Time to call Team America...

Feeling jaded by all the attention given to Ahmadinejad as of late, Kim Jong Il has, in effect, now thrown a juvenile tantrum, beating his chest and saying, "Hey--I'm the bad guy here--I really am!!!"

As witnessed here:

N Korea threatens to ‘wipe out’ US forces
Web posted at: 6/19/2006 4:48:50
Source ::: AGENCIES

Seoul • North Korea yesterday threatened to “mercilessly wipe out” US forces in case of war during a national meeting to mark leader Kim Jong-Il’s 42 years’ work at the ruling party.

The threat, in a ruling party report carried by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), came as North Korea was reportedly preparing to test-fire a long-range missile despite strong protests from the United States and its allies.

Choe Thae Bok, a ranking Workers’ Party official, said Washington was “hell-bent on provocations of war of aggression” in the report to mark the 42nd anniversary of Kim’s start at the party, KCNA said.

“If the enemies ignite a war eventually, the Korean army and people will mercilessly wipe out the aggressors and give vent to the deep-rooted grudge of the nation,” Choe was quoted as telling the meeting.

Other manifestations of this lunatic can be found here and here. But if the DPRK actually does test this missile, the ol' commie huckster may indeed find that he has bitten off more than he can chew:

'Harsh response' promised if North Korea tests missile

FOSTER KLUG AND TERUAKI UENO

FEARS were growing last night that North Korea was about to test an inter-continental ballistic missile capable of hitting the United States.

Japan warned there would be a "harsh response" from both Tokyo and Washington to any such test by the communist dictatorship.

Reports of preparations for a missile test come as international talks on North Korea's nuclear programmes - it is thought to be close to developing an atomic bomb, if it has not already done so - are locked in a stalemate and attention has shifted to concerns about Iran's nuclear ambitions.

And from here:

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso warned if the missile is dropped on Japan, “it will be regarded as an attack."

All I have to say to Kim Jung Il, is:

"Go ahead, make my day!"

(Filed under world affairs)