Yeah, it serves as a powerful message, alright. North Korea has seen it as a message indicating to them that they need things like nuclear weapons to defend themselves should we ever attack them.

The bullshit macho posturing has gotten out of hand, and people like Rummy are well on their way to getting us all killed. Saying shit like "Syria has to realize..." and using phrases like "behavior modification" are just fucked up, and not helping things.