Hey! That's a Great Idea

In response to North Korea’s latest nuclear test, South Korea on Thursday announced it would resume cross-border propaganda broadcasts that Pyongyang considers an act of war.

  New York Daily News

So, let's start a war! Such a well-thought-out response.

Seoul also began talks with Washington that could see the arrival of nuclear-powered U.S. submarines and warplanes to the Korean Peninsula.

From Seoul to Washington, Beijing to the United Nations, world powers are looking at ways to punish Pyongyang for the test of what it called a new and powerful hydrogen bomb.

Or why not just do something that they consider an act of war and see where that takes us?

Experts, meanwhile, are trying to uncover more details about the detonation that drew worldwide skepticism and condemnation.

Oh, gee. There's an idea. Find out whether it actually happened, even, or was another bluster bullshit campaign from Baby Kim.

It may take weeks or longer to confirm or refute the North’s claim that it successfully tested a hydrogen bomb.

In the meantime, do something that they consider an act of war and see where that takes us?

Statements from the White House said President Barack Obama had spoken to South Korean President Park Geun-Hye and to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan. The statements said the countries “agreed to work together to forge a united and strong international response to North Korea’s latest reckless behavior.”

Reckless behavior? How about blasting speakers across the border - did I mention, considered an act of war?

The U.N. Security Council held an emergency session and pledged to swiftly pursue new sanctions against North Korea, saying its test was a “clear violation” of previous UN resolutions.

Jesus Christ. We haven't even determined if it actually happened! In fact, we've claimed it's not likely.

North Korea said Wednesday it had successfully tested a “miniaturized” hydrogen bomb that elevated the country’s “nuclear might to the next level.”

But an early analysis by the U.S. government was “not consistent with the claims that the regime has made of a successful hydrogen bomb test,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said.

South Korea’s spy service said it thought the estimated explosive yield from the blast was much smaller than what even a failed hydrogen bomb detonation would produce.

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Four rounds of UN sanctions have aimed at reining in the North’s nuclear and missile development programs, but Pyongyang has ignored them and moved ahead to modernize its ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons.

And if Saddam Hussein had actually had weapons of mass destruction, he'd still be ruling Iraq, too.

Just how big a threat North Korea’s nuclear program poses is a mystery. North Korea is thought to have a handful of rudimentary nuclear bombs and has spent decades trying to perfect a multistage, long-range missile to carry smaller versions of those bombs.

Maybe they could talk to Cuba. Maybe they already have.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

January 8, 2016 - North Korean President Kim Jong Un celebrated his 33rd birthday on Friday. South Korea’s gift to him? A mix of anti-Kim rhetoric and K-pop music blasted from giant loudspeakers set up on the border between the two countries.

  Foreign Policy

I'm pretty sure the PourMeCoffee Twitter was referring to the Benny Hill silliness with Yakety Sax that showed always played, but, although I'm not an opponent of silliness, I seriously cannot stand the Benny Hill Show, so that's not the version I gave you.  There's a pretty funny version attached to a video of people trying to capture loose llamas in a city.  (You can't help but root for the llamas.)

Seriously, though, if you want Yakety Sax, you need Boots Randolph.