> I think this translates into "let's bomb North Korea."
When William Perry was Clinton's Defense Sec. one option considered was a pre-emptive strike on N. Korea's nuclear processing facilities.
http://www.google.com/search?q=william+perry+North+Korea
http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1057562484685 North and South Korea exchange fire
http://www.nautilus.org/fora/security/0235A_Reiss.html . Introduction
The essay below is by Mitchell B. Reiss, Dean of International Affairs College of William & Mary Williamsburg, Virginia and was presented at the US-DPRK Next Steps Workshop in Washington, D.C. January 27, 2003. Reiss asserts that based on history and recent events, constructive diplomatic relations with North Korea are possible... -- Michael Pugliese