North Korea and Mars Attacks!

Did anyone notice yesterday that North Korea exploded a nuclear bomb almost as powerful as the ones that leveled Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Is this a harbinger of the "period of peace" promised at Fatima if we follow Our Lady's requests?

While I browsed some of the articles about the test and the tough talk-talk-talk coming from the fearless leaders of the free world, I couldn't help thinking of the movie spoof, Mars Attacks!. If you've never seen it, I heartily recommend you do. It seems to me to be a timely metaphor for our day and age.

The Martians land and travel around the world greeting world leaders with the mantra, "We come in peace." That's the precursor to their massive firepower of annhilation. Michael J. Fox plays a journalist who gets fried early on when the Martians first arrive. The film has plenty of politicians like Neville Chamberlain trying to placate the invaders. Quite a few don't make it to the end of the film.

But not to worry -- in real life, President Obama is in charge and says the world won't take it lying down, but will "stand up to this behavior." He's working on it with the U.N. which should make everyone feel secure - especially after North Korea's long-range missile launch last month. The London Guardian reported that a senior North Korean diplomat warned that Pyongyang will retaliate with "strong steps" if the UN security council takes action against its rocket launch, which was a peaceful satellite and not a missile.

("We come in peace! It was a satellite!")

The diplomat went on to say that if the Security Council "take any kind of steps whatever, we'll consider this is [infringement] upon the sovereignty of our country, and next option will be ours. We necessarily have the strong steps will be follow that." Exactly what kind of steps North Korea is willing to take we can only guess. (Watch Mars Attacks!)

The North Korean diplomat spoke to reporters at the U.N., where the five Security Council nations with permanent veto power (China, Britain, Russia, France, and the U.S.) with Japan were planning to meet for a third session to discuss possible action against North Korea, but the Guardian said the meeting was "suddenly cancelled." No doubt President Obama was planning to sit down with the North Koreans who would come to recognize that we are friendly and welcome them. ("Anyone who comes in peace is a friend of ours. Welcome!)

Keep in mind that this isn't just about North Korea getting the bomb and developing a missile with the power to deliver it, but about to whom they will sell the technology. There's speculation that Iran had observers at the bomb test. Pleasant thought.

Where's Ronald Reagan when you need him? The liberals liked to call him a warmonger, but it was Reagan and Pope John Paul II who brought down the Berlin Wall without a shot. Does anyone really believe that Barack Obama who said he'd willingly sit down with the despots of the world without pre-conditions is up to the job of negotiating world peace? How can he when he champions war against the unborn at home?

My simple, but profound, conclusion is WE'RE IN A MESS! And we need a surefire defensive weapon and I don't mean Star Wars (although I'd feel a lot safer if we had a defensive missile shield). No, the defensive weapon every family needs to use every day is to pray the rosary for world peace. And watch Mars Attacks! to discover the aliens' vulnerability. (No it's not a bacteria - that was War of the Worlds.)

For more on North Korea's test and the reaction see these articles:

North Korea tests nuclear weapon 'as powerful as Hiroshima bomb'

Obama says North Korea nuclear test a "grave concern"

North Korea's bomb test seen as troubling progress

Obama Urges World to 'Stand Up' to North Korea, After Nuclear Test

North Korean diplomat warns of 'strong steps' against UN security council