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The country may be planning a missile launch soon, a U.S. official told CNN, as tensions mount on the Korean Peninsula. </cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":true,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":1,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012431im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130404142917-north-korean-soldiers-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="North Korean soldiers patrol along the Yalu River in Sinuiju across the border from the Chinese city of Dandong on April 4." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto002" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption002">North Korean soldiers patrol along the Yalu River in Sinuiju across the border from the Chinese city of Dandong on April 4.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":2,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012431im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130329113834-01-kim-jong-un-0329-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="Kim Jong Un is briefed by his generals in this undated photo. On the wall is a map titled "Plan for the strategic forces to target mainland U.S." " border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto003" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption003">Kim Jong Un is briefed by his generals in this undated photo. On the wall is a map titled "Plan for the strategic forces to target mainland U.S." </cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":3,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012431im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130329113837-02-kim-jong-un-0329-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="Kim Jong Un works during a briefing in this undated photo." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto004" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption004">Kim Jong Un works during a briefing in this undated photo.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":4,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012431im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130326174812-164678119-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects drills by the Korean People's Army navy at an undisclosed location on North Korea's east coast on March 25 in a photo from the state-run Korean Central News Agency." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto005" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption005">North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects drills by the Korean People's Army navy at an undisclosed location on North Korea's east coast on March 25 in a photo from the state-run Korean Central News Agency.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":5,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012431im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130326174800-164678118-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="Kim makes his way to an observation post with North Korean soldiers on March 25." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto006" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption006">Kim makes his way to an observation post with North Korean soldiers on March 25.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":6,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012431im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130309110325-02-north-korea-0309-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="Kim uses a pair of binoculars to look south from the Jangjae Islet Defense Detachment near South Korea's Taeyonphyong Island on March 7." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto007" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption007">Kim uses a pair of binoculars to look south from the Jangjae Islet Defense Detachment near South Korea's Taeyonphyong Island on March 7.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":7,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012431im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130309110515-04-north-korea-0309-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="Kim is greeted by the family of a soldier as he inspects Jangjae Islet Defense Detachment near South Korea's Taeyonphyong Island in South Hwanghae province on Thursday, March 7, in a photo from the state-run Korean Central News Agency." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto008" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption008">Kim is greeted by the family of a soldier as he inspects Jangjae Islet Defense Detachment near South Korea's Taeyonphyong Island in South Hwanghae province on Thursday, March 7, in a photo from the state-run Korean Central News Agency.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":8,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012431im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130309110440-03-north-korea-0309-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="Kim is surrounded by soldiers during a visit to the Mu Islet Hero Defense Detachment near South Korea's Taeyonphyong Island on March 7. North Korea has escalated its bellicose rhetoric, threatening nuclear strikes, just before the U.N. Security Council passed tougher sanctions against the secretive nation on March 7." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto009" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption009">Kim is surrounded by soldiers during a visit to the Mu Islet Hero Defense Detachment near South Korea's Taeyonphyong Island on March 7. North Korea has escalated its bellicose rhetoric, threatening nuclear strikes, just before the U.N. Security Council passed tougher sanctions against the secretive nation on March 7.