North Korea and Israel

Dan Drezner's blog got a lot of comments about his comparison of N.Korea and Israel. I don't know why everyone got so worked up...it didn't seem like Drezner was implying that Israel's regime is like N.Korea. Drezner writes

The Obama administration has reacted to this incident in remarkably similar ways to China's reaction to the Cheonan incident -- with a call for more information.

I thought the focus was more on the response at the UN Security Council. For N.Korea, China is witholding judgment until more information is available. Ditto for the US on Israel, even as much of the rest of the world condemns Israel's actions.

By the way, here's a good overview by Nicole Finnemann of KEI of different countries' reactions to the Cheonan sinking.