Obama will probably do as much as W. Bush did; i.e. try to negotiate with North Korea in Beijing at a big round fancy table with lots of flowers and bottled water and pretty, long-legged Chinese attendants in slit skirts hovering in the background.
Really, the American Response here crosses both parties--it is disgusting to the core. The Bush Appeasement will soon be outdone by the Obama Appeasement. There is really no other place for this to end up than capitulation and a victory for Kim Jong il.
Japanese I know say to me private "how in the world can the largest nation on earth continue to get jacked around by that short little squirt who runs a Third World Nation?" What response can/should I give them?
Why do we put up with hit? China?