North Korea is the wild card in world politics, ruled by a basketball-loving young dictator who executed his uncle to secure his power base, and in possession of missiles capable of launching space satellites with nuclear warheads that can be fitted on them. China, almost the only nation on earth that the North could call friendly, has taken an unprecedented step that seems to be a warning to the regime, or possibly even a tacit encouragement for its overthrow. A few days ago, the US news leaked out that the US believes the North has succeeded in miniaturizing its nuclear weapons to the point where they could be fitted on its ICBMs. Bill Gertz of the Washington Free Beacon summarizes: The Obama administration is seeking to hide the fact that North Korea possesses nuclear missile warheads, according to a report by Mark Schneider, a former Pentagon strategic analyst and director for forces policy at the office of the secretary of defense. Schneider’s statement came in a...(Read Full Post)