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After Two Months of Quiet, North Korea Launches Another Ballistic Missile (arstechnica.com)
South Korean and U.S. officials have confirmed that North Korea has launched another ballistic missile into the sea of Japan. The ballistic missile test -- launched just after 3am Wednesday local time from Sin-ni in South Pyongyang -- is the first since an intermediate-range missile test in September. Ars Technica reports: In a statement to the press, a spokesperson for South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said, "North Korea fired an unidentified ballistic missile early this morning from Pyongsong, South Pyongan [Province], to the east direction. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff is analyzing more details of the missile with the U.S. side." The U.S. Department of Defense and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) have made an initial assessment that the missile was an ICBM, according to Office of the Secretary of Defense spokesperson Col. Robert Manning. The missile traveled 1,000 kilometers, flew over Japan, and landed in the sea east of Japan within its exclusive economic zone.
Ah, congratulations for expressing the fact that America essentially plans to abandon decades long allies and leave them to fend for themselves.
Now the rest of the world will fully appreciate that under Trump, America is now a bunch of assholes who will go back on their word, can't be relied upon, and deserve no special considerations in any form of treaty or trade agreement.
Yup, America should do this, and then go quietly go fuck themselves and recognize the world doesn't give a shit about you any more.
Making America Assholes Again ... that's an excellent foreign policy.
Do you clowns understand the damage to your own country you're inflicting upon yourselves?