While the GOP Frets Over Nonexistent Flag Burning…
A brutal dictator in North Korea threatens our country with an "annihilating strike and a nuclear war" in response to America's rhetoric over N. Korea's possible missile launch (which was probably a hoax anyway). Keep in mind that Sen. Orrin Hatch said that passing the flag-burning amendment was "the most important thing the Senate could be doing." Good to know the Republicans really have their eye on the ball.A brutal dictator in North Korea threatens our country with an “annihilating strike and a nuclear war” in response to America’s rhetoric over N. Korea’s possible missile launch (which was probably a hoax anyway).
AP:
North Korea will respond to a pre-emptive U.S. military attack with an “annihilating strike and a nuclear war,” the state-run media said Monday, heightening its antagonistic rhetoric.
The Korean Central News Agency, citing an unidentified Rodong Sinmun newspaper “analyst,” accused the United States of increasing military pressure on the isolated communist state.
The North Korean threat of retaliation, which is often voiced by its state-controlled media, comes amid U.S. official reports that Pyongyang has shown signs of preparing for a test of a long-range missile.
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