I get it now. The U.S. has repeatedly said it does not intend to attack North Korea or topple its communist regime. But a visit from Conoleeza Rice to Asia, in the wake of an apparent 2nd North Korea Nuclear Test, is a
“putting pressure on South Korea and especially China to enforce economic sanctions. Those include what the United States describes as an aggressive inspection and interdiction program that stops short of a full blockade of North Korean trade.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has ruled out developing nuclear weapons, but a ruling party policy director raised that possibility soon after the North’s test.
Speaking to reporters Tuesday en route to Japan, Rice said North Korea’s recent underground nuclear test “does carry with it the potential for instability in the relationships that now exist in the region.”
“That’s why it’s extremely important to go out and to affirm, and affirm strongly, U.S. defense commitments to Japan and to South Korea,” Rice said.
I think she meant to say “imperial aggression”.
Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 