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This whole thing is escalating into exorbitant stupidity! North Korean officials must really, really want to go to war with Japan, which may prompt the US to get involved in another senseless war. Here's a small exerpt: "If Japan recklessly 'intercepts' [North Korea's] satellite for peaceful purposes, the [Korean People's Army] will mercilessly deal deadly blows not only at the already deployed intercepting means but at major targets," KCNA reported. Japan recently mobilized its missile defense system in response to the planned North Korean launch, Japanese officials said. The move, noteworthy for a country with a pacifist constitution, is aimed at shooting down any debris from the launch that might fall into Japanese territory. U.S. Navy ships capable of shooting down ballistic missiles have also been moved to the Sea of Japan, a Navy spokesman said. What do you make of this? I can't be the only one who sees North Korea as irrational, and possibly se...

Today, I'll be discussing two articles I came accross. First of all, the highly anticipated, anxiously awaited, Korean missle launch . This is a controversial topic, and it seems that people are taking sides all over the place. Aside from the fact that under UN terms this launch is illegal, there are a number of reasons why I believe that Japan is definately in the right when it comes to either shooting down the rocket itself, or the debris it leaves. First of all, the opposition once told me, "If I blew up your car because it might crash into somethat, would that be a friendly action?" There's a few things wrong with this, namely, blowing up cars is illegal, and UN finds Japan's actions perfectly acceptable. Moreover, we don't blow cars up in America, we take peoples' driver's liscense if they have a poor track record, and North Korea certainly has a poor track record. Their last missle stayed in the air a mere 30 seconds! If someone were to po...