A Critical Juncture

This is where we are, on the verge of an explosion in nuclear proliferation. Kirk quoted by Kondracke, RollCall:

In 2006, after North Korea launched a long-range missile and conducted a failed nuclear test, China halted fuel and other exports to North Korea for three days to express its displeasure.

It could clearly do the same — or worse — right now. Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), just back from a trip to China, said he told officials there “bluntly” that they should do so, and said he hoped Obama’s team would do the same.

“We should tell the Chinese that if they do not control North Korea and Iran, they will become the father of two more nuclear nations, Saudi Arabia and Japan,” Kirk said.

Japan’s nuclear power plants, he said, have produced 1.5 tons of plutonium, enough for 7,000 nuclear warheads. “If North Korea shows it can develop a deliverable weapon, Japan could become the second biggest nuclear-armed country in the world over a weekend.”

This is a test for the Obama administration. The President's speech in Cairo today. Text. Video.