How can we not be prepared for this?

Shouldn't the United States Armed Forces be prepared for just about anything that happens in the world? And if we aren't, should our Secretary of Defense be saying we aren't prepared? Especially something as being able to stop North Korea from a missle launch. But of course this probably comes down from Obama. Much like Clinton, I'm sure Obama doesn't want to piss anyone off in the world for his own legacy. He probably thinks if he does nothing they won't hate us as much which is the furthest thing from the truth.

The United States can do nothing to stop North Korea from breaking international law in the next 10 days by firing a missile that is unlikely to be shot down by the U.S. or its allies, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday.

Appearing on "FOX News Sunday," Gates said North Korea "probably will" fire the missile, prompting host Chris Wallace to ask: "And there's nothing we can do about it?"

"No," Gates answered, adding, "I would say we're not prepared to do anything about it."

Last week, Admiral Timothy Keating, commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific, said the U.S. is "fully prepared" to shoot down the missile. But Gates said such a response is unlikely.

"I think if we had an aberrant missile, one that was headed for Hawaii, that looked like it was headed for Hawaii or something like that, we might consider it," Gates said. "But I don't think we have any plans to do anything like that at this point."

North Korea has moved a missile onto a launch pad and says it will be fired by April 8. Pyonyang insists the missile is designed for carrying a communications satellite, not a nuclear warhead that the secretive nation appears bent on developing.

Or we could be like Israel and just bomb the missle pad. I know that's what they would do if Iran or another one of the countries that are hell bent on destroying them.