So North Korea finally did what nobody thought they'd have enough balls to do; fire their missiles. Ironically, they decided to do it on the biggest holiday in the US, the vintage fourth of July. This is classic North Korean mentality. And I can only imagine what its like to watch the news on any American broadcast right now; I'd be especially interested in Fox's....nothing like a little fear-mongering...
A quick viewing of the major US networks was enough to make me feel all warm and fuzzy. ABC's was quite nice, with the ONLY picture showing, of all people, South Korean's protesting the missile firing...interesting that 'that' was the only stock photo they could find associated with the article.... NBC was just as nice with their photo's, making South Korean's out to be angry, disgruntled citizens, fed up with the Kim Jong-Il regime. Fox was just beautiful, and made me want to find a tiny little island far far away from North Korea, and their evil leader.
The interesting thing about all of this? Aside from the usual news reports and specials offered on the Korean news stations, most of them were just typical; sure, the missile firings obviously dominated the news, but other than that, life continues here like normal. If anything, we're probably safer in South Korea than those in Canada. Most South Korean's just hate Kim, Jong-Il because he's displaced so many families, and kidnapped so many South Korean's after the Korean War, and refuses to admit to all of the people he's kidnapped. However, most just know that he's a deranged little man. If anything, most South Korean's know their safe, but if they're angry, they're scared for the North Korean's living under his regime, who are stuck with his decisions, like lemmings.
Last thing, because I'm sure that I'll be writing more about this in the future, for those of you who figured that things should be fine because his biggest missile fizzled only 35 seconds into his flight, I hate to say it, but Kim Jong-Il has then gotten the best of you. Here's where he's grinning...If his missile had fired any closer to Japan, then they would have, (with the support of all the US's technology handed to Japan for free) fired the whole gauntlet of missiles towards North Korea, hoping to do anything for firing the missile closer to Japan. If Jong-Il had fired past Japan, then the US would have seen it as an act of war, and basically launched the Pacific fleet on him. Instead, his missile flew up, and came straight down; he basically flicked off the US and Japan with the biggest middle finger he could find.....his Taepo-dong2 missile. He might be stupid when it comes to feeding his own people, but he's a wily S.O.B when it comes to international diplomacy. I still hate him, however, he unfortunately knows exactly what he's doing....
take care, and God Bless