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Friday, on the way home from work, I fig­ured the U.S. would try to shoot down the North Korean mis­sile test. The NPR story men­tioned that pos­si­ble out­come, and they wouldn’t do so unless one of their sources men­tioned it. Further, since the sources for this story would come from the for­eign pol­icy estab­lish­ment, AKA the Pentagon, it’s likely this is meant as a fair warn­ing to try and dis­suade the North Koreans from test­ing their missile.

John Isaacs, exec­u­tive direc­tor of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, added, “This is a per­fect inter­na­tional Kabuki dance. The North Koreans may test a mis­sile that they will have no idea will work in the real world and the United States has a mis­sile defense which we have no notion whether it will defend against the North Koreans. It is per­fect sym­me­try.” Reuters, US Activates Missile Defense Amid N.Korea Dispute

Funny how most Kabuki dances can­not pos­si­bly end up with Seoul a lake of fire and Pyongyang a sea of glass.