Everybody Can Breathe Easy Then
The huge blast in North Korea that “created a mushroom-shaped cloud that was at least a mile across, and maybe larger,” was not, repeat not, “a nuclear event.”
Colin Powell says so. And there’s no reason to doubt his credibility, is there?
Meanwhile…
“Asked if there was a “military option” on the table if the North Koreans went ahead with a test, Ms. Rice said: “The president never takes any option off the table. But we believe that the way to resolve this is diplomatically.”
Oh, good. Diplomacy. Our strong suit.
There’s going to be a nuclear attack in the United States by 2014.