North Shells South

The leader of North Korea (aka Gopher in a pantsuit) seems to rattling his sabre again. Of course he wants the world to pay attention to him. So he shelled an island in South Korea.

(Reuters) - North Korea fired scores of artillery shells at a South Korean island on Tuesday, killing two soldiers, in one of the heaviest attacks on its neighbor since the Korean War ended in 1953.

The barrage -- the South fired back and sent a fighter jet to the area -- was close to a disputed maritime border on the west of the divided peninsula and the scene of deadly clashes in the past. South Korea was conducting military drills in the area at the time but said it had not been firing at the North.

See it here; http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6AM0YS20101123

Of course there will be "wars and rumors of wars"....so all this commotion should NOT surprise us. This is simply more evidence that the perfect storm continues to brew.