Jim Mattis explains why the US isn't shooting down North Korean missiles

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Jim Mattis explains why the US isn't shooting down North Korean missiles
by Travis J. Tritten | Sep 18, 2017, 5:16 PM

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Monday that the U.S. hasn't tried to shoot down any of North Korea's missiles because none of them has posed a threat to the U.S.

"No. 1, those missiles are not directly threatening any of us," Mattis told reporters at the Pentagon.

"Obviously, Japan's missile defenses are up and their radars are operating. Ours are," he said.

Mattis indicated that North Korea seems to be running missile testing exercises that fall just short of warranting more aggressive responses from the U.S.

North Korea is "intentionally doing provocations that seem to press against the envelope for just how far can they push without going over some kind of line in their minds that

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From the article:
"North Korea is "intentionally doing provocations that seem to press against the envelope for just how far can they push without going over some kind of line in their minds..."

At some point in the not-too-distant future they may "push" beyond those limits and some kind of actual "response" is going to become necessary.

Will we find the intestinal fortitude to go through with it?