Posted on 05/29/2009 3:49:15 AM PDT by maquiladora
Now how many more of these “test” launches are they going to get away with before someone does something? Which one of these are going to finally have a nuke on it?
The Dear Leader (the NorKor one) knows the United States is essentially harmless now with a befuddled narcissist in “charge,” so he feels emboldened. Why shouldn’t he?
the missile was named the “stay in the news-dong”...
Please stop funding leftism. Get a new dentist.
the one you least expect, meester bond...
“Your testing my patience!!!”
"Now how many more of these “test” launches are they going to get away with before someone does something? . . . "
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How many does that make this time around? Six? Seven? I lost count.
The North Korean(s) is (are) testing something alright. Those missiles are the means, not the subject of that test:
“A scientific theory is an integrated conceptual framework for reasoning about a class of phenomena, which is able to coordinate existing facts and laws and sometimes provide predictions of new ones.
A scientific fact is a controlled, repeatable and/or rigorously verified observation.
A scientific law is a statement of an observed regularity among facts, often expressible as a simple mathematical relationship.”
http://ola4.aacc.edu/jsfreeman/TheoryandLaw.htm
North Korea initially ran its experiment to determine and measure the USA’s response. Thereafter, it replicated it to determine whether the US is unable and/or unwilling to respond, and/or unsupported in doing so. Having answered that question, it has continued to replicate the experiment to prove and validate its theory to itself, the USA and, most importantly of all, the world at large—especially the USA’s non-allies.
That last bit is crucial: while North Korea's top-tier allies are few and far between, the USA has an abundance of bottom-shelf enemies, the wannabe world stage players. While we are watching and counting missiles, our enemies are watching us and, to a lesser degree, our “allies,” and counting the minutes, days, weeks, months between launches and our response--or non-response in this case. The longer the time, the shorter and stronger the chain that defines our capabilities and willingness to defend our self, our allies, and our shared interests.
The North Koreans continue to count, not for the sake of the scientific method but for their own amusement. Their theory became fact the first time we did not respond; subsequent launches only verified what they learned from the first launch. In this case, the fact becomes law when the nations sitting on the sidelines grant it legitimacy: silence and inaction being tacit approval.
At some point thereafter, the world will have the answer to the second part of your question: "Which one of these are going to finally have a nuke on it?"
"Meanwhile, back at the ranch," those who could not point to North Korea, while perched atop the Pyongyang TV tower and staring at a map of the Korean peninsula, will enjoy bread and circuses.
It all feels like a game of Russian Roulette—our government allows Kim to hold a gun to our collective heads and he keeps pulling the trigger. Why? (rhetorical—because they don’t care)
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Obama isn’t even prepared to send a strongly worded letter yet.
HRC is trying to figure out why she hasn’t been given a key to the executive washroom.
Biden ... well he is still trying to figure out why he hasn’t been given his own teleprompter.
Face it, N Korea is going to be dropping nukes before this administration does anything other than play golf, work on spending more money we don’t have or trying to figure out how to look “cool”
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N. Korea believed to be preparing for ICBM launch
Yonhap ^ | 5-30-2009
Posted on May 29, 2009 7:54:51 PM PDT by rdl6989
SEOUL, May 30 (Yonhap) — North Korea appears to be preparing for a long-range missile test, an informed source said Saturday, defying the U.N. Security Council whose members are negotiating a resolution to punish it for its recent nuclear test.
The source, asking not to be identified, said an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) was recently spotted on a cargo train near Pyongyang, the North Korean capital.
The missile has since been moved to an undisclosed location, according to the source.
“It usually takes about two months to set up a launch pad, but the process could be done in as little as two weeks, which means the North could launch a long-range missile as early as in mid-June,” the source said.
(Excerpt) Read more at english.yonhapnews.co.kr ...
Sad but true bump.
Yes, this foool of a president does have a nice smile doesn’t he?
That’s it. That is the only good thing I can say about him.
I could go on for a half hour listing the reasons I’d like him to jump or get thrown out of airforce one from about 50,000 feet.
It came back nose diving on the launch pad at the end
The people who think that usually lean left even if they don’t know it- so I ask them- do you think everyone should have firearms? I mean everyone- violent mental patients, hardcore criminals- everyone, with no limitations?
I totally support the 2nd Amendment but I do acknowledge that there are those that have proven by their actions they don’t need and shouldn’t have a firearm. I understand the thinking that says we have nukes and it’s not our business who else does, but there truly are several countries that don’t need and shouldn’t have nukes.
The best arguement for why it is our business who has nukes is because you know if Iran or Korea go off the cliff with nukes then the world will be screaming at us to solve the problem. Many countries hate us, but they depend on us and expect us to clean up the messes in the world- so that alone should give us more say about this type of issue.
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