This is breaking tonight, and genuinely important.
BREAKING Pentagon confirms North Korea has launched a missile. They are tracking. Defense official says does not pose threat to US or allies
— Marcus Weisgerber (@MarcusReports) February 7, 2016
Sometime tonight expect to hear that this is a consequence of President Obama’s weakness, followed by a vague insinuation—one that will disappear in the general election—that the appropriate response is a war on the Korean peninsula.
Update: Jeb Bush just endorsed the idea of a preemptive strike on North Korea.