US 'War President' is 0 for 2 in battle against axis of evil

Since there's very little the United States can do to respond to the North Korean missile tests, other governments are driving events. Japan wants immediate sanctions against the North Koreans, but it's unclear who's ready to impose them. South Korea,
fearing how the paranoid North Korean regime might lash out if faced
with economic or military collapse, isn't willing to endorse harsh
measures. China is happy to broker any negotiations, since it accrues
more prestige and influence in Asia in the process. Other major powers
are notably silent. The North Koreans lose nothing by threatening
further missile tests.

...We're in the thick of a volatile time for the Korean Peninsula, so
it's hard to say where the current road leads. Whatever happens in the
two Koreas, there is one bad outcome that is hard to deny: the global
campaign to curb the proliferation of nuclear and missile technologies
has suffered its most serious blow since the end of the Cold War.