Anyone else nervous about N. Korea?
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A top US lawmaker warned North Korea Thursday that any pre-emptive nuclear strike against the United States would be suicide, telling Congress the isolated nation posed "a growing threat."
"I do not think the regime in Pyongyang wants to commit suicide, but that, as they must surely know, would be the result of any attack on the United States," Senator Bob Menendez told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
He was speaking as the United Nations adopted tough new sanctions on North Korea for last month's nuclear test, and as Pyongyang said a new war was "unavoidable" on the peninsula because of South Korean-US military exercises.
The North's military "will exercise the right to a pre-emptive nuclear attack to destroy the strongholds of the aggressors,"Pyongyang's foreign ministry said.
Menendez told Thursday's committee hearing on US policy towards North Korea that the threat was "absurd."
But he warned: "There should be no doubt about our determination, willingness, and capability to neutralize and counter any threat that North Korea may present."
North Korea has accumulated some 20 to 40 kilos of plutonium, "enough for perhaps six to eight nuclear weapons," Menendez said. It is also seeking the capability to fit a nuclear warhead to an intercontinental ballistic missile.
"In time, if its present course remains unaltered, North Korea will pose a direct threat to the United States," Menendez warned.
"Today, North Korea certainly poses a growing threat to our allies and to American forces in region."
"I do not think the regime in Pyongyang wants to commit suicide, but that, as they must surely know, would be the result of any attack on the United States," Senator Bob Menendez told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
He was speaking as the United Nations adopted tough new sanctions on North Korea for last month's