The USA has also violated international law on several occasions, was found guilty by the World Court of illegal war actions against Nicaragua 1980's, and has openly defied the U.N. in the case of the recent attack on Iraq, and has not been punished for these illegalities! ;-) What shall we do about it, BB?

Sanctions? Or military attack? Or just dirty looks and calling them bad names?

What would you recommend?

My point being...all the countries out there obey international laws only until they feel their vital interests are at stake...and then they do not obey those laws. But they WILL raise bloody hell about it when someone else behaves similarly, won't they? ;-)

Blah, blah, blah! The propaganda game. Treaties are followed only until someone decides they can't afford to follow that treaty anymore, and thus it has ever been and ever shall be, I expect. The major powers are just as guilty of this as the little players like North Korea, but they all play the righteous indignation game whenever the other guy does it, because that's standard political gamesmanship.