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":9,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012431im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130309110037-01-north-korea-0309-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="Kim arrives at Jangjae Islet by boat to meet with soldiers of the Jangjae Islet Defense Detachment near Taeyonphyong Island in South Hwanghae province on March 7." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto0010" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption0010">Kim arrives at Jangjae Islet by boat to meet with soldiers of the Jangjae Islet Defense Detachment near Taeyonphyong Island in South Hwanghae province on March 7.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":10,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012431im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130307134506-01-nk-0307-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="Soldiers in the North Korean army train at an undisclosed location on March 6. " border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto0011" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption0011">Soldiers in the North Korean army train at an undisclosed location on March 6. </cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":11,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012431im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130124090131-01-nk-0124-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, poses with chiefs of branch social security stations in this undated picture released by North Korea's official news agency on November 27. " border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto0012" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption0012">North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, poses with chiefs of branch social security stations in this undated picture released by North Korea's official news agency on November 27. </cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":12,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012431im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130124090304-02-nk-0124-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="Kim celebrates with staff from the satellite control center in Pyongyang, North Korea, during the launch of a rocket carrying a satellite, in a photo released by the official North Korean news agency on December 12. " border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto0013" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption0013">Kim celebrates with staff from the satellite control center in Pyongyang, North Korea, during the launch of a rocket carrying a satellite, in a photo released by the official North Korean news agency on December 12. </cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":13,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012431im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130124090420-03-nk-0124-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="A crowd watches as statues of the nation's founder, Kim Il Sung, and his son Kim Jong Il are unveiled during a ceremony in Pyongyang on April 13, 2012. Photos from North Korea are rare, but the country was on full display in April 2012 as it celebrated the 100th birthday of Kim Il Sung." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto0014" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption0014">A crowd watches as statues of the nation's founder, Kim Il Sung, and his son Kim Jong Il are unveiled during a ceremony in Pyongyang on April 13, 2012. Photos from North Korea are rare, but the country was on full display in April 2012 as it celebrated the 100th birthday of Kim Il Sung.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":14,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012431im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130124090535-04-nk-0124-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="A North Korean soldier stands guard in front of an UNHA III rocket at the Tangachai-ri Space Center on April 8, 2012." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto0015" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption0015">A North Korean soldier stands guard in front of an UNHA III rocket at the Tangachai-ri Space Center on April 8, 2012.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":15,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012431im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130325015028-north-korea-rocket-launch-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="In April 2012, Pyongyang launched a long-range rocket, which broke apart and fell into the sea. The UNHA III rocket is pictured on its launch pad in Tang Chung Ri, North Korea." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto0016" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption0016">In April 2012, Pyongyang launched a long-range rocket, which broke apart and fell into the sea. The UNHA III rocket is pictured on its launch pad in Tang Chung Ri, North Korea.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":16,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012431im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130325020251-north-korea-rocket-launch-3-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="A closer look at the UNHA III rocket on its launch pad in Tang Chung Ri, North Korea." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto0017" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption0017">A closer look at the UNHA III rocket on its launch pad in Tang Chung Ri, North Korea.