Kim Jong Il's Bush problem

It looks like it's "Plug The Times" day here , but there's another interesting article in today's edition. Under the headling Bush is keeping Kim Jong Il in his sights," Roland Watson writes from Washington about Bush's visceral hatred of the North Korean dictator:

President Bush is an instinctive and often emotional performer. Explaining Saddam?s evil, he reminded an audience this year that ?this is the guy that tried to kill my Dad?.

The President has developed a similar grudge against the North Korean leader. ?I loathe Kim Jong Il,? he told the Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward in a recent interview. ?I?ve got a visceral reaction to this guy, because he is starving his people. And I have seen intelligence of these prison camps ? they?re huge ? that he uses to break up families and to torture people. It appals me.? [...]

When the subject of North Korea came up, Mr Bush became so emotional that Mr Woodward thought that he was about to leap to his feet.

Mr Bush said that he was ?not foolish? and that he understood the threat posed by the North Korean military. He also said that he was under pressure to go slow, because the plight of the North Korean people would worsen once the United States began tightening the screws. But he added: ?I just don?t buy that. Either you believe in freedom, and worry about the human condition, or you don?t.?

I hope this clarity of vision is not getting diluted by the Appeasocrats of the State Department. I actually don't think it is. Bush is serious about this, and that is very bad news for Saddam and the Dear Leader. The Times concludes the article:

But one thing is clear: Mr Bush will not rest on any laurels he may collect in Baghdad. Pyongyang is his next target.

Damn right.