North Korean Missile Test
North Korean missile test.
North Korea is looking to test its TD-2 missile in the next few days. The missile could strike the west coast of the US with a chemical/biological warhead, or most of the Pacific (Hawaii, Guam, Japan) with a nuclear warhead.
My immediate reaction was "shoot it down." I found out that in 2006, we had planned to do just that, but the missle failed just 100 seconds into its flight. Sadly, with his appeasment stance, Obama will not shoot down the missile. He has not put the interceptor crews on alert, and has not told them to shoot it down. Instead, a successful test will be a bargaining chip for N. Korea in their continued duplicity and manipulation through the 6 party talks. Amazingly, the only thing N. Korea has (its only viable export other than counterfeit US dollars) we are not pushing them on. Shoot it down, and then they might actually be more willing to talk. Prove that the US projection of power is nearly limitless (ok, not true, but its the idea that counts) and they might believe they cant just manipulate the system.
North Korea is looking to test its TD-2 missile in the next few days. The missile could strike the west coast of the US with a chemical/biological warhead, or most of the Pacific (Hawaii, Guam, Japan) with a nuclear warhead.
My immediate reaction was "shoot it down." I found out that in 2006, we had planned to do just that, but the missle failed just 100 seconds into its flight. Sadly, with his appeasment stance, Obama will not shoot down the missile. He has not put the interceptor crews on alert, and has not told them to shoot it down. Instead, a successful test will be a bargaining chip for N. Korea in their continued duplicity and manipulation through the 6 party talks. Amazingly, the only thing N. Korea has (its only viable export other than counterfeit US dollars) we are not pushing them on. Shoot it down, and then they might actually be more willing to talk. Prove that the US projection of power is nearly limitless (ok, not true, but its the idea that counts) and they might believe they cant just manipulate the system.
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