An attack is not just potentially a prelude to war; it could also be the last nail in the coffin of unchallenged American global power. Anti-Americans will no doubt rejoice. But judging by what, in recent years, the absence of American power has meant for other regions of the world — think of the Balkans until US intervention, Somalia after Black Hawk Down, or the Middle East today — no one should be looking forward to the consequences of such a vacuum.
America should call North Korea's bluff and demand to see their cards — or it will pay the price of letting a madman make the US look like a paper tiger.
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