[TigerLikesRooster]

Update: N. Korea fired some 130 shells from their shore artillery base. Apparently 50 of them landed on the island, destroying a village and military bases there.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Let us know when they announce ROK on extreme alert basis and if ROK retaliates on a DPRK asset near the DMZ.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I don’t know much about artillery but I don’t think that’s a very good hit to miss ratio.

[SkyPilot]

South Korea returned fire with 80 shells and scrambled fighter jets as President Lee Myung Bak vowed to respond “sternly.” Local television channel YTN showed smoke billowing from Yeonpyeong island off South Korea’s northwest coast and said residents took cover in bomb shelters. Stocks and U.S. futures dropped while the dollar and Swiss franc strengthened.

Obama and his bumbling team of amateurs are not going to know what to do. Sec Gates has proved himself to be a putz - concerned only with slashing defense spending (so Obama can dole out trillions in more "stimulus" to Democrat districts). Furthermore, Gates is a PC-warrior. He folded like a cheap tent on signing on to end Don't Ask Don't Tell, he said nothing about Islamic terrorism following the Ft. Hood Massacre, and he fires those around him who dare question his lack of clarity.