Rocket Man

Más sobre Japón, media vuelta y ¡pong!, visto en Instapundit. Aparentemente la insistencia norcoreana de tocarle las tarlipes a los EEUU puede tener consecuencias no deseadas:

It’s unknown whether Kim Jong-Il’s less-than-overwhelming fireworks were meant to serve this particular purpose: “Japan was badly rattled by North Korea’s missile tests last week, and several government officials openly discussed whether the country ought to take steps to better defend itself, including setting up the legal framework to allow Tokyo to launch a pre-emptive strike against Northern missile sites.”

Captain Ed: “If Japan determines that they need a massive naval expansion to deter Pyongyang, the Chinese will have to outpace two of the world’s most productive Western economies — and they will find that very difficult to do.”

Blogs of War thinks that the Japanese are trying “to give us some leverage in our negotiations with China.”

Brian @ Hot Air: “Japan’s thinking here reflects a deteriorating state of confidence, not in itself but in China and the US, and the UN.”

Todo el mundo parece suponer que China puede controlar fácilmente al muppet que lidera el paraíso norcoreano. Históricamente fue así. Pero me pregunto si lo sigue siendo o si esta gente está tan desesperada por un régimen que se cae a pedazos que se les escaparon de las manos a sus marionetistas chinos.