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":17,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military "}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012431im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130124090843-05-nk-0124-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="A military vehicle participates in a parade in Pyongyang on April 15, 2012." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto0018" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption0018">A military vehicle participates in a parade in Pyongyang on April 15, 2012.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":18,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012431im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130124091028-06-nk-0124-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="North Koreans wave flags in front of portraits of Kim Il Sung, left, and his son Kim Jong Il during celebrations to mark the 100th birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang on April 16, 2012. " border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto0019" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption0019">North Koreans wave flags in front of portraits of Kim Il Sung, left, and his son Kim Jong Il during celebrations to mark the 100th birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang on April 16, 2012. </cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":19,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012431im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130124091218-07-nk-0124-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="North Korean soldiers relax at the end of an official ceremony attended by leader Kim Jong Un at a stadium in Pyongyang on April 14, 2012." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto0020" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption0020">North Korean soldiers relax at the end of an official ceremony attended by leader Kim Jong Un at a stadium in Pyongyang on April 14, 2012.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":20,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012431im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130124091302-08-nk-0124-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="Kim Jong Un applauds as he watches a military parade in Pyongyang on April 15, 2012." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto0021" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption0021">Kim Jong Un applauds as he watches a military parade in Pyongyang on April 15, 2012.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":21,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012431im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130124091401-09-nk-0124-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="A North Korean soldier stands on a balcony in Pyongyang on April 16, 2012." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto0022" style="margin:0 auto;display:none" width="640"/> <cite style="display:none" id="galleryCaption0022">A North Korean soldier stands on a balcony in Pyongyang on April 16, 2012.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":22,"title":"Kim Jong Un and North Korea\'s military"}</script> </div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img 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note:</strong> David Rothkopf writes regularly for CNN.com. He is CEO and editor-at-large of the FP Group, publishers of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012431/http://www.foreignpolicy.com/" target="_blank">Foreign Policy</a> magazine, and a visiting scholar at the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012431/http://www.carnegieendowment.org/#/slide_333_iraq-ten-years-later" target="_blank">Carnegie Endowment for International Peace</a>.</em></p> <p><strong>(CNN)</strong> -- North Korea is dangerously close to crossing a line. Not the line that leads to a missile attack on the United States, but the one that separates being a rogue state from being a parody of a rogue state. Pyongyang's bluster is as comical as its nuclear threats are implausible.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph2">This does not mean the United States should take the threats lightly. As Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has explained, when a country with a big army and nuclear weapons starts getting reckless, it is irresponsible to dismiss the possibility that it would actually do something insanely self-destructive. But the bigger concern has to do with why North Korea is rattling its saber. The reason may reflect more on the United States than we care to acknowledge.</p> <div class="cnn_strylftcntnt"><div class="cnn_strylctcntr cnn_strylccimg214"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012431im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/120807103211-rothkopf-hedshot-left-tease.jpg" alt="David Rothkopf" border="0" class="box-image" height="122" width="214"/> <div>David Rothkopf</div> </div></div> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph3">It is possible that North Korea is threatening America because it thinks that there is little cost in doing so, that the United States is less likely to strike back than ever before. It may well be acting out a scene from one of those old Hollywood movies that Kim Jong Un's father, the batty Kim Jong Il, used to love. In those Westerns, there was often a moment when some wannabe gunslinger, a crazy kid, challenges an old cowboy with a much bigger reputation. He does so to lift himself up. But he also doesn't think the old guy has it in him to pull the trigger anymore.