North Korea

I woke up today to the news that North Korea has performed yet more nuclear tests. Let’s just say Kim Jong-il is not interested in generating electricity. I wondered what the lefties make of all this. What should be done about it? Have some “dialogue”, perhaps? Surely they wouldn’t give their usual refrain “Ah well, it’s because of the way we’ve treated them”? Mind you, nothing would surprise me.

How would the population of the UK react, I wondered, if one of his nukes came flying our way? Us, a largely apathetic, pampered, decadent, welfare-dependent nation. We’d have difficulty finding grounds to self-flagellate over North Korea, so perhaps some people – people who identified with the UK, at least (which excludes a large amount) – would stand up and fight. Thankfully, more people are now joining the army – probably because it’s a job in a economic slowdown. Perhaps the others would fight to ensure their benefits payments continued?

We can hope. But we can also wonder, what would the lefties do if North Korea decided to attack somebody else? Blame them, probably – especially if it was America. And thereby we would lose our greatest ally. We would be bereaved, as a spouse is bereaved, the kind of spouse who thought they could afford to abuse their partner because they would always be there. But then, suddenly, they are not. They’re gone – and it’s too late.