In 2006, Likud leader Binyamin Netanyahu took it upon himselftoengage the American people in a discussion of the danger Iran poses not only to Israel but to the world as a whole.
By using the threat of a court injunction to halt production of devices he claimed credit for he could obtain lucrative settlements without having toengage in the hard work of selling a working product himself.
The statement's harsh language and attribution to the North's National Defense Commission was also a sign that the younger Kim may engage in some kind of military provocation against the South to rally support for himself by portraying the North's citizens as under threat from Seoul.