North Korea's Kim Jong Un continues his confrontational course. After conducting his nation's fifth nuclear test, U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter declared it to be a "direct challenge to the entire international community."
But this is complete hooey, to use a technical term. It's about time for the "international community" to stop acting as if there really is an international community. And especially that any of the many bad guys around the globe pay the slightest attention to that mythical body.
There's certainly no consensus of the world's 7.4 billion people behind whatever policy the U.S. government, let alone Carter, might advocate. Even more, it's fair to assume that Kim isn't much concerned about what the "international community" thinks, let alone intends to "challenge" it.