[CNN] US Ambassador to the United Nations...boodling on the grand scale...
Nikki Haley
...first woman to serve as Governor of South Carolina, and the second Indian-American governor in the country, after Bobby Jindal of Louisiana. At the age of 39, Haley is the youngest current governor in the U.S., a distinction formerly held by Jindal. She is a Republican, which really grates on the Dems...
lashed out against North Korean leader Kim
PudgeJong-un
...the overweight, pouty-looking hereditary potentate of North Korea. Pudge appears to believe in his own divinity, but has yet to produce any loaves and fishes, so his subjects remain malnourished...
in unusually personal terms on Wednesday.
"This is not a rational person," she told news hounds at the UN. "He is not thinking clearly."
Haley spoke after the latest urgent UN meeting addressing Pyongyang's actions, this time after North Korean missiles fell in Japanese fishing areas.
Frustration at the UN is high after rounds of sanctions and numerous resolutions and statements of condemnations have failed to stem the behavior.
The UN Security Council, which held closed-door consultation Wednesday, remains united in opposition to North Korea's missile launches. But determining the next options that might deter Pyongyang's behavior is difficult.
Usually US diplomats issue sharp criticism of the country, not the leader, of North Korea. Haley in her two months on the job has targeted Iran and Russia. She upped the rhetoric in her personal broadside Wednesday.
But beyond personal attacks, what can the UN do? Before Haley spoke, the council had already issued one of its toughest statements of denunciation ever on the latest incident, which involved the launch of four missiles.
Asked if the arsenal for further action is depleted, Haley responded, "All the options are on the table."
She said that each country would return to its capitals and investigate "what else we can do to get the attention of North Korea."