As mentioned yesterday, the U.S., even during the midst of war with Iraq, has pushed the agenda of North Korea onto center stage at the U.N.

What's the response of the Chinese?

Meanwhile, the North's main ally, China, said the world body, which meets Wednesday, has no business discussing Pyongyang's suspected nuclear weapons program. On Monday, Chinese diplomats blocked efforts by some council members to draft a statement condemning North Korea.

Yeah, that sounds reasonable. We gave them gobs of foreign aid under the agreement that they wouldn't build nukes. They took all that aid and built them anyway. Now they're provoking South Korea and Japan by flying into their airspace and testing missiles in their seas. North Korea is horribly destitute and has shown absolutely no restraint in selling any and all kind of weaponry to anyone with a fat checkbook.

Yeah, we have "no business" in North Korea's efforts to build nukes.

You're a big fucking help, China.