North Korea's tests

msn.com has the story of the missile tests North Korea just ran.

North Korea's Taepodong 2 missile, our local news keeps saying, "has a potential range of 9320 miles, far enough to hit California," but (although the news outlets often mention that the missiles are likely to be inaccurate) that's only if they manage to put a third stage on them; also, they likely can't put a nuclear warhead on them yet, thank God. North Korea can certainly do damage to us, though. The counterfeit dollar program that some of their officials supposedly run does some little damage. If they wanted to export terrorism to us, they could probably do that too.

With the Taepodong 2, they're like a small child with a temper problem; the missiles landed in the Sea of Japan, but didn't damage Japan. An earlier launch, in 1998, actually went over Japan itself (like a shot across the bow), much more alarming. So they're like a child punching the air angrily; the punches haven't landed anywhere yet, but the parent still must say something, because the child could hurt someone. And although they can't hurt anyone badly yet, they can hurt people somewhat, and when they grow up, their violent tendencies will be a real concern.