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 North Korea Threatens a Nuclear ‘Fire Shower’Posted on Jun 25, 2009
In the latest North Korean madness, the communist country has declared it would respond to any attack by the U.S. with a nuclear “fire shower” and said it would increase its nuclear arsenal. The statement came on Thursday, the day after President Obama warned of the “unusual and extraordinary threat” that Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program poses to the U.S.
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By Pix756, June 27 at 10:43 am #
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Actually I really don’t understand the big deal. So what if NKorea has nuclear weapons? Why is it the USA’s business what NKorea does? Or does the USA want a foothold in SKorea too? A neat little springboard from which it can threaten even more countries in the world?
It would do a lot more for “The War on Terror” (TM) if American soldiers buggered off home out of the tens (if not hundreds) of countries in which they are currently stationed.
Report thisBy purplewolf, June 26 at 4:40 pm #
If, and I say if we attacked N.K. first, which I seriously doubt, we would have to make certain to give them everything we have got. If done right the first time, there should be nothing left for N.K. to expand their arsenal with. Therefore there is nothing to worry about.
Time to quit wasting time on never ending wars. Finish it and be done with it already. This is for every war.
Report thisBy Jim Yell, June 26 at 9:57 am #
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The military-industrial complex in this country is probably over joyed at the immature and silly posturing of a dillusional dictator. He is clearly over playing his hand and may if our more aggressive leaders have their way feel the full consequences of his diluded threats.
Deluded they may be, but the most clearly threatened nation is South Korea, which as they are not isolated would feel deadly consequences to any military action taken against North Korea.
After 8 years of a mad man and a devil in the white house we should well sympathize with the people of North and South Korea. The governments of Europe at the start of WWI were probably a more thoughtful and balanced group than the leadership in North Korea, but they over played their hand and we can well remember the tragedy that followed and its second installment referred to appropriatly as WWII.
“Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind”
Report thisBy coloradokarl, June 25 at 11:53 pm #
It’s all talk. The Chinese would blow these fuckers to kingdom come if they try anything stupid. Let them rot in their poverty stricken foolishness. The slaves WILL revolt soon enough and regime change will be forth-coming. Wanna Bet?.......
Report thisBy idarad, June 25 at 11:14 pm #
Insanity leads to insanity.
Report thisWho says N Korea doesn’t get it?
C of the S - point well stated - and when we box ourselves into the corner and we have to save face… watch out for your ass
By Crimes of the State Blog, June 25 at 10:59 pm #
Propagandize much?
“In the latest North Korean madness, the communist country has declared it would respond to any attack by the U.S. with a nuclear “fire shower” ...”
It’s madness to state you have a nuclear deterrent to aggression? That’s been official US policy for half a century.
N.K. with it’s handfull of small atom bombs is the real threat. But, the USA with 10,000 nukes, including gigantic hydrogen bombs of 200 megatons is not?
When successive US regimes declare “All options are on the table” in threats to Iran and N. Korea?
Does Hillary Clinton’s “all options” position and the Bush 2002 Nuclear Strategy “first strike” document merit the “madness” label? Or is that simply for little foreigners you wish to demonize?
I come here to see analysis that’s a little more truthful. I am often disappointed.
Report thisBy ak47blog, June 25 at 5:32 pm #
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North Korea at no time divided the USA into North and South. Currently the North Koreans do not occupy the Southern USA and the last time I looked out my windows there were no military aiming rockets at any US citizens or North Korean naval attack craft, air forces buzzing overhead ready to drop ordinance.
The DO-NUTS metaphor for USA are nuts absolutely…..............
http://21stcenturyreversepyramid.blogspot.com/
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