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When diplomats get angry, they use “mean” words. So far we are getting the standard “you’ve been a bad boy” adjectives. Of course, no real threats and no action.

Current list: Reckless, Irresponsible, Provocative, Dangerous.

To do my part, I’d like to suggest some other words that the UN girls can use: Careless, Foolhardy, Incautious, Heedless, Rash, Indiscreet, Imprudent, and Harebrained.

Presidential loser Kerry said:

Massachusetts Democratic Sen. John Kerry, who lost to Bush in the 2004 presidential election, called the North Korea test a “shocking failure” of Bush’s security policy.

“While we’ve been bogged down in Iraq where there were no weapons of mass destruction, a madman has apparently tested the ultimate weapon of mass destruction,” Kerry said.

Though Kerry can’t help but interject the “Iraq-o-failure” posturing, he nailed the shocking failure part.

Let’s face it, Bush completely stepped in a pile of crap when he started the whole Axis of Evil ™ talk. He wasn’t prepared to fight and win against these evil nations. It appears he hoped that his cowboy image and tough talk would be enough to bring change. It wasn’t. He went all in on a bluff and got called.

I’m still waiting for someone to call for a resignation. Can we have such monumental foreign policy failure and everyone gets to keep their jobs?

Gotta love the looks this morning on the Bush team. Condi has that look like “what do you mean the six party talks didn’t work…?” Mr. Card looks like “oh crap, will I have a job tonight?” Laura is just asleep.

The early polls show that we have unanimous UN Security Council condemnation (I’m sure North Korea is scared) and this great tidbit:

A statement said Annan “calls on all parties to respond to this grave challenge in a constructive manner, and calls for serious negotiations to be renewed urgently in the framework of the six-party talks.”

I want to know what they smoke over there at the UN. Constructive manner and more six-party talks?! These people are completely insane. It doesn’t matter what some rogue dictator does, the answer is always “let’s talk about it.” When diplomats call for talks it means they have no clue what to do next. North Korea called the world’s bluff and now the UN and the US will show they have no will to overthrow this rogue regime.

Ever the spin-masters, the only thing left that the US can say is “well, it’s smaller than they wanted.”

C’mon, is that it? How much you want to bet that Bush and his “senior” officials are going to stare at each other during tomorrow’s security briefing and say “now what?”

So what if it was “smaller” than expected. The fact that they were able to achieve a nuclear detonation at all is a CATASTROPHIC policy failure.

According to this article, North Korea was nice enough to give a 20 minute heads-up before entering the nuclear family. Sweet of ole Kim Jong huh?

Ok, so let’s guess about tomorrow: emergency UN Security Council meeting, multiple condemnations, calls for sanctions, and no action. Lots of talk, lots of saber rattling, and no action.

I hope that I can report someone being fired tomorrow or at least calls from Republicans that somebody get fired over this. I expect Democrats to seize this and run with it.

It’s being reported that North Korea has tested a nuclear weapon near Kilju City. If confirmed, it will be a monumental failure of the Bush administration. The six party talks have been a sham and the Bush foreign policy team should be fired.

Expect to see the usual condemnations from the U.N. and others over the next few days. The calls for sanctions will come, but it’s all meaningless. North Korea has proven to the world it has nukes and now the US and Asian allies will have to deal with it.

Remember those missile tests a few months ago? What about North Korea working on a long-range missile capable of hitting the US? This nuke test puts all things in a new light. Just wait till Iran has a nuke as well. Can the consequences of these policy failures get any more dire?

If I were President, tomorrow morning there would be many State Department people looking for a new job.