[Hanna548]

They fired them..........what Obama gonna do now?

[tina07]

He and the UN will send a strong, STRONG, resolution this time? LOL

[AmericanInTokyo]

Correct. They fired more just now according to Yonhap News. Two more (short ranged) into the Sea of Japan. Happened recently. Over and above the underground nuke test and three launched missiles yesterday (our time) here in Asia.

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?