North Korea continues to be a thorn for the U.S., periodically saying it's ready for war with America and last week punctuating its latest threats by firing three nuclear missiles that splashed off the coast of Japan, notes Grumpy Editor.
After months of this routine, President Barack Obama last week moved to push efforts to tighten U.N. sanctions against the communist nation.
"The Obama administration running around and talking about meaningless sanctions is highly laughable," says North Korea state media.
Meanwhile, over the weekend South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se says North Korea's nuclear capability had grown to a "considerable level" and tougher sanctions and greater pressure are needed.
North Korea has been acting up periodically since the three-year Korean War shooting stopped with truce talks, still open ended, that started on July 27, 1953 --- well past a half century ago.
So, technically, the Korean War (often referred to as "The Forgotten War") --- in which 33,739 U.S. military lost lives and 103,284 were wounded in action --- has not officially concluded.
More than 7,500 U.S. troops remain unaccounted.
Few in media are aware that a peace treaty was never concluded. Many in media also overlook Russia (in the air) and North Korea's long-time ally China (on the ground) as active participants in battling U.S. troops and 16 other countries that dispatched manpower and equipment to the Korean War.
On Friday in Pensacola, Fla., Hillary Clinton, a former Secretary of State, declares it's time for a "rethinking" of U.S. strategy for North Korea following the latest missile firings.
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