment-related work next week after it failed to reach an agreement with the European Union over the long-term future of its disputed nuclear program.

The warning sets up a summer crisis in Iran's long-running nuclear dispute with the West and is likely to lead to heightened U.S. pressure to send its case to the United Nations Security Council for possible sanction.

This argues the case pretty clearly that we definitely need someone tough representing us in the UN like John Bolton.
Confirm him and get him in there!
It does look to be a hot summer and it's not even May.
(BTW, has Kim Jong-Il been seen in public since that train explosion yet?)