North Korean regime that harbors predatory intentions toward the South, traffics in weapons with the likes of Syria, Iran, is becoming an ever more serious danger to the U.S. That, not the Olympics, is Kim's real game here, and he's just scored
If the International Olympic Committee ever decides to add Totalitarian Cruelty and Nuclear Extortion to its roster of Olympic sports, it might make sense for the IOC to bend over backwards to include North Korea -- which would be a shoo-in for the gold. But the Olympics are supposed to involve healthier forms of activity. So I'd strongly urge a sober rethink of the applause we're now hearing for North Korea's last-minute enrollment in the Winter Olympic Games, to be held Feb. 9-25 in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
And there sure has been plenty of applause, from many quarters, for Tuesday's Inter-Korean talks at Panmunjom and the resulting joint North-South Korean announcement that North Korea would send a delegation to the Olympics.