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph4"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012431/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/04/opinion/lee-north-korea/index.html">Opinion: North Korea is not suicidal </a></p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph5">If America's enemies think that we are shrinking away from crises, that rhetoric and nonintervention are now our standard operating procedure, that would indeed be worrisome. And the idea is not unknown in international circles. A senior Middle Eastern diplomat suggested to me several months ago that because the United States has pulled out of Iraq and is pulling out of Afghanistan,<strong> </strong>and has been so reluctant to be drawn into Syria even as horrors and the regional threat mount there, America's enemies are starting to conclude we have "gone soft."</p> <div class="cnn_strylftcntnt"> <div class="cnn_strylctcntr cnn_stryfactbox"> <div class="cnn_strycorrheader"><b>Become a fan of CNNOpinion</b></div> Stay up to date on the latest opinion, analysis and conversations through social media. Join us at <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012431/https://www.facebook.com/CNNOpinion" target="_blank">Facebook/CNNOpinion</a></strong> and follow us <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012431/https://twitter.com/CNNOpinion" target="_blank">@CNNOpinion on Twitter</a></strong>. We welcome your ideas and comments. <br/><br/> <br/><br/> <div class="cnn_pad20top"></div> </div></div> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph6">A former top U.S. government official, a career guy who has served both Republicans and Democrats, told me he's worried that President Barack Obama is sending the message that he doesn't believe in Madeleine Albright's famous view of the U.S. as "the indispensable nation."</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph7">What the United States appears to be willing or unwilling to do is often more important to world affairs than what we actually do. More often than not, our posture is our policy.</p> <script> var currExpandable="expand18"; if(typeof CNN.expandableMap==='object'){CNN.expandableMap.push(currExpandable);} var mObj={}; mObj.type='video'; mObj.contentId=''; mObj.source='bestoftv/2013/04/05/ac-amanpour-townsend-north-korea-threats.cnn'; mObj.videoSource='CNN'; mObj.videoSourceUrl='https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012431/http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/'; mObj.lgImage="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012431/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130404230809-ac-amanpour-townsend-north-korea-threats-00050821-story-body.jpg"; mObj.lgImageX=300; mObj.lgImageY=169; mObj.origImageX="214"; mObj.origImageY="120"; mObj.contentType='video'; CNN.expElements.expand18Store=mObj; </script> <a name="em3"></a> <div class="cnn_strylftcntnt cnn_strylftcexpbx" id="expand18"> <div class="cnn_strylceclbtn"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012431im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.e/img/3.0/mosaic/bttn_close.gif" alt="" border="0" height="23" width="58"/></div> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012431im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130404230809-ac-amanpour-townsend-north-korea-threats-00050821-story-body.jpg" alt="" border="0" class="box-image" height="120" width="214"/><cite class="expCaption"><span>World is watching U.S.-North Korea drama</span></cite> </div> <script> var currExpandable="expand28"; if(typeof CNN.expandableMap==='object'){CNN.expandableMap.push(currExpandable);} var mObj={}; mObj.type='video'; mObj.contentId=''; mObj.source='bestoftv/2013/04/04/exp-erin-intv-peter-king-redesignate-north-korea-as-state-sponsor-of-terrorism.cnn'; mObj.videoSource='CNN'; mObj.videoSourceUrl='cnn.com/OutFront'; mObj.lgImage="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012431/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130308202237-kim-jong-un-wave-story-body.jpg"; mObj.lgImageX=300; mObj.lgImageY=169; mObj.origImageX="214"; mObj.origImageY="120"; mObj.contentType='video'; CNN.expElements.expand28Store=mObj; </script> <a name="em4"></a> <div class="cnn_strylftcntnt cnn_strylftcexpbx" id="expand28"> <div class="cnn_strylceclbtn"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012431im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.e/img/3.0/mosaic/bttn_close.gif" alt="" border="0" height="23" width="58"/></div> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012431im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130308202237-kim-jong-un-wave-story-body.jpg" alt="" border="0" class="box-image" height="120" width="214"/><cite class="expCaption"><span>Lawmaker: N. Korea not imminent threat</span></cite> </div> <script> var currExpandable="expand38"; if(typeof CNN.expandableMap==='object'){CNN.expandableMap.push(currExpandable);} var mObj={}; mObj.type='video'; mObj.contentId=''; mObj.source='bestoftv/2013/04/05/exp-point-royce-north-korea.cnn'; mObj.videoSource='CNN'; mObj.videoSourceUrl=''; mObj.lgImage="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012431/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130405083157-exp-point-royce-north-korea-00002001-story-body.jpg"; mObj.lgImageX=300; mObj.lgImageY=169; mObj.origImageX="214"; mObj.origImageY="120"; mObj.contentType='video'; CNN.expElements.expand38Store=mObj; </script> <a name="em5"></a> <div class="cnn_strylftcntnt cnn_strylftcexpbx" id="expand38"> <div class="cnn_strylceclbtn"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012431im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.e/img/3.0/mosaic/bttn_close.gif" alt="" border="0" height="23" width="58"/></div> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012431im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130405083157-exp-point-royce-north-korea-00002001-story-body.jpg" alt="" border="0" class="box-image" height="120" width="214"/><cite class="expCaption"><span>Royce: What North Korea wants</span></cite> </div> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph8">This doesn't mean the United States will make the world safer by adopting the recklessness of the first term of George W. Bush's administration. That, too, produces unintended consequences. But we do have to be careful about how our sensible restraint translates into other languages. If situations such as Syria make us look too timid about needed intervention, it can be as dangerous and provocative internationally as when tin-pot troublemakers such as Kim Jong Un bang the table and cry for attention.