The World Today; From Where I'm Sitting.

So, I'm sitting here tonight, doing my usual thing at work... watching a movie and surfing the web. Every night I'm at work, I read the news and try to keep up with what's going on in the world. Upon opening the World News page on msn's site, I see that 4 out of the 5 top headlines are about North Korea.

It's not news anymore that N. Korea had fired off some missiles into the Sea of Japan.. one of the missiles being the Taepodong-2, a missile that is suspected of having the capability to reach the U.S., which fell apart 42 seconds after launch. Before these missiles were test fired, N. Korea put out a statement saying, "any preemptive action to prevent the launch of the missiles would result in a 'cruel and annihilating' retaliation."

Being stationed in South Korea, statements like that kind of put me on edge. Especially knowing that N. Korea has nuclear capabilities. After the launch of several missiles, and a strong uproar from the international community, N. Korea vows to launch more missiles. Knowing that there's some insane, little, mad man with his finger on a button, just doesn't sit well.

Aside from the recent issues with my jolly neighbor to the North, there's everything going on in the Middle East. Israel is currently sending troops into Gaza, and the Palestinians are pissed and all that mess. Meanwhile, Iran's crazy president spouts off by making statements saying that Israel needs to be wiped off the map. Them and the ones that helped create it, (the West.) And lets not forget that just shortly before Lil' Kimmy started shooting his rockets off, that Iran has been in the process of developing their nulcear program... it hasn't been in the news, but you know it's still an active issue.

So... War, nuclear bombs, and crazy Arabs and North Koreans are always a scary thing. But to add to it... what's with the weather and geological activities these days? It seems a little odd. Crazy earthquakes all over the world. Massive tsunamis. Hurricane Katrina. I'm beginning to think that someone hit the Self Destruct button!

Maybe it's just me, but when I sit back and think about it... the world is a scary place these days. Or maybe I should just stop reading/watching the news.