North Korea’s fireworks show continues: Missile launch number three

By Michelle Malkin  •  May 26, 2009 06:54 PM

Another North Korean missile launch

North Korea launched another missile into the Sea of Japan early Wednesday, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported, citing an official at Seoul’s presidential office. The action marked the third straight day the nation has tested missiles and came as members of the U.N. Security Council met to discuss a punitive resolution against North Korea for its apparently successful nuclear-weapon test Monday.

And more feckless declarations in the works:

Ambassadors of the five permanent U.N. Security Council members plus Japan and South Korea met Tuesday to draft a resolution on North Korea’s second nuclear test, U.N. diplomatic sources said.

The seven countries have already agreed to issue a resolution on Monday’s North Korean action, which sparked global condemnation as violating Resolution 1718 banning the country from all ballistic missile and nuclear activity.

The ambassadors from the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China, as well as Japan and South Korea, apparently tried to coordinate their stance on the draft resolution, being prepared by Japan and the United States.

The 15-member Security Council is believed to be aiming for the resolution’s adoption by the end of the week, when Russia’s monthly council presidency expires, the sources said.

They’ll get around to expressing official “grave concern” for today’s launch…next week, I guess.

Fetch the comfy chair!

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  1. #707784
    On May 26th, 2009 at 6:57 pm, JDinTX said:

    Let’s show them what a real nuke is like and drop it on top of them.

  2. #707788
    On May 26th, 2009 at 7:00 pm, greydude said:

    I can’t believe that any resolution by the U.N. Security Council could have any real meaning. I’m off to research “comfy chair.”

  3. #707790
    On May 26th, 2009 at 7:02 pm, sonofdy said:

    Clearly obama needs to say “STOP” again.

    Can’t believe it hasn’t worked. :roll:

  4. #707791
    On May 26th, 2009 at 7:02 pm, CO2 Producer said:

    That’s a lot of experimental communication satellites going to waste.

  5. #707794
    On May 26th, 2009 at 7:06 pm, JammieWearingFool said:

    Barry O is off to Vegas for a Dingy Harry fundraiser.

    Priorities.

  6. #707796
    On May 26th, 2009 at 7:06 pm, graysonret said:

    A new round of speeches by diplomats, followed by laughing from the North Koreans, followed by concessions for peace once again, followed by more laughing.

  7. #707798
    On May 26th, 2009 at 7:09 pm, Regulus said:

    Somebody else may have beat me to it in the earlier, related thread, but the first thing that comes to mind is the confrontation between Hans Blix and Kim Jong Il in, “Team America:”

    KJI: Oh, herro, great to see you again, Hans.

    HB: Mr. II, I was supposed to be allowed
    to inspect your palace today, and your guards won’t let me into certain areas.

    KJI: Hans, Hans, Hans. We’ve been
    through this a dozen times. I don’t have any weapons of mass destruction, okay, Hans?

    HB: Then let me look around so I can
    ease the U.N.’s collective mind.

    KJI: Hans, you’re breaking my barrs here. Hans, you’re breaking my barrs.

    HB: I’m sorry, but the U.N. must be
    firm with you. Let me see your whole palace, or else!

    KJI: Or else what?

    HB: Or else we will be very, very angry with you. And we will write you a letter telling you how angry we are!

    Sometimes, truth really is stranger than fiction.

  8. #707799
    On May 26th, 2009 at 7:10 pm, bayou22 said:

    Which one of the next missiles launched will have a warhead on it? Or which one will simply be detonated in a major “western” city?

    Just words, Mr. President? No one in DC has the appropriate male anatomy to deal with this. Someone get Dick Cheney a shotgun and a flight to Pyongyang!

  9. #707800
    On May 26th, 2009 at 7:11 pm, sonofdy said:

    Sometimes, truth really is stranger than fiction.

    Thats not fiction, thats about what happens.

