Today's AP wire reports that North Korea is preparing its citizens for a protracted war with the U.S., detailing the contents of a "top secret" memo . The story's lede is risible:

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has ordered its citizens to be ready for a protracted war against the United States, issuing guidelines on evacuating to underground bunkers with weapons, food and portraits of leader Kim Jong Il.  

But this further evidence of pathological nuttiness at the top of this heavily populated, starving, destitute but nuclear armed country is anything but.

Clarice Feldman   1 05 05