Remember the Cheonan

Forty-six South Korean sailors died when the Cheonan went down. Unlike the sinking of the USS Maine, which triggered the Spanish-American War and whose cause is still something of a mystery, it seems pretty clear that the Cheonan was sunk by a North Korean torpedo. This will, of course, inspire the Good People to campaign for greater tolerance of the Norks. Even the South Koreans will be inclined to take this path. After all, who in his right mind would go to war against someone who's truly insane, and who has nuclear weapons to boot? Remember this the next time we are tempted to cut the Iranian nutters some slack. Blue skies! -- Dan Ford