As I predicted back in February, it was only a matter of time before North Korea screwed around with their agreement to de-nuke themselves. They’ve missed the April 14th deadline and are doing their usual promise and unpromise tactic coupled with the ever-popular maneuver of blaming it on the US. Everytime I hear about this $25 million supposedly locked up in some Macau bank blackhole, I almost laugh at how absurd this is. And then I get real serious because a peaceful Korean peninsula is nothing to laugh about. But at some point, when is someone going to just write them a check? Or how about we just give them back $25 million of the counterfeit dollars they love to pass off as originals? $25 million- with an “m” not $25 BILLION with a “B”. Just give them the damn money so they can move on to the next excuse for not doing what they agree to do. I’ll be really happy to see them get the funds and other goodies. If the North Korean people can get some of the help they desperately need and we can have a better chance at peace, that’s a small price to pay. However, the absurdity of this current holdup indicates to me that the problems are much bigger than a $25 million wire transfer and I am skeptical it will happen.