Friday, April 6, 2012
South Korea, Japan and of course the US have perched multiple Aegis armed war ships in the Sea of Japan waiting to pounce should North Korea's soon to be tested ballistic missile wander into protected airspace. One senses that the US and its regional allies are hoping such a wandering occurs - may even be willing to fudge the numbers so as to say too close is close enough. I've noticed that some seem to be agreeing with me that there's more to gain than to lose by shooting the thing down regardless of any wayward roaming it might do - but I understand there's no clear right or wrong decision here - at same time, if past behaviour by the hermit kingdom is clarifying the decision in any way, it's towards action rather than more concessions. That being said, I imagine there's no way we knock the thing down unless South Korea signs off on it since they'd suffer most should Little Pudgy and his generals go full wacky in retaliation - although, what if it comes out that Japan and South Korea wanted to terminate it and Obama refused to go there?
