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Appeasement Initially reports suggested the North Koreans fired a Daepondong I ballistic missile over Japan into the Pacific. Later State Department bulletins indicated it was merely an attempt to launch a satellite. Any way you look at it, many disturbing questions about American policy toward North Korea and stability on the Korean peninsula are raised. State Department spokesmen said firing a missile over Japan and into the Pacific did not violate a 1994 agreement freezing North …

…not disappeared. The new rouge states are not easily deterred by jaw-boning and sanctions. Empty saber-rattling won't do either. This country requires resolve to protect its interests and the ability to recognize that when our interests are challenged, there will be an appropriate response. North Korea may not have challenged our interests yet, but the satellite launch clearly indicates it has the means to attack the U.S. That news should be taken very seriously.