NoKo act of War

Lil' Kim ordered the torpedo attack on the South Korean navy? Yes, according to this NYT account of U.S. intel:


A new American intelligence analysis of a deadly torpedo attack on a South Korean warship concludes that Kim Jong-il, the ailing leader of North Korea, must have authorized the torpedo assault, according to senior American officials who cautioned that the assessment was based on their sense of the political dynamics there rather than hard evidence.

The officials said they were increasingly convinced that Mr. Kim ordered the sinking of the ship, the Cheonan, to help secure the succession of his youngest son.

“We can’t say it is established fact,” said one senior American official who was involved in the highly classified assessment, based on information collected by many of the country’s 16 intelligence agencies. “But there is very little doubt, based on what we know about the current state of the North Korean leadership and the military.”

We have to ask: Is this the way to solve your 'roneriness' issues? (Language warning at beginning of clip)



Seriously, North Korea is well within its rights to retaliate. Question: How exactly? What would be proportional and most effective?