North Korea has issued a new statement in the wake of the latest round of UN sanctions, announcing that they have decided it will take “a measure stronger than a nuclear test” to properly retaliate for the sanctions, and ongoing US-South Korea war games.
South Korean officials are working feverishly to figure out what is strong than a nuclear test, and have come to the conclusion that it might be two or more nuclear tests, speculating that the reclusive north might blow through much of its limited supply of weapons-grade material to detonate several tests.
The timing of the test is unclear, but February 10, the New Year, has been cited as a possibility, as has February 16, Kim Jong-Il’s birthday. They’ve been speculating about this test for weeks.
In practice, North Korea has done nothing in the wake of the sanctions except for complaining about it, and has now issued a YouTube video including a CGI rendered American city in flames, which some speculated was supposed to be New York City.
The YouTube video didn’t sit well with the House Foreign Affairs Committee, with chairman Ed Royce (R – CA) saying it proved that more sanctions are needed, and former chairwoman Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R – FL) saying it proves North Korea is undermining “US national security interests.”
Secretary of State John Kerry has promised the US will “punish” North Korea for conducting a nuclear test, but has not mentioned whether any revenge will be made for the YouTube video.
For this DPRK reaction the United States and George W. Bush are to blame – he treated the entire list of countries that oppose U.S. wishes with attacks even explicitly with NUCLEAR WEAPONS!
A few years ago the U.S. Senate offered the People's Republic of Korea they should do the same as Gaddafi – to give up nuclear arms etc. for security promises from the U.S.A
Wonder what the Koreans have learned from it??
Also organizing uprises as in Tunesia, Egypt, Syria and Libya or civil wars as in Yugoslavia, Iraq etc. will not work in DPRK.
Yes, US is last to judge anybody on this planet as US togheter with truly ROGUE place called Israel represent Truth duo of CRIMINALS with endless state sponsored support for terrorism without borders….US may soon overcome most hated regime on Earth – Zionist regime in Israel.
One hoped Ron Paul could be elected, but "criminal gang" did not allow that….so Horrors of wars, invasions of countries not accepting US/Israel dictate ahead….thats what US people voted for /unfortunaly/….peter czech
"Misterious" video clip seems like Nazi propaganda on behalf of US.
Clip which does not exist has been interpreted by US media on the way it suits them.
Anyone (including Holiwood) could make such a crapy video and post it to YouTube put some
characters which we do not understand and then "translate" context within their leasure.
{One hoped Ron Paul could be elected}
I assure you US policy would have stayed the same, because this is US policy for world domination and the president is a stooge who follows the order using terrorism, assassination, survaillence on the citizens, propaganda to achieve his masters's agenda. The president must be rootless and savage in order to be able to carry on such a brutal policy. The president's style of carrying the policy may be different but the end game is the same. These rootless and assassins don't learn from the history. All empires have gone into GARBAGE BIN. US empire, more brutal and rootless, is not an exception and will follow the same path which is already in the process of being destroyed.