But the real question is what is North Korea really testing? Many international governments, including Japan, South Korea, and the U.S. suspect that North Korea is testing a new intercontinental ballistic missile.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday a North Korean satellite or missile launch would "threaten the peace and stability in the region."
"We think the North needs to desist, or not carry out this type of provocative act, and sit down ... and work on the process of denuclearization of the Korean peninsula," U.S. State Department spokesman Robert Wood said.
"There is no country which has test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile passing above another country. In that sense, I have no intention to allow (the object) to pass above Japan without asking permission," Aso said.
North Korea says it will consider any attempt to shoot down its missile an act of war.
Here is my question, does anyone really believe North Korea is stupid enough to launch a missile at a world power? Whether it is Japan, China, Russia, America, South Korea, etc., the international backlash would wipe North Korea of the face of the earth within a week.
Kim Jong il may have some issues, the man did claim to shoot an 18 the first time he played a round of golf, but even dictatorial idiots have a measure of common sense. Kim Jong il launching a ICBM at a member of the United Nations, and consequently going to war with several world powers, would be like me picking a fight with The Predator.
I say let them build and test whatever they want. As long as they are responsible and don't allow their missiles to "go missing", a la Russia when the iron curtain fell, what difference does it make?
No blood, no foul.
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