So I'll assume everyone already knows about:
1. the S. Korean Navy ship that was sunk a while ago.
2. last week S. Korea and international investigators pinned the explosion and sinking on a DPRK torpedo.
I've been waiting to see how the international community and S. Korea specifically would respond and boy howdy...did they respond
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak
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We have always tolerated North Korea's brutality, time and again, We did so because we have always had a genuine longing for peace on the Korean Peninsula. But now things are different.
North Korea will pay a price corresponding to its provocative acts, I will continue to take stern measures to hold the North accountable.
We (of course) have their back.
White house statement
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Specifically, we endorse President Lee's demand that North Korea immediately apologize and punish those responsible for the attack, and, most importantly, stop its belligerent and threatening behavior.
U.S. support for South Korea's defense is unequivocal, and the President has directed his military commanders to coordinate closely with their Republic of Korea counterparts to ensure readiness and to deter future aggression.
Even though a formal cease fire was never signed between the nations, this is not business as usual...
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