Noted Pacifists Step Up While Obama Punts

It's a pretty sad moment when even the world's most famous pacifist nation goes where Obama fears to tread:

Japan may shoot down the satellite, which is believed by many to be a long-range ballistic missile "Taepodong-2", Kyodo News reported, citing a senior official from the defense ministry.

"We still don't know where it may go even if North Korea (the DPRK) tells its direction beforehand," the official was quoted as saying.

"We won't shoot if there is no possibility that the missile would fall onto Japan, but it could still fall onto Japan if it flies over it," he said.

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