The 2 Finalists in the Contest for Communist of the Year:

Kim Jong Il of the PDRK  and  B. Hussein Obama of the USSA

06/27/09

The Provocateur blog says Obama was involved in a cross world geopolitical game of chicken with the tyrant of North Korea, Kim Jong Il, and it appears Obama blinked.

The United States will not use force to inspect a North Korean ship suspected of carrying banned goods, an American official was quoted as saying Friday.

An American destroyer has been shadowing the North Korean freighter sailing off China's coast, possibly on its way to Myanmar.

Defense Undersecretary Michele Flournoy met with South Korean officials in Seoul on Friday as the U.S. sought international support for aggressively enforcing a U.N. sanctions resolution aimed at punishing Pyongyang for its second nuclear test last month. The North Korean-flagged ship, Kang Nam 1, is the first to be tracked under the U.N. resolution.

The USS John McCain (named for the father and grandfather of the current Senator) has been shadowing this ship. It's been on full alert and ready to engage. The U.S. suspects that this ship is carrying illicit weapons to Myanmar. The U.S., per a UN resolution, had the right to board any North Korean ship that it suspected of carrying illicit weapons.

Meanwhile, Kim had promised war if any of his ships were stopped and not allowed to reach their destination.

So, what was set up here was a long distance geo political game of chicken. Obama risked war by boarding the ship without permission. On the other hand, he would be backing down and again not enforcing a UN resolution by not following through. It turns out that Obama has chosen the former. He has given the order not to board any ship if we aren't invited in. By doing so, he gives the tyrant a win in this round. Kim Jong Il often uses provocation to test the world to see how far he can go.

Cleary, he has seen that he can go farther in testing Obama.

Round 1 goes to Kim.