Well, here's something to ponder. North Korea's recent rocket mission ended in failure, but not before international criticism over concerns it could further the reclusive nation's ability to deliver a nuclear warhead.

After its launch, the Taepo Dong-2 missile's first stage fell into the sea 103 miles west of the South Korea capital Seoul, and the remainder of the "satellite-carrying" missile was deemed to have failed.

The facts are are that there has never been any evidence to support any claims of nuclear weapons development by North Korea, but with so much propaganda spun by more well off nations I believe this set off a collective venting from many people who were spoon fed incorrect details. This is why it is always best to think for yourself and to be yourself, rather than follow the crowd.

It has to be said that out of the many nuclear armed country's on the planet only one has ever fired a nuclear missile in anger and against a civilian populated city.

North Korea is impoverished, it has sanctions and trade embargoes against it ... yet few hold out an olive branch or think for themselves as to how the country can lifted out of the place it has become lodged in.

Ah well, it was just a passing thought that happened in a millisecond but has taken some ten minutes or so to write! It's not a massive thought, just one of those fleeting ones you get when you've spotted something on the internet. I had no intention of seeking out anything like this, but to open a page and see something like this, well it can spark off a million other thoughts!

Stephen Richards