Sam Brownback: “this is just amazing gall, that they would do something like that, and it also highlights the situation and what is…”

“this is just amazing gall, that they would do something like that, and it also highlights the situation and what is taking place. I hope North Korea knows by now that their behavior has consequences. The Security Council is considering a resolution. I hope we are able to get the tougher one that the Japanese are pursuing. The one from China and Russia clearly does not go far enough. We should work with our allies to attempt to defend against the North Korean threat. Our missile defense programs now are more important than ever. Thankfully--thankfully--we have put a missile defense program in place that is not fully operational but should help us against these rogue regimes such as North Korea and Iran which are far less predictable--I think one could probably use that term--than what the former Soviet Union was, even though the Soviet Union had a bigger threat capacity. What the President of Iran will do and what Kim Jong Il will do is hard to predict. These are very erratic leaders and ones who don't respond well, if at all, to a mutual destruction type of threat that we used against the Soviet Union. We need the missile defense system. The basic problem is the North Korean regime itself. The regime has turned North Korea into a failed state. I had hoped to bring over to the Senate floor this morning a picture that is pretty well known by most people.…”