Ugh. "Some random dessert?" You must be kidding. Yeah, that dessert that our troops are in.... completely "random."

As for NK, Stan, you can thank Clinton/Carter for helping us get into this mess. They went and brokered a deal with the Gargoyle and waxed triumphant upon their return. But, of course, Kim Jong-Il never honored their agreement and went right on pursuing his building of a nuke.

Thanks guys.

Why is it such an issue to prevent us from "looking weak"? Has that ever protected any nation? No. If anything, it invites a fight to strut around, acting tough. Nations that don't "look tough" usually get left alone, or even if they get messed with, it's minor and damage is slight, while tough nations (Rome? Ancient China? Britian?) end up watching as everyone gangs up to tear them apart, even if it takes centuries. Give it a rest already.

If it was Bush we would sent a carrier off the coast and Kim would be like were cool I'm only playing. The reason why I know cause it happened the past eight years. Not even three months under Obama and Kim is showing like he really has balls now. I'm sorry but our foreign policy with dealing with this situations like this is scary. I know I'm not the only one that realizes this. We need to stop saying sorry to people who hate us and say enough is enough!!

I agree, if we shoot and miss that's a whole lot worse than watching the technology our enemies have and then trying to one up them. What if we saw what their missiles were capable, then launch a couple off of our own out of the west coast. Have them land in the Pacific somewhere farther than what the North Koreans did.

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If we fail then it's back to the drawing board. good time to test our stuff....

This is the time when other modern countries, such as European countries or Japan, really should be doing more to hamper threats from dangerous nations. They say they don't need America, or want it to act as a superpower. Then don't make us have to deal with every dangerous situation. If one of them, besides Israel, showed some back bone, we wouldn't have as many of these dictators out there. If a country shot down the missile, they'd be making a step to removing us from the very power they claim bugs them so much. And it'd increase unity against threats like this all over the world. But wait, won't that make the world more dangerous? No. That logic has been proven false. So shoot the sucker down. If a war did break out, they wouldn't fight it alone. With North Korea spiraling the way it is, it might actually be the final straw on that Communist Camel Countries back.

It'll never happen. Too bad.

'Scuse me... but just HOW can that missile be "for carrying a communications satellite" when it can ONLY REACH HAWAII??

A comsat would have to ORBIT the Earth.

That rocket would only be capable of a ballistic arc with a hang-time of only 1/2 an hour.... NOT USEFUL for a comsat!

Do they think we're that stupid???

Take it out now, right now, before they even get the chance to fire it. Use a cruise missle, blast the site, and then tell them we did it, more to follow if necessary. Of course, everybody knows that ain't gonna happen under this administration.

...a real pair.

There is no evidence of that with the current president.

"We can test missiles because people know we are not goint to just decide one day to use it to take out someone for no reason. "

Then maybe you can explain how Iraq was going to reach mainland America in retalition for the American invasion? Would they have used their air force...or navy? If they could not retaliate what does this say about their threat to America in the 1st place in conjunction with your above statement. Why not go after China, those guys are pretty ruthless dictators...but the difference is China can probably retaliate on American soil. Therefore America plays nice with China...China is an actual threat.Surely you weren't thinking that all people don't see America as a threat do you? When America gives 10 billion to an islamic dictator and the possibility of that money filtering down to islamic terrorists arises....you see that as NOT being a threat? Some people still see Iraq as have been attacked for no reason.Why couldn't the surrounding middle eastern countries that do not want their emerging capitalist mentalities threatened, have taken care of Saddam? Why can't we start controlling the middle east with our wallets as they would be one big dust bowl if it weren't the American dollar buying their oil?

"just ask the Iraqi citizens who they would rather have around."

But can we afford this kind of feel good militarism with 11 trillion dollar debt? It just seems like babysitting to me, let these people figure out where they need to go. Im sure the welfare queens in New Orleans would like the Federal Government to stick around indefinitely also.

"Their minds would change real fast......"

Im pretty sure I would be even more solidified in believing America needs to start taking care of itself rather than policing the planet to the tune of bankruptcy. I know people personally who have served over there also, and disagree very strongly with what's taking place over there.

Differences aside thank you for serving.

Leave it alone. I doubt it will work. But if it does, so what? The genii is out of the bottle. Pandora has opened her box. (Take whichever you prefer.)

We cannot un-invent ballistic missiles. As the technological abilities of people around the world increase, more and more nations will be able to build more and more sophisticated weapons. We are not going to be able to stop that from happening. Instead, we need to function in a world where people we don't like have missiles that can hit the US -- some of which may be tipped with nuclear weapons.

We've dealt with it before, but somehow we weren't all that offended by Soviet missiles. Perhaps it was because the USSR was a large country. It's easy to treat large countries with respect. But we're used to treating countries like North Korea as insignificant little piss ants. That's going to have to change.

The way to deal with the world that is coming is to bring our troops home, mind our own business, and be prepared to obliterate any country that attacks the US. If we do that, we'll get along fine.

I seriously doubt the North Koreans are sending a satellite so that Kim Yong Il can get Direct TV at his palace...
If the US Navy could shoot down a satellite falling from orbit a few months ago, I don't think they should have a problem with this one.

I could make that call... take it out. America isn't weak and it should be made crystal clear.

...is not always what you get.

We don't always hear what really happens in an instance like this. My bet is the US could intercept the missile and not acknowledge it. Condemn the test in the press, make it sound like it was a failure of a technologically inferior North Korean weapon in the press, then move along and have a nice day.

You sound about as stupid as the people who used Saddam's claims of WMD as a basis for invading Iraq. Well he said he had them and why would he lie? What else could we do?

How about not let a crazy, third world enemy dictate our foreign policy? Is that too much to ask?

And now, not only do you want to start launching missiles into North Korea but you blame liberals for preventing you? People like you make me think liberals aren't worthless afterall.

I sure am glad Bush did a lot to help out against North Korea. I am sure he didnt put all our troops in a random desert and not where there was an actual threat. wait a second...

We need Chuck Norris for president. Did you know that each of Chuck Norris' testes is each larger than the other.

THIS IS ANOTHER STEP FOR ALL THE COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD WHO HATE US TO SEE JUST HOW FAGGISH OUR COUNTRY WILL BE. WE HAVE A SYSTEM WE HAVE CHECKED OURSELVES -- LET'S CHECK IT WITH THIS MISSLE!!!!! THEN WE WILL SEE WHAT WE HAVE AND ALSO TELL THE *&*%^&ING COUNTRIES WE MEAN BUSINESS. WHERE IS THE AMERICAN SPIRIT!!!!!!!!

We have a new defensive system which we have been testing using our own equipment, it is an airborne laser. We could be out in the international waters of the Pacific with it in flight testing against our own sea launched target missiles. If Korea launches this "test" missile and Japan doesn't shot it down first then it would be a shame if our laser accidentally locked onto and destroyed Korea's missile.

If the liberals had not run away with America's balls, a cruise missile could take it out on the pad. That may seem overly aggressive, but who honestly thinks there is a satellite on that rocket?

Also, Iran's facilities should have been wiped out long ago. I do believe Israel will see to it soon though and damn the consequences of preemption.

Surely, we can all be nice and just talk about this before anything bad happens.