This would be like Neville Chamberlain claiming that his policy towards Germany was working after Hitler gobbled up the rest of Czechoslovakia.
Is there a laugh track running under Gibbs’ statements ?
In the face of humiliation put as happy face on it as one can.
In my view, N.Korea’s missile firings are like masturbation. Whole lotta action and a small eruption and then its all over. In other words, nothing has really happened accept the masterbator gets some sexual relief.