Personally, I don't see what the big deal is.

Hell, we should be honored that Kim Jong Il decided to celebrate the 4th of July in such enthusiastic fashion.

I do know that some people might think those were "missiles" he was lighting off on July 4. But seriously folks, they only had a range of 300 miles and the biggest of the pack blew up in the air after 42 seconds. I've bought bottle rockets with more power than that off a Blackfoot Reservation fireworks stand. It might look like military posturing, but North Korea's really just angling for a cut into China's stranglehold on the fireworks industry.