The Defense Intelligence Agency has issued a new estimate to the Obama Administration and members of Congress saying that they believe with “moderate confidence” that North Korea has the technology to theoretically make a nuclear warhead.
There is nothing to suggest that the new estimate is based on new intelligence, and it is unclear how, with so many others doubting North Korea’s ability to successfully miniaturize the process from underground nuclear tests to a workable warhead, the DIA has confidence that they could pull it off.
Even with the caveat of “moderate confidence,” the DIA report is coming with more warnings, saying that North Korean nuclear-tipped missiles would have low reliability, though whether that simply refers to the slap-dash nature of all North Korean missiles beyond an extremely short range or specific problems with primitive warheads being damaged in flight is unclear.
The assessment’s existence was disclosed by Rep. Doug Lamborn (R – CO). The Pentagon says that the report remains classified and that only a single paragraph summary cited by Rep. Lamborn was unclassified, though how long it had remained unreleased before today is uncertain.
We could have sat down wih these "Evil" people..YEARS AGO AND WORKED SOMETHING OUT..But…Noooo….the DC Critters must PROVOKE THEM DAILY—AND HOPE THAT THEY WON'T STRIKE OUT—Is that insanity or what? Also, how many MORE BILLION$ MUST WE WASTE IN KOREA?
Nations and government around the world are sick of USA and EU policy for regime changes, they want their freedom and that's what bordering USA and EU governments.., look what they did to Libya as Libyan leader trusted that sob English Tony Blair when Libya gave up its nuclear.., they used all kind of barbarians from Saudi Arabia to Swedish Neo fascism to topple the people's government of Libya.., in Iraq and now in Syria and yet North Korea. The Neo liberalism is nothing but a remedy written by hitlerism living well socking the people's blood having fun wanting swallow the world no matter what. We said that from day one.., the present USA or the EU government by no means are democrats nor they will be.., if they cannot do anything about North Korea is because north korean government cannot be fooled.., the vulture capitalism next move is Iran and if they fail there then they have plans for South America.
I don't know about you guys but the bullshit neurons in my brain are pretty active right now.
{that North Korea has the technology to theoretically make a nuclear warhead.}
ARE YOU AFRAID COWARD? Where is you dumb idea of pre-emptive intervention you have been doing all these decates? N. Korea is determined to DESTROYED you all before you have any chance of ERECTING your gun.
The world is sick and tired of you , SAVAGE BLACK AND WHITE. N. Korea has learned from your hitroy of massacare and rape in Iraq and elsewhere and is determined to give you any opportunity before they destroy you and your WMD. Tell you 'president' to stop his DUMB policy of assassination, terrorist act and proxy wars. Down with stupid imperialists and zionists
When the US government tells us that they have intelligence that North Koreans have nuclear missile warhead capability, we can really only extract one definite truth from the statement: The US government wants us to believe that the North Koreans have nuclear missile warhead capability.
In this particular case, I guess we can extract two truths: The US government wants us to believe that the North Koreans can put a nuke on a missile, but the US government doesn't want us to believe that they can hit, say, Los Angeles with that missile.
So, the US government wants us to panic hard enough that we beg for an attack on North Korea, but they don't want Hawaiians, Californians, Oregonians, Washingtonians and Alaskans to panic so hard that they end up packing their bags and fleeing eastward.
I can really only think of one reason why the US government would want to create that exact range of panic.
Yes, Tom, and the reason for engendering such panic and shock is to allow the Empire to carry out what it wants to do with the support of American rubes (scared public)
The smooth-talking faux-Emperor and his tall dope seem to be double teaming the short Korean.
While, Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO) seems from the record to be a serial leaker — maybe he should work for Wikileaks.
Anyway, the DIA ginned-up report probably does say NK is a threat – big surprise – but the purpose here is to reach closure on the DGE's plan to have a nice demonstration of its new wonder-drug, B61-11, 'Groundbreaking' effectiveness on hard to get rid of lower intestinal nuclear blockage.
With an effective Global Advertising campaign and world-wide visibility this should really impress the target audience of not only Iran and all the other little Middle East potential users of the B61-11 wonder drug, but may very well gain big customer attention from the larger demographic in the important Russia and China markets, which have been slower to "accept" DGE newest offerings.
All things considered this could give a nice quarterly 'pop' to DGE's stock price on world markets, and increase their franchise of the DGE brand acceptance widely. Our latest near term analysis indicates a strong 'buy' position on DGE for the rest of 2013, and continued firming of Disguised Global Empire's strength in all sectors of global markets.
Once DGE "does" N. K. it looks like Iran will quickly fall in line, and who knows where this explosive growth could end?
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Ratchet up the false flag because we need a enemy to dupe the public, so to keep their minds off their corrupt, can't agree to anything but puffing up phony enemies government that is a puppet for the arms industry and bankers..
I think this is all about Iran, the Neocon's real target. They can't get Americans to want to attack Iran. This is all about ratcheting up the fear of "rogue nations"(nations the neocon's dislike) acquiring nuclear weapons technology. I think nothing short of a mushroom cloud going off somewhere is going to accomplish the effect that they want and that has me worried. Then the neocons will point to Iran and say see, we've got to stop these crazy mullahs before they get nukes too, before it's too late.
This sounds comical but I believe that if North Korea nuked san diego on monday, the US would carpet bomb Iran on tuesday.
Remember when they used a picture of North Korea's nuclear facility turned it 90 degrees and said it was in Iran?
they just change a few letters, presto,we have a new 'enemy'. Wasn't it that nut-job Reagan who started this idiocy about the 'axis of evil' 30 years ago? -NK/iran and iraq? And everyone since has just gone along like good puppets?
Reagan did the 'Evil Empire' speech about the Soviet Union in '83. Bush did the 'Axis of Evil' speech in 2002.
As FDR so aptly said so long ago that if it appears to happen by accident, and that is how this "slip up" is meant to appear, then you can rest assure it was planned that way.
I agree with Eric Margolis, unless both sides stop provoking each other there could be real war. These things could escalate and we aren't taking it serious enough.
It's becoming clear that the US is TRYING to ratchet up tensions with NK. Apparently my presumption that even the Pentagon and military-industrial complex wouldn't try to start a hot war with NK due to the likelihood of fifty thousand US casualties within the first ninety days and an estimated 250,000 total US casualties has been inaccurate. Apparently the US couldn't care less how much damage such a war would do as long as the Pentagon generals get a couple more medals and more taxpayer money flows to the MIC.
It's beginning to look like the attempts to get an Iran war were just a diversion from the real goal: war with North Korea.