The most recent North Korean nuclear test – the detonation of the country's most powerful bomb to date – has ratcheted up tensions between the U.S. and Kim's regime to levels unseen before.  The U.S. is now openly threatening the North with "annihilation," and it appears that U.S. forces are in position for a decisive strike. But over the last 24 hours, China, Russia, and South Korea have all warned the U.S. against taking military action against North Korea.  At an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council, U.S. ambassador Nikki Haley made it clear that the U.S. patience "had its limits" and that Kim Jong-un is "begging for war." NPR: "Enough is enough. War is never something the United States wants. We don't want it now. But our country's patience is not unlimited," Haley told an emergency session of the 15-member Security Council in New York. She said that incremental sanctions on...(Read Full Post)