Bloodthirsty Liberal

Kim Jong Il displayed the usual attitude of despots when faced with unanimous disapproval: he doesn’t give a s**t:

North Korea defiantly carried out a provocative rocket launch Sunday that the U.S., Japan and other nations suspect was a cover for a test of its long-range missile technology.

Liftoff took place at 11:30 a.m. (0230GMT) Sunday from the coastal Musudan-ri launch pad in northeastern North Korea, the South Korean and U.S. governments said. The multistage rocket hurtled toward the Pacific, reaching Japanese airspace within seven minutes, but no debris appeared to hit its territory, officials in Tokyo said.

The U.N. Security Council approved an emergency session for Sunday afternoon in New York, following a request from Japan that came minutes after the launch.

Whoa, that oughta scare him.

As ought this:

Following is the text of President Obama’s statement Sunday on North Korea’s rocket launching, as released by the White House:

The launch today of a Taepo-dong 2 missile was a clear violation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718, which expressly prohibits North Korea from conducting ballistic missile-related activities of any kind. With this provocative act, North Korea has ignored its international obligations, rejected unequivocal calls for restraint, and further isolated itself from the community of nations.

We will immediately consult with our allies in the region, including Japan and the Republic of Korea, and members of the U.N. Security Council to bring this matter before the Council. I urge North Korea to abide fully by the resolutions of the U.N. Security Council and to refrain from further provocative actions.

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North Korea has a pathway to acceptance in the international community, but it will not find that acceptance unless it abandons its pursuit of weapons of mass destruction and abides by its international obligations and commitments.

You’re kidding, right, Mr. President? I mean, that’s supposed to be funny, right?

Look, I don’t blame him for “losing” Korea: the responsibility goes back several administrations—and lies with that loopy Kim most of all. But the hopey-changey part of me thought he’d at least write an updated statement. As my mother used to say, if you’ve got nothing to say, don’t say anything at all.

Anyway, the commies say they used the rocket to launch a communications satellite, and I haven’t seen any confirmation that’s a lie. Trust me, I expect everything Kim says to be a lie, but no news story I’ve seen has confirmed it.

While Obama was flexing his pecs for the Europeans, North Korea misbehaved, Darfur got worse (if such a thing were possible), and the Palestinians killed an Israeli child (and tried to kill more).

Really bad people doing really bad things. Got a plan for that, Mr. President?

I didn’t think so.

UPDATE
So it was a satellite, and it failed. Does this mean we should believe Kim over our own leaders?

North Korea failed in its attempt to get a satellite into space after a rocket launch early on Sunday, US and South Korean officials say.

Two stages of the rocket and its payload landed in the Pacific Ocean, a US military statement said.

Hours earlier North Korea claimed the satellite had successfully been put into orbit and was transmitting data.

The US, EU, Japan and South Korea condemned the launch, thought to be a cover for a long-range missile test.

Again, Kim is the a-hole in this scenario. But how do you solve a problem like pariah?