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NK Threatens Nuclear Response

Someone might want to look into this. 

North Korea says it will use its “nuclear deterrent” in response to joint US-South Korean military exercises this weekend.

Pyongyang was ready to launch a “retaliatory sacred war” at any time, the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.

Washington and Seoul say the war games are to deter North Korean aggression.

Tensions between the two Koreas have been high since the sinking of a South Korean warship in March.

Posted by Owen at 1150 hrs
Foreign Affairs + Military

1. Now we’ll see if that anti-missile system actually works, eh?

   Posted by dad29 on July 24, 2010 at 1159 hrs
   
   
   

2. Perhaps a presidential visit to Pyongyang is in order, resplendent with apologies, bowing, and kowtowing.

   It IS what we are known for these days.

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 24, 2010 at 2019 hrs
   
   
   

3. It IS what we are known for these days.

   Insightful!

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 24, 2010 at 2202 hrs
   
   
   

4. It IS what we are known for these days.

   Factual!

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 24, 2010 at 2230 hrs
   
   
   

5. It IS what we are known for these days.

   partisan drivel. move on, nothign to see here, just local idiots.

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 24, 2010 at 2324 hrs
   
   
   

6. Uhh, we’ve all seen how well those NK missile systems work. They’d probably just end up nuking themselves.

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 25, 2010 at 0300 hrs
   
   
   

7. Of course, George.  WE are the idiots.  The appeasers, who have made NoKo so much more bold and are losing the war in Afghanistan for us are freakin’ BRILLIANT.  Yeah, that’s it.

   Posted by Deekaman on July 25, 2010 at 0816 hrs
   
   
   

8. For eight years Bush II had a brilliant strategic approach to NK. It took Obama only 17 months to ruin it. It’ll be up to President Romney to fix the mess.

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 25, 2010 at 1414 hrs
   
   
   

9. Please, God…not “President Romney”?

   Posted by Deekaman on July 25, 2010 at 1514 hrs
   
   
   

10. If the best post Obumbler leadership we can come up with is President Romney, then we are in real trouble. Politically, Romney is John McCain with mannequin hair. Yech!

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 25, 2010 at 1610 hrs
    
    
    

11. Joe Mamma:

    “Uhh, we’ve all seen how well those NK missile systems work. They’d probably just end up nuking themselves.”

    Wouldn’t that be the ultimate irony?
    But guess who would be there first to aid them.

    Time to just look the other way and say, you played with fire and you got burned. Let China send them some of their tainted products, maybe it’ll finish the job

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 25, 2010 at 2231 hrs
    
    
    

12. They say, “Weakness begets agression.” One could add to that, “Bowing to agression gets you kicked in the keester.”

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 26, 2010 at 0800 hrs
    
    
    

13. partisan drivel. move on, nothign to see here, just local idiots.

    Hey look, it’s George, offering no counterpoint, no argument, no intelligence whatsoever…. That in itself is not nearly as shocking as the fact that he has managed to avoid using the F word for 12 whole posts! Good work George, maybe when you finish middle school we can start getting you to post actual ideas, maybe have you present a genuine alternative discourse?

    
    On topic:

    I think that NK is bluffing the world about its nuclear capabilities. All three of their “tests” have been laughable. Does this mean that we shouldn’t take the threat seriously? No, absolutely not.

    NK is a belligerent, and should be treated as such. Unfortunately ASOL’s point about what we are known for is absolutely true, and I could see a continuation of the “apology tour” being the tactic chosen by this ridiculously under-equipped administration…

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 27, 2010 at 0802 hrs
    
    
    

14. Apparently North Korea has not discovered what every other nuclear power knows—which is, nuclear weapons work for deterrence, but, they’re not actually good for anything else.

    Of course, it’s possible that North Korea does not have actually working nuclear weapons.  But, the perception that they might seems to be sufficient.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on July 28, 2010 at 0819 hrs
    
    
    

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