Look y'all earlier this week it came out that North Korea was planning a nuclear test. Bush told the Chinese to put a cork in it. This is just a continuation of that. Putting NK on notice that if you dare put a nuke on a missile we will take out that missile and take out all of your ability to do anything that remotely resembles making a nuke bomb of any kind.
This is just one step towards shutting NK ability to do anything but play with themselves down.
Sure we could bomb Yongbyon , but that would not destroy Pyongyang's entire capacity for producing nuclear weapons .
They might retaliate with a smuggled nuke against American facilities , Japan , or maybe even against the U.S. mainland ! And we must not forget that N.K. has a million man army just waiting to pounce on the South . These are deterrents to be sure . We've got to arm Japan , and soon . Then they have to begin arming themselves with our help .
"This is just one step towards shutting NK ability to do anything but play with themselves down."
This strategy has not been a resounding success the last 2 1/2 years.