North Korea Rocket Launch is Epic Fail
Well, well, North Korea launched its dreaded rocket. The result? Epic failure:
Pyongyang claims it launched an experimental communications satellite into orbit Sunday and that it’s transmitting data and patriotic songs. U.S. and South Korean officials claim the entire rocket, including whatever payload it was carrying, ended up in the ocean.
Of course, whether or not the launch was a failure is irrelevant. What matters is that North Korea once again defied the international community and went ahead with plans that could have destabilized the entire region. Japan indicated it might shoot the rocket down a week or so ago, the United States said only shortly before the launch it would not do anything.
Still, that does not mean that the White House is happy with North Korea’s latest gimmick. The opposite, you could say. President Obama himself condemned Pyongyang in the strongest words possible saying: “North Korea broke the rules, once again, by testing a rocket that could be used for long-range missiles. It creates instability in their region, around the world.”
“He went on to say that “this provocation underscores the need for action, not just this afternoon in the U.N. Security Council, but in our determination to prevent the spread of these weapons,” he said in Prague.
The North defends itself, however, saying it did not do anything wrong:
Unlike its previous provocations, the North notified the international community that the launch was coming and the route the rocket would take. Using a possible loophole in sanctions imposed after the 2006 nuclear test that barred the North from ballistic missile activity, the government claimed it was exercising its right to peaceful space development.
It will be interesting to see how the United Nations will deal with the communist country’s latest act of rebellion.
back in ‘06 the UN blew the whistle
and decided any shot was cool except missiles
Pyongyang tends to forget what was said
and recently threw a missile right over Japan’s head
and Japan called a timeout to avoid fighting
Obama came in and said “rules must be binding”
China and Russia said “you might be right
but that wasn’t a missile, that was just a satellite”
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The UN will not do much but get firmer on sanctions, which means little as China and Russia allow stuff to leak through the border. China and Russia will never authorize military action or anything that will collapses the North Korean regime.