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NKorea rocket fizzles, US says; Obama urges action
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by Barbara Mathieson | April 5, 2009 at 12:25 pm
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By PAUL ALEXANDER and JOHN HEILPRIN, Associated Press Writer Paul Alexander And John Heilprin, Associated Press Writer – 3 mins agoSEOUL, South Korea – The U.S. and its allies sought punishment Sunday for North Korea's defiant launch of a rocket that apparently fizzled into the Pacific, holding an emergency U.N. meeting in response to fears the country was testing long-range missile technology.
President Barack Obama called for a global response and condemned North Korea for threatening the peace and stability of nations "near and far." Minutes after liftoff, Japan requested the emergency Security Council session in New York.
U.S. and South Korean officials claim the entire rocket, including whatever payload it carried, ended up in the ocean but many world leaders fear the launch indicates the capacity to fire a long-range missile. Pyongyang claims it launched an experimental communications satellite into orbit Sunday and that it's transmitting data and patriotic songs.
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at 02:30 on May 27th, 2009
We should send Navel forces to the region and blow the next rocket out of the sky. No apology no justification no explanations. We should not wait for N. Korea to strike, we should take a posture that is backed up with teeth. They are a war loving nation led by a nut that wants a violent show of force. I say we give it to him. No occupation, no big long drawn out war, quick decisive actions that prove we mean business. Lets boot him in the butt and reduce the worlds stress level a few notches.
Surround his country by Navel force and place defensive and offensive weapons on the highest state of readiness. If he even flinches, attack immediately and attack fast and hard. Try not to hurt decent N. Korean people but completely destroy the government and disable there weapons so they have no way to wage war. Give them that punch in the nose he so desperately wants and deserves. Shut this dictator up now and forever! It is time to put an end to this nonsense.
at 07:49 on May 27th, 2009
I completely agree with you . We will see the same crap that we did before finally someone took out the horrific creep Saddam Hussein. Obama won't do a damn thing unless he gets
everyone in the world to tell him too. He is going to be horrible for our safety and many other people
DICK MORRIS:
But the real pressure point on China is Japan. If the Japanese signal that they will respond to the North Korean nuclear test with a decision to change its constitution and develop nuclear weapons itself, the impact on both China and North Korea will be intense.
But the most important actor is, of course, President Barack Obama. It is really he who is being tested. If he simply settles for ineffectual sanctions or a round of international condemnation, he will be showing a weakness that virtually invites exploitation by the rest of the world. If he only pursues diplomatic negotiations without economic or military clout behind them, the other aggressors - the latter day Hitlers and Tojos - will draw their own conclusions.
And what will be the tone and the role of the new Secretary of State Hillary Clinton? Peter Rodman, former aide to Kissinger, wrote in his splendid book Presidential Command that the Department of State "...can rarely ever bring itself to admit that diplomacy is not working; in its mind, diplomacy is perpetually deserving of 'one more chance.' Sometimes this seems to degenerate into dialogue for its own sake, without regard to results or strategy or even the leverage that might make dialogue more fruitful."
If Hillary meekly goes along with an Obama policy of accommodation, she will lose forever her ability to portray herself as a national security hawk - a crucial step for any woman running for president.
In Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu will also be watching to see how Obama and Clinton react. He will want to know if there is any starch behind America's demand that Iran stop its own progress toward the bomb. If the Obama Administration folds, he will know that he must depend on his own military to act, even in the face of global anger, since the United States will be paralyzed as long as Obama is at the helm.
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