North Korea has intensified its belligerence toward the west and other UN members with its acts of nuclear proliferation. Unofficial sources state that the North will more than likely fire another long range ballistic missile in the direction of U.S. territory. Not since the Cuban Missile crisis during the Kennedy administration has the US been on the doorstep of possible war with a nation whom has nuclear weapons or the capability to produce such armament. So in the coming days we will watch with the rest of the world just how defiant North Korea can be and if the ailing leader of the communist regime will indeed stand by his words and wage war on the U.S. This puts the US in a tight situation in which diplomacy has but so far failed. However thin the line between all out war and peace the final decisions will be left in the hands of the leaders of both these countries. This is a turning point for the United States and Chairman Kim Jong II has put this out for the whole world to witness. If the North is able to thumb its nose at the mightiest empire on earth it will show the world that the US is not as powerful as we all think.