South Korea's Lee goes on the offensive against North Korea

The signs were already there. Lee Myung-bek's ride to the Blue House foreshadowed a tough line on relations with North Korea. He had a good model to follow in Herr Bush who in the end had to open direct talks with Pyongyang. Lee's bravado has had an immediate response. North Korea kicked out South Korean officials in Kaesong's free trade zone kilometres away from the 38th parallel, and now, Kim Jong il's regime has tested rockets in the Eastern Sea. And in one fell swoop of Lee's heated up rhetoric, tension has returned with a vengeance to the divided Korean peninsula. Lee a know nothing has scrapped the Sunshine Policy, and in its place has substituted empty prose which will turn back the clock in dealing with North Korea and the nuclear question. So much for a rational and intelligent, new foreign policy and inter Korean policy. What Koreans need least is another ideological, god fearing leader who won't shy away in brinkmanship. Since he's wanting to show he has big balls between his legs like Herr Bush, his policy towards Pyongyang will lead to a coming to Canossa as Herr Bush did in opening up discussions with Kim Jong-il's government. Herr Bush has 'heuvos secos' or dried eggs, meaning his balls are sterile, and so he know finds a fellow big mouth without substance in Lee Myong-bek. Everyone has much to fear from the rashness of South Korea's new president.