Korean Ka-Boom; Alfred E.'s UN

Begin with the charming text of North Korea's announcement that it conducted an underground nuclear test on October 9 (Korean time) (the reference to Juche is to the philosophy of founding tyrant Kim Il-Sung).  Now cut to a report that today the UN will announce that South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon is now the only remaining candidate to succeed Kofi Annan as Secretary-General, come January 2006.  Ban implemented the policy of Chamberlain-style appeasement of the North, which yielded a nuclear detonation.  Just what kind of S-G does that make him likely to be, in dealing with defiant Iran's nuclear ambitions?  The attitude of the Turtle Bay set brings to mind MAD Magazine anti-hero Alfred E. Neuman and his trademark line: "What, Me Worry?"