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph9">That said, when the kid in those old Westerns tries to take out the fastest gun in the West, it usually ends badly for him. Were North Korea to misread America's restraint as a lack of resolve, it won't survive the response it triggers.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph10">Obama has shown that when the threat is most urgent he does not hesitate to act, whether it means deciding to double down in Afghanistan, increasing the number of drone and special operations missions against terrorists, getting Osama bin Laden or bringing down Moammar Gadhafi. America may not be as aggressive as it has been in the recent past, but Obama's record -- the surfeit of caution regarding Syria aside -- suggests it would be a fatal error to test this cool hand in the White House.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph11">America's troop and weapons movements in recent days are a welcome clarification to those who doubt the country will protect its national interests wherever they are actively challenged.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph12"><i>Follow us on </i><i><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012431/https://twitter.com/cnnopinion" target="_blank">Twitter @CNNOpinion.</a></i></p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph13"><i>Join us on</i><i><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012431/https://www.facebook.com/CNNOpinion" target="_blank"> Facebook/CNNOpinion.</a></i></p> <script type="text/javascript">if(typeof CNN.expElements==='object'){CNN.expElements.init();}</script> <p class="cnn_strycbftrtxt"><i>The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of David Rothkopf.</i></p>   <div class="cnn_stryshrwdgtbtm"> <div id="cnn_sharebar2"> <div class="c_sharebar_cntr c_sharebar_loading"> <div class="cnn_stryswdgtbtm1"> <div class="cnn_stryswdgtbtm1a"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012431/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/05/opinion/rothkopf-north-korea/index.html#disqus_thread">0</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryswdgtbtm1b"><a href="#cnn-disqus-area">Comments »</a></div> </div> <div class="cnn_stryswdgtbtm2"> <div class="c_sharebtmcol1"> <div class="c_sharetitle">SHARE THIS</div> <div class="c_sharebtns"> <ul> <li class="c_sharebtn c_sharebtnfb"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="cnnsocial.share.click('cnn_sharebar2', 'facebook');"></a></li> <li class="c_sharebtn c_sharebtntwtr"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="cnnsocial.share.click('cnn_sharebar2', 'twitter');"></a></li> <li class="c_sharebtn c_sharebtngplus"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="cnnsocial.share.click('cnn_sharebar2', 'googleplus');"></a></li> <li class="c_sharebtn c_sharebtnlnkn"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="cnnsocial.share.click('cnn_sharebar2', 'linkedin');"></a></li> </ul> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div> </div> <div class="c_sharebtmdiv"></div> <div class="c_sharebtmcol2"> <div class="fb-like" data-send="false" data-layout="box_count" data-width="90" data-show-faces="false" data-action="recommend" href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/05/opinion/rothkopf-north-korea/index.html"></div> </div> <div class="c_sharebtmdiv"></div> <div class="c_shareweb c_sharebtmcol3"> <ul> <li class="cnn_sswdgtweb1"><a href="#" onclick="if(typeof CleanPrintPrintHtml!='undefined' && CleanPrintPrintHtml) CleanPrintPrintHtml(); else window.print(); return false;">Print</a></li> <li class="cnn_sswdgtweb2"><a href="#" onclick="return(ET());">Email</a></li> <li class="cnn_sswdgtweb3"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$j('#cnn_sharebarmore2').toggle();">More sharing</a> <div id="cnn_sharebarmore2" class="sharebar_othersites sharebar_othersitesl" style="display:none;"> <div class="shareProp"> <div class="sharebutton_reddit" title="Reddit"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="cnnsocial.share.click('cnn_sharebar2', 'reddit');">Reddit</a></div> </div> <div class="shareProp"> <div class="sharebutton_stumbleupon" title="StumbleUpon"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="cnnsocial.share.click('cnn_sharebar2', 'stumbleupon');">StumbleUpon</a></div> </div> <div class="shareProp"> <div class="sharebutton_delicious" title="Delicious"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="cnnsocial.share.click('cnn_sharebar2', 'delicious');">Delicious</a></div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div> </div> </div> <script> /* push in config for this share instance */ cnn_shareconfig.push({ "id" : "cnn_sharebar2", "url" : "https://web.archive.org/web/20130406012431/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/05/opinion/rothkopf-north-korea/index.html", "title" : "Does North Korea think U.S. going soft?" }); </script> <div class="cnn_strybtmcntnt"> <div class="cnn_divline"></div> <div class="cnn_divline"></div> <div class="cnn_strybtmmorebx" id="outbrain_ext_element" style="display:none;"> <div class="cnn_strybtmmbx1"> <h4>We recommend</h4><div class="cnn_clear"></div> <script> var cnn_oburlStr=location.pathname+''; cnn_oburlStr=(cnn_oburlStr.indexOf('?') > -1) ? 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