Cheer up, Bunky, we still lead the world in talking points.

Billmon at Whiskey Bar sums up the North Korean nuketest story:

A certain dime-store cowboy has had his bluff called, and everybody around the table can see that all he's holding is a busted straight (not to mention a busted Army).

But nobody steals a march on Tony Snowjob - he's right on top of the situation:

The U.S. military might globally -- the United States has a robust and mobile -- robust and mobile military capabilities. But again, I want to steer you away. There are attempts to try to describe this almost in breathless World War III terms. This is not such a situation. This is a situation in which people are working with a regime in North Korea, trying to reason with a dictator, to step back from provocative activities. That is the most important thing.

Robust and mobile! I feel better now.

And yeah. Let's not waste any breathless World War III terms on North Korea. We need every one we can come up with for the Middle East.