From Personal to Political to World Affairs... my take on it all.
The US has designated additional Iranian banks and a larger portion of the IRGC to be supporters of terrorism. The lines are hardening, and countries like Russia, India and China need to decide if they want to trade with the US or Iran...
The Supreme Leader or the International Community???
His firing of Mr. Larjani (the chief nuclear negotiator) has him increasingly isolated at home...
The New York Times provides more in a report on the Israeli airstrike on the Syrian nuclear program.
The administration seems divided and cautious, which is good.
We need to not be so gunshy because of our aggressiveness on Iraq and the intelligence failures there that we become paralyzed, though...
The point: get China more involved in solving the North Korea problem.
China seeks stability in the region, and realizes that having a nuclear proliferator run by a dictator on it's left side is not conducive to stability. The Chinese are almost certainly aware of the intelligence showing the North Korean connection to Syria and the nuclear side of this story. This is a provocative act in a decidedly unstable region. China must take leadership in its region if it seeks to be a leader on the world stage.
Plus: There's this article about China's influence on US diplomacy in both North Korea and Iran...