critical player, to support increased sanctions on north korea including limiting the transit of oil and other supplies and possibly also cutting off the revenue they get from selling textiles around the world. this is thought to have put the north korean back on their heels because the sanctions, they don t have a strong economy and this would kill their economy. to the contrary, the idea that they are shooting off missiles today, it s i don t think alarm is sufficiently strong. the reaction in south korea. they ve got what was a liberal president trying to downplay the militarization effort. suddenly he is on high military alert and south korea, increasing the use and preparations for employing or deploying missiles against north korea. you imagine what the japanese are feeling. they are ready. after world war ii, a nonnuclear state. they are making the insistence