  10. #707801
    On May 26th, 2009 at 7:14 pm, twofoot said:

    I could be mistaken as I am sitting in a truckstop eatery, but did I not just hear our new ambassador to the UN on Fox news saying how the UN is working on a new resolution to “stand firm” against North Korea or some such?

  11. #707804
    On May 26th, 2009 at 7:16 pm, sonofdy said:

    Actualy, If I were North Korea, I would call obama, tell him that they will invade tomorrow and will not fire on Americans if they donot fire back, then attack. obama would choose to save American lives over the lives of millions of South Koreans.

    Why not? we all know here that obama will not stand up to a dictator.

  12. #707807
    On May 26th, 2009 at 7:23 pm, jjmurphy said:

    Ambassadors of the five permanent U.N. Security Council members plus Japan and South Korea met Tuesday to draft a resolution on North Korea’s second nuclear test, U.N. diplomatic sources said.

    Do these “diplomats” even begin to understand how irrelevant they are? The despots of the world laugh in their faces time after time, and all they can do is think to write another letter. What a bunch of pathetic high school student government types.

  13. #707813
    On May 26th, 2009 at 7:30 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    Clearly obama needs to say “STOP” again.

    Well, actually I’m not sure TEH ONE ever said “STOP”. I think wha he said was more like “UPSETTING”, “DISTURBING”, “NOT GOOD FOR MICHELLE’S KIDS”. Well, maybe not the last one.

  14. #707814
    On May 26th, 2009 at 7:30 pm, sonofdy said:

    Good point…

  15. #707815
    On May 26th, 2009 at 7:31 pm, 24Klady said:

    If Japan is not already nuclear they will be soon. There is no way they will continue to put up with this. They will turn out to be the only ones in the whole Pacific that has the gumption to call their long-lost buds in Beijing and tell them to sit – now, and to call off the attack dogs in NK. And old enemy is one that remembers what it took to cause you to blink.

  16. #707816
    On May 26th, 2009 at 7:34 pm, Tazed and Confused said:

    Goodness… Obie’s now calling this “a matter of most grave concern”

  17. #707820
    On May 26th, 2009 at 7:37 pm, sonofdy said:

    Goodness… Obie’s now calling this “a matter of most grave concern”

    WOW, if it gets worse he may have to cancel tomorrows golf game!!!

  18. #707822
    On May 26th, 2009 at 7:39 pm, Cicero said:

    0-bama already said that he was “gravely concerned” about the Norks’ nuclear test. If North Korea continues down this road, 0-bama has threatened to hire more speechwriters with access to even sterner adjectives.

  19. #707824
    On May 26th, 2009 at 7:40 pm, right4life said:

    Obama just needs to bow a little lower…and more good news..courtesy DEBKA

    The Russians have sent warships into the persian gulf…in coordination with Iran of course…and Obama has reduced the number of US ships in the gulf to the lowest level in 2 years to facilitate dialogue with our friend Ahmadinajad!!!

    looks like they will BURY US.

  20. #707826
    On May 26th, 2009 at 7:43 pm, rplatt said:

    Our enemies don’t respect us or fear us and this once great nation has become a neutered laughing stock.

  21. #707834
    On May 26th, 2009 at 7:50 pm, Southpaw said:

    Goodness… Obie’s now calling this “a matter of most grave concern”

    My response: spontaneous laughter.
    ok, President Obama. Prove you’re not just empty promises and preening self-interest. Do something.

    I’ll hold my breath……can’t do it……can’t hold back the laughter.

  22. #707840
    On May 26th, 2009 at 7:55 pm, Ragspierre said:

    I’ll hold my breath……can’t do it……can’t hold back the laughter.

    While I TOTALLY understand your feelings…

    1 mad man + nuclear weapon = not funny.

  23. #707844
    On May 26th, 2009 at 7:58 pm, Little Ma said:

    Now can we impeach The One?

    Just dreamin’…..

