The North Koreans have taken themselves out of the equation with the agreement that was reached in July. Under the agreement, their reactor is to be shut down by the end of the year and rendered inoperable to the point of requiring a year to restart it. They had one nut that would probably have been sat on by their own generals if it came down to it.

REST OF POST DELETED BY ME BEFORE POSTING. I decided not to get the soap box out.