(CBS/AP) North Korea's rocket may have fallen into the sea, but military experts cautioned Monday against calling it a complete failure, noting that it traveled twice as far as any missile the country has launched.
Although the distance was still far short of showing North Korea could reach U.S. territory, it rattled the North's neighbors and countries around the globe, with the U.S. and its allies pushing for quick punishment at an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting held hours after liftoff.
"This was not a silly stunt," U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice told CBS' Early Show. "We feel it's important to get the message across to North Korea that it can't act with impunity and indeed it needs to come back to the table."
The launch, which demonstrated progress, is a particularly worrying development for a belligerent country that says it has nuclear weapons and once threatened to turn Seoul into a "sea of fire."
President Obama, faced with his first global security crisis, called for an international response and condemned North Korea for threatening the peace and stability of nations "near and far" with what Pyongyang claimed was a satellite launch and its neighbors suspect was a test of a long-range missile technology. - CBS News Story
It appears to me that the Bark of the Dog has been much less than the bite. Thus far the strong reaction against North Korea has been nothing more than lip service. Obama and the UN haven't appeared to accomplish anything. The Emergency Meeting hasn't provided any outcome.
Joe Biden commented during the Campaign that Obama would be tested and it wouldn't appear that he knew what he was doing. Well guess what? You gotta give it to Joe Biden, I don't often agree with him, but he was 100% CORRECT! It sure appears Obama doesn't know what he is doing.
Before the launch the US ordered Ships that could shoot down the Missle, but the Secretary of Defense came right out and said that we are not prepared to shoot it down. Why did we send in the ships?
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