Fayner Posts: This North Korea thing is way out of hand. Actually, what’s out of hand is the Bush Administration thinking they have a say in what N. Korea chooses to do.
Children are taught to respect their elders, so why doesn’t our 230 year old government stop trying to regulate a society like Korea (or Iraq or Afghanistan for that matter) that’s been around for over 5,000 years while we have stockpiled anywhere from 2,000 to 12,000 nuclear weapons and spy on them like little girls for testing – thus, protecting themselves – weapons of Mass Destruction?
It’s all about having the best toys, I guess, but seriously what fun are toys if you got no one to play with them with?
So what’s the deal here, has our government gone so mental that not only are they freely practicing espionage on their own people, they’re telling 22 million strangers half way around the world that they can’t play with the same toys as America?
Read on…
TOKYO (AFP) – North Korea could be preparing for new launches of mid-range missiles following last week’s tests, with activity detected at its bases, a report has said citing Japanese government sources.
US and Japanese satellite photos show that mid-range Rodong missiles had been set up on launch pads at a base in southeastern North Korea, but were later removed, the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper reported.
Fuel tanks could be seen near the launch pads, the report said.
The report said the satellite photos were taken after last week’s tests of seven missiles, but did not give a specific date.
"We think North Korea can launch missiles whenever it wishes," the top-selling daily quoted a government source as saying.
Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso on Sunday suggested Tokyo would have the right to launch a pre-emptive strike to protect its citizens from a missile launch by Pyongyang.
He said there were "visible signs" of activity at a North Korean missile base from which North Korea launched a Rodong missile last week.
Japan submitted a draft binding resolution in the United Nations Security Council that would impose sanctions on North Korea over the missile tests.
But on Monday, the Security Council put off a vote on the resolution to allow more time for Chinese diplomatic efforts to defuse the crisis.