North Korea posed as a global threat with the launch of nuclear testing on Oct. 9 and has raised many fears from its surrounding nations and, in particular, the United States.

As defiant and disorderly as North Korea has continued to act, they are doing nothing but pushing themselves into a more isolated state. If they continue this charade of testing nuclear weapons again and not complying with the United Nations, they are in grave danger and they should be prepared for difficult consequences.

In an announcement on Oct. 14, the United Nations issued sanctions to search ships for banned weapons, calling Pyongyang’s claimed nuclear test “a clear threat to international peace and security.”

Kim Jong Il, leader of North Korea, declared on Oct. 18, that any U.N. sanctions over its nuclear program would be considered a “declaration of war” and warned them of “merciless blows” if its sovereignty is violated, according to the Korean Central News Agency. Kim also said he would not give in to “the pressure and threat of someone at this time when it has become a nuclear weapons state.”

In spite of the fact that North Korea has gained a great amount of power by engineering nuclear weapons, it has managed to lose much respect from its fellow nations and, with Kim’s flagrant attitude toward them, will only further its already damaged reputation.

Nuclear weapons aren’t just little bombs. In fact they can obliterate an entire region and in the hands of a country that is using them as leverage of power they are a serious matter.

In a televised remark made by the No. 2 ranking leader in North Korea, Kim Yong Nam, the country would strengthen its military and “achieve a final victory in historic standoff with the U.S.,” according to Fox News.

Well, as if China, Japan and South Korea aren’t already terrified by North Korea’s nuclear powers, being that it’s their surrounding region, now the United States is taking it upon themselves as a direct threat to our nation’s security.

President Bush said he has no intention of pursuing a fight with North Korea and that he will try to handle these issues in a diplomatic manner if it is willing to comply. Which I think is a pretty modest answer to Kim Yong Nam’s remark, considering he threatened the United States.

The United Nations, China, Japan, South Korea and Russia alike are all worried about North Korea having nuclear weapons and are concerned with North Korea’s response of wanting peace, but not afraid of waging war.

"We hope North Korea will adopt a responsible attitude … and come back to resolving the issue through dialogue and consultation instead of taking any actions that may further escalate or worsen the situation," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said at a regular press briefing in Beijing.

The truth of the matter is that North Korea needs to stop playing the role of the ruling empire of the world or its surrounding nations will join forces to take it down. The United Nations has been in negotiations with North Korea to abandon its use of nuclear weapons for the last three years, but they have yet to show signs of quitting. If North Korea is not prepared for negotiations and diplomatic peaceful measures they will have waged war on themselves. What they are doing is wrong. They will stand alone and they will lose.