Tim Blair

KOREA MOVE URGED

Via the World Tribune:

A North Korean defector now living in Japan came to Washington this week with an urgent message.

In a meeting with White House officials, he called for a pre-emptive strike on "selected targets" in North Korea before the Kim Jong-il regime succeeds in arming its missiles with miniaturized nuclear warheads.

On a similar subject, The Economist reviews JoHo’s newly-aggressive foreign policy:

Like his friend George Bush, Australia’s prime minister, John Howard, came to office not intending to pay much attention to the outside world. On his first official trip to Asia, after taking office in 1996, he is said to have told an adviser: “Frankly, I don't want to get too involved in foreign policy.” But just as has happened to Mr Bush, events have nudged Mr Howard to take an active role in world affairs—and to make Australia’s foreign policy more assertive than ever before.