not that we have the resources to do anything about any real threat these days

South Korea: North Korea fires missile

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea fired a short-range missile toward waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan, a South Korean intelligence official said Tuesday, amid signs of progress in ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program.

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If bush hadn't dragged us into his personal war in Iraq, we might be able to respond to this in some fashion.
Now, we are impotent jokes without even diplomatic recourses...