The article states: “North Korea’s test was a surprise to Americans, to the Obama administration and to Congress because its last couple of tests had been failures. “
As a former Navy Intelligence Officer, I say that is B.S. The intelligence community knows what is going on unless the Obamaites have so destroyed our intelligence community now that we are sucking wind sitting around reading the head of the C.I.A.’s emails.
I’ll agree with you to a point, mostly because I need to do a bit of fact checking first. I agree because “The One” has indicated the US needs to be prepared to deal with threats from North Korea and has shifted military planning toward this and away from the Middle East. At the time I read this, I thought these folks had lost their marbles, but then perhaps our military folks knew/know more than I (as they obviously should). Apparently, the Administration’s “surprise” is simply disinformation or at least some of it is.
What really bothers me here is the fact that Slick Willie gave the Chicoms advanced satellite equipment via Loral and that this gave the Chinese at least a 20 year jump forward in their rocket capabilities. Put this equipment on Iranian rockets and we see greater threats not only in control capability but in distance. The Norks have just proved it.
*facepalm*
A failure is the most educational thing possible in something like this