LOS ANGELES -- Talk about an ocean of optimism! Here's a positive current for you if there ever was one: A close friend -- whom I dub The Very Successful Korean-American Businessman (VSKAB), who doesn't want his name to be used (but whose last name is Kim like several million other Korean-Americans), but who likes to use his capitalistic fortune to do good deeds -- is betting that before we realize it, the troubled Korean Peninsula will see real peace and North Korea will begin to open up.
But you ask: What is this multimillionaire smoking?
Whatever it is, maybe we could all use some of it -- especially Kim Jong Il, the stubborn North Korean president, and George W. Bush, the stubborn U.S. president. These two stand in the way of peace when they play the macho hardline game.