But if we cannot do anything about such states quickly, we must be able to fight a holding action until we can change the regimes that need changing. We and our allies are practicing sweeping up nukes at sea should somebody who shall remain nameless decide on scoring a quick buck at our expense:
US, British and Asia-Pacific naval forces staged a joint exercise in the South China Sea to demonstrate a mock interception of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) aboard a merchant ship.
Exercise Deep Sabre is part of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) a US-led effort to improve global efforts to intercept nuclear, chemical and biological weapons shipments by rogue states and terrorist groups.
Singapore Navy servicemen rappelled from two helicopters onto the Avatar after it was intercepted, while troops from the Japanese Coast Guard and Australian Customs Service clambered onto the vessel from fast boats.
This will have to do until something better comes along. Sadly, starvation could be what brings down the Pillsbury Nuke Boy's regime.
I just hope this naval coalition is real enough for the critics to accept. Never can tell what they'll call "unilateral."