  24. #707847
    On May 26th, 2009 at 8:00 pm, letget said:

    Anyone here would have ever thought President Bush would be on a golf game or a fund raiser in a global mess this little nk worm is doing? God help our Republic, we sure need help and it isn’t coming from bho.
    L

  25. #707854
    On May 26th, 2009 at 8:04 pm, txvet2 said:

    On May 26th, 2009 at 6:57 pm, JDinTX said:

    Let’s show them what a real nuke is like and drop it on top of them.

    Kind of like an above-ground nuclear test in downtown Pyongyang?

  26. #707855
    On May 26th, 2009 at 8:04 pm, Ragspierre said:
  27. #707856
    On May 26th, 2009 at 8:05 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    North Korea is merely engaging in unilateral disarmament. They are destroying their small arsenal of missiles in the most visible manner possible. There is no pleasing some people.

  28. #707858
    On May 26th, 2009 at 8:11 pm, Boomer said:

    I hope the Commanders at 7th Air Force and the 2nd Infantry Division are taking this threat seriously and putting their troops on alert. The forces we have in place will put up one hell of a fight if these guys really want to test the temper of “dear leader” and start marching South. Hopefully he will have the sense to let Secretary Gates position some assets before they are overrun. To paraphrase Biden during his comments in Seattle back during the election cycle, “He is going to be tested and the world will find he has a spine of wet spaghetti.” :roll:

  29. #707866
    On May 26th, 2009 at 8:18 pm, Hangfire said:

    This is a lot of chest-thumping coming from an increasingly boisterous dictator.

    These are not launches to verify or test the capability of a system. You do not perform back-to-back launches of any weapons system without crunching all the performance data (fire control, flight control, aimpoint CEP, accuracy modeling, reliability modeling, telemetry, etc.) so that necessary changes can be incorporated into the flight algorithms as well as any hardware revisions. I doubt seriously that N. Korea can be amassing any detailed studies in support of their missile program.

    This series of launches is for political gain only.

  30. #707869
    On May 26th, 2009 at 8:22 pm, docflash said:

    He’s “gravely concerned”.How many graves have to be filled before he really gets concerned?

  31. #707874
    On May 26th, 2009 at 8:24 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    Wow, Kim Jong ILL must be really scared of Obama now.

  32. #707877
    On May 26th, 2009 at 8:29 pm, tbear44 said:

    You mean Kimmy the tin-pot dictator is not listening to the messiah? Why, I am SHOCKED!

  33. #707878
    On May 26th, 2009 at 8:30 pm, coffee said:

    Flash: Obama has replaced Shillery as Secretary of State with Rodney King. He’s been requested to deliver our response.

  34. #707880
    On May 26th, 2009 at 8:32 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    If this keeps up, I bet Obama will be the first to profer his Kenyan birth certificate, just to get the hell out of Dodge!

  35. #707881
    On May 26th, 2009 at 8:32 pm, tbear44 said:

    Oh, but I bet Kim will listen to the U.N.! Nobody wants to make them mad!
    :roll:

  36. #707882
    On May 26th, 2009 at 8:35 pm, MtsEdge said:

    On May 26th, 2009 at 8:32 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Right on. When the appropriate self-serving moment arrives, the BC will become available.

  37. #707883
    On May 26th, 2009 at 8:37 pm, MtsEdge said:

    On May 26th, 2009 at 7:58 pm, Little Ma said:
    Now can we impeach The One?

    Before that can happen, we may be a smoking pile of ash.

  38. #707886
    On May 26th, 2009 at 8:52 pm, BOB said:

    On May 26th, 2009 at 7:39 pm, Cicero said:
    0-bama already said that he was “gravely concerned” about the Norks’ nuclear test. If North Korea continues down this road, 0-bama has threatened to hire more speechwriters with access to even sterner adjectives.

    LOL

    It will probably be a while, he has to save something as a last resort.

