Yesterday Pakistan, Today North Korea

Joe Biden Was Right!

I remember Joe Biden telling us that early on in the administration a situation was going to arise on the foreign affairs front that would test the toughness and resolve of our new President. Beyond the borders of Pakistan, we now apparently have a test coming out of North Korea as well. It was discussed a few days ago in Tensions Are Running High On The Korean Peninsula that this region is a dangerous and potential flash point. These tests are not graded on a curve but have the potential to be pass/fail.



North Korea "Satellite" Launch Scheduled For Early April!

We now have Japan threatening to shoot down any object that is coming towards its territory, and South Korea saying that any launch would be in violation of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1718. North Korea maintains that the launch which is scheduled for between April 4th and 8th is for a communications satellite and that they have the right to do it. The United States, Japan and South Korea maintain that the rocket that is used in a satellite launch is the same that is used in its missile, the Taepodong-2. This rocket has the ability to go as as far as Alaska.

Although the last time North Korea tested the Taepodong-2 it was essentially a dud, practice will eventually make perfect and the United States and her allies need to determine how best to deal with the situation.

"Japan Airlines Corp said that because of the launch warning, the airline would alter flight paths between April 4 and 8 on routes to London, Paris, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Rome, Milan and Moscow, as well as Honolulu and Kona in Hawaii.

All Nippon Airways Co said that during the same period it would be altering flight paths on routes between Tokyo and London, Paris, Frankfurt.

North Korea on Friday again stopped crossings of South Korean personnel into a jointly run factory park on its side of the armed border, four days after cutting off military communication and temporarily suspending border crossings for a day, the Unification Ministry in Seoul said.

More than 200 South Koreans who are at the Kaesong Industrial Park remain stranded at the plant just north of the border, once hailed as a model in reconciliation." (Reuters)

The question from the other day remains. What is the United States position on this going to be? Where is Secretary of State Clinton on this? Are we going to leave our safety concerns to the U.N. as the North Koreans threaten to violate yet another anemic resolution from this anemic organization?

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