North Korea continues to talk up their belief that war with the United States is imminent, with the military issuing a statement saying that they believe the “war could break out today or tomorrow.”
This is actually a step back from previous statements, with officials declaring on Friday that they reckoned war was “only hours away.” This was followed with a public declaration of a state of war.
The military’s statement went on to say that they had approval for multiple nuclear weapons strikes against US targets, and that US threats for war would be “smashed by cutting-edge smaller, lighter and diversified nuclear strike means.”
Though North Korea has talked up the prospect of using nuclear weapons in a war with the United States, they are not believed to actually have a deliverable nuclear weapon, having succeeded with underground tests but having neither the miniaturization technology to mount one in a warhead nor the missile technology to actually hit the United States.
As we all know Saddam Hussien did not have weapons of mass destruction nor did he ever threaten the United States directly. Yet in October 2002 George Bush made the following statement. "America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof — the smoking gun — that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud."
So the question I have to ask is why hasn't the self appointed 'policeman of the planet' respond to these provocations from the fat man in Pyongyang. Or does the United States only select monsters to destroy when oil and profit are to be gained?
There are those, notably Rep. Peter King (R-NY) who are calling for a pre-emptive strike. You'd think that he would have learned something after the last "pre-emptive" action taken by Congress and the President (Bush). These guys just can't see past their stump speech rhetoric and bravado. But I'm sure they'll all line up to pat the grieving widow on the back as they lower their beloved family members into the ground after dying for…well, for what? Some Congresscritter's sense of ego and pride? Yeah, sign me up. Fools.
Hopefully the US is considering dirty nukes from sleeper cells. There are other ways to deliver WMD than missiles.
Bring home all the POOR DUPED US troops—NOW…STOP THIS MADNESS..
Bring home all the POOR DUPED US troops—NOW…STOP THIS MADNESS..
The mouse that roared comes to mind. It’s all really a stealth plan to land a comedy show on cable.
I think North Korea is bluffing its all just rhetoric.
Quoting the Lebanon Daily Star which cites KCNA news agency w/o a link, for this scary headline? Sorry, I don't buy it. This is similar to Iran — propaganda posing as news. And I thought antiwar.com was AGAINST war. Then why parrot this sensational rubbish?
The question posed is this a diversion which was provoked and then played up/
It looks highly convenient to divert public attention from the mess in Syria – it's been entirely knocked off the front page , as they say.
The US is the biggest hot air chest pounder on earth. Always threatening to "git 'em" no matter who it is.
Yep, they're like a spoilt kid that always wants things to be done his way, or no way at all.
The North uses war stance to get more food aid. Kind of a face saving thing. http://globalhealth.kff.org/Daily-Reports/2013/Ma…
International food aid, especially that from South Korea and the United States, has been drastically cut over the past several years amid tensions over nuclear and missile programmes.