  39. #707888
    On May 26th, 2009 at 8:56 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    If North Korea continues down this road, 0-bama has threatened to hire more speechwriters with access to even sterner adjectives.

    Definitely snortworthy.

  40. #707900
    On May 26th, 2009 at 9:16 pm, Living in the PSRK said:

    Somewhere in Vegas:

    BHO: yo, Bobby, my man, what do you think we should do about Kimmie’s little fireworks display?

    GenRG: We should drop some bunker busters on the fruitcake and simultaniously bomb his nuclear facilities.

    BHO: Oh, Bob, you are such a card. Let me phone him on the Axis of Evil ™ Red Phone. Hummm, where did I put my Little Red Book? Ah, here it is.
    (dials phone)

    KJI: What you want? I busy posting pics on my new blog. Want Mahmood to see how good his stuff worked for me.

    BHO: Kim, you need to take a little break. Japan and South Korea are a l-e-e-e-t-t-l-e nervous with your War Games.

    KJI: So? It is a free country…You got any old ordinance I can take off your hands?

    BHO: No, we are destroying our ordinance. Say, why don’t you join me on Wednesday for a few rounds of golf? Shelli will have some of that wagyu beef you so enjoy and we can pop the cork on one of those new bottles of vino that Auuhnoold dropped off last week.

    KJI: No way, Jose. Last time I was there Rahm brought in Arby’s and tried to pass it off as wagyu. That make me really mad. Say want to see something BIG fun? Pull up Google Earth and zoom to The Golden Gate Bridge.

    BHO: I don’t have time for that now, I’m in the middle of a fund raiser for Harry.

    KJI: Look INCOMING TO HOLLYWOOD!!!!

    BHO: Oh no, you DIDN’T! You little rat…

    KJI: You call me little rat, eh? INCOMING TO Fancy Nancy!!!

    BHO: (chucking to self) Now, Kim, don’t do me any favors? (pulls out Blackberry and fiddles with it….)

  41. #707905
    On May 26th, 2009 at 9:26 pm, vsatt said:

    Oh, of all the nerve! I was willing to accept that little nuclear bomb test as some immature sophomoric prank, but now they’re acting just downright rude!

    Hmph! If they keep this up, I may just have to take Kim off my Facebook friend’s list!

  42. #707911
    On May 26th, 2009 at 9:52 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Kim Jong Il is this close to losing his Chrysler dealership…

  43. #707912
    On May 26th, 2009 at 9:57 pm, Republicanvet said:

    On May 26th, 2009 at 7:09 pm, Regulus said:

    Somebody else may have beat me to it in the earlier, related thread, but the first thing that comes to mind is the confrontation between Hans Blix and Kim Jong Il in, “Team America:”

    KJI: Oh, herro, great to see you again, Hans.

    HB: Mr. II, I was supposed to be allowed
    to inspect your palace today, and your guards won’t let me into certain areas.

    KJI: Hans, Hans, Hans. We’ve been
    through this a dozen times. I don’t have any weapons of mass destruction, okay, Hans?

    HB: Then let me look around so I can
    ease the U.N.’s collective mind.

    KJI: Hans, you’re breaking my barrs here. Hans, you’re breaking my barrs.

    HB: I’m sorry, but the U.N. must be
    firm with you. Let me see your whole palace, or else!

    KJI: Or else what?

    HB: Or else we will be very, very angry with you. And we will write you a letter telling you how angry we are!

    Sometimes, truth really is stranger than fiction.

    I’ve been thinking exactly the same every time I hear of the NorKs.

    I wish I could remember what he said after Hans went through the floor.

  44. #707914
    On May 26th, 2009 at 10:01 pm, Republicanvet said:

    On May 26th, 2009 at 7:16 pm, sonofdy said:

    Why not? we all know here that obama will not stand up to a fellow dictator.

