Missile launch by N. Korea met with tepid response, again

WASHINGTON (CNSNews.com) – North Korea's rocket launch Sunday sparked a now familiar pattern of responses to provocative actions by the Kim regime, with the U.S. leading a chorus of condemnation and calling for a "firm" U.N. Security Council response, and China signaling it wants to apply the brakes. The launch, which Pyongyang said carried an earth observation satellite into orbit, violated a series of previous Security Council resolutions that prohibit North Korea from using ballistic missile

WASHINGTON (CNSNews.com) – North Korea's rocket launch Sunday sparked a now familiar pattern of responses to provocative actions by the Kim regime, with the U.S. leading a chorus of condemnation and calling for a "firm" U.N. Security Council response, and China signaling it wants to apply the brakes. The launch, which Pyongyang said carried an earth observation satellite into orbit, violated a series of previous Security Council resolutions that prohibit North Korea from using ballistic missile…