"N. Korea plans to launch satellite; US has warned on missile test" by Blaine Harden, Washington Post | February 25, 2009
TOKYO - .... A North Korean missile could precipitate a much greater regional crisis than the initial launch.
"Kim Jong Il will absolutely lose face, if his missile is destroyed," said Satoshi Morimoto, a professor at Takushoku University in Tokyo. "We are afraid that the North Koreans may overreact and that there may be another launch, perhaps on South Korea."--more--"
Imagine if someone shot one of our tests down. Remember when China took out that satellite and how concerned AmeriKa was? Nothing like the old double-standard to stink you up to the world.