    FIFY

  45. #707915
    On May 26th, 2009 at 10:04 pm, Joy said:

    Well, his response does seem quite pathetic… however… to be fair, they’re not going to actually come out and tell the world exactly what they’re going to do. Well, Biden might. So he’s probably watching videos in his now well known bunker while plans are being made.

    hussein and the UN might have something cooked up. Could happen.

  46. #707921
    On May 26th, 2009 at 10:15 pm, zorro said:

    They better watch out, Dear Leader is really getting pi$$ed off now. He may do something drastic now, like wag his finger at the camera or something.

  47. #707922
    On May 26th, 2009 at 10:27 pm, love2rumba said:

    hussein and the UN might have something cooked up. Could happen.

    …but will it be any good for us?

  48. #707924
    On May 26th, 2009 at 10:36 pm, Send_Me said:

    Did the Dep. of Education take over the Dep. of State? I mean, this all reminds me of a whiny, emasculated substitute teacher’s endless pleading for the kid next to me to stop slinging spit wads at the chalkboard (you know, the kind that smack and stick to the board?).
    Seriously, are there any men left in Washington? This is embarrassing. It’s the day after Memorial Day for crying out loud! They could at least do we relatively few veterans/service members the respect of at least acting like men.

  49. #707926
    On May 26th, 2009 at 10:44 pm, Flyoverman said:

    I am going to not get myself jacked up about this launch just yet. It does not appear to be a “test” as much as a tactical launch of a proven weapon.

    Also, given the range I am not sure it even qualfies under the UN sanction. We shoot Harpoons and Tomahawks all the time.

    I’d acknowledge this missle shot, but remain focused on the nukes and the long range systems. These short range shots are designed to jerk our chain and distract us. To a large degree they need to be “ignored.”

  50. #707932
    On May 26th, 2009 at 11:25 pm, Speakup said:

    Full blockade time.

  51. #707942
    On May 27th, 2009 at 12:11 am, joeblough said:

    They’ll keep shooting until somebody coughs up some cash.

    I doubt they’ll have long to wait.

  52. #707973
    On May 27th, 2009 at 1:25 am, tbear44 said:

    You don’t need a missle to float a nuke on a boat and light it off. :cry:

  53. #707983
    On May 27th, 2009 at 2:02 am, yohannbiimu said:

    I wonder if all of these distractions are keeping Obama too bothered to get his favorite pizza chef to bake for him?

  54. #707984
    On May 27th, 2009 at 2:04 am, yohannbiimu said:

    On May 26th, 2009 at 7:09 pm, Regulus said:

    Somebody else may have beat me to it in the earlier, related thread, but the first thing that comes to mind is the confrontation between Hans Blix and Kim Jong Il in, “Team America:”

    I wonder what Matt Stone and Trey Parker think about THE ONE right now?

  55. #708009
    On May 27th, 2009 at 3:21 am, DocattheAutopsy said:

    The Teleprompter is currently scripting some truly profound language that will shame North Korea into… waiting a week to fire another missile.

    The President waits patiently for the Teleprompter to finish…

  56. #708032
    On May 27th, 2009 at 5:32 am, graysonret said:

    Now can we impeach The One?

    If Obama did anything right, it was selecting Biden as VP. Okay, let’s say that Obama is impeached and convicted (very unlikely). Guess who becomes president? No, thanks! That would leave Pelosi next in line too. It almost makes the presidency “impeachment proof”.

  57. #708049
    On May 27th, 2009 at 7:32 am, Jason L. said:

    If only these “words” and “declarations” were bombs and bullets. The North Koreans’d've been gone long ago….

  58. #708358
    On May 27th, 2009 at 1:03 pm, nail49 said:

    Let’s show them what a real nuke is like and drop it on top of them.

    JDinTX: Delivery in 30 minutes or less or the next one is free!

  59. #710371
    On May 31st, 2009 at 10:10 am, ks55 said:

    I see BO just told N Korea to stop it. Well that problem is solved, so now let’s get back to turning USA into a marxist state.

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