Walking Into A Crowded Room And Pulling Down Your Pants

...is the only comparison I can come up with for North Korea's Jerry-Springeresque admission that they've been cheating on the U.S. for years and developing nukes. Everybody and his great-aunt Harriet are quoted in the Times article guessing why the reclusive communist state decided to tell, after vehemently denying U.S. accusations to that effect the day before. Apparently the North Korean administration decided to let it all hang out after an all-night meeting last week. The U.S. administration (amazingly) kept it secret for about a week before announcing the admission. That's a good thing: it means they were able to decide sans punditry. I like Bush's foreign policy team, I really do.

Some possible explanations for the admission:
- They thought we'd find out anyway, and they could score more points by telling first.
- They're bluffing. Is this even a possibility?? I don't know.
- They're peeing their pants watching what's about to happen to their fellow "axis of evil" member, Saddam.
- They honestly want to reenter civilization, and this had to happen sometime.
- They have good enough nukes to be able to face up to the U.S.
- Who knows what goes through Kim Jong Il's twisted mind!?!

As the Post quotes, The admission "represented a candor on the part of North Korean officials that we are unaccustomed to," the official said. "It has promise. It has opportunity. It has dangers."