Korean-ing Off The Rails, Part 2

Will somebody please figure out what North Korea wants and convince them to stop acting like three-year-olds?

North Korea warned Tuesday that the continuing military drills by the United States and South Korea could lead to "all-out war any time."

The firmly-worded message was published by North Korea's state-run KCNA news service.

"If the U.S. and the south Korean war-like forces fire even a shell into the inviolable land and territorial waters of the DPRK, they will have to pay dearly for this," the news service report said. The DPRK is the acronym for North Korea's formal name -- the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

This comes after South Korean President Lee Myung-bak warned Monday that North Korea would face severe consequences if it launched another military attack across its southern border.

"If the North commits any additional provocations against the South, we will make sure that it pays a dear price without fail," Lee said in a nationally televised address. North Korea stepped up its threats recently on its southern rival, as well as the United States, warning that military activities must not infringe on what the communist nation considers its territory.

The crisis is top priority for Seoul.

Someone's going to get hurt here if this keeps up, and frankly it's getting more than a little ridiculous.  I'm not sure what Hillary is doing right now about this (I admit, the State Department kind of has their hands full this week and all) but it's pretty clear North Korea wants something.

It would be nice if they told us what it really is.