Provocative? who is provocative?

The White House announced that it will stop making nasty noises at the North Koreans for fear that we might provoke them.  Oh really?
   All official and unofficial (the MSM mostly) statements that I have heard on TV are super bland.  Never a threat, always expressions of regret.  We flew a few fancy warplanes into South Korea, but they turned around and flew back to bases in the US and Japan.  That's not provovative, that's the bare minimum of support given to a loyal ally, an important trading partner, and a good friend facing extreme pressure.  The North Koreans have denounced the 1950's armistice agreement, which is equivalent to starting up the Korean War again.  The South Koreans are understandable worried (probably scared too) and they deserve a tiny bit of US support.  Which is all they got.  Tiny,  emphasize tiny. 
   The North Korean's are vigorously stirring all sorts of pots, for reasons that make no sense to us.  When they get over their mad, things will settle down.  What we say and do doesn't matter at all. It's all up to the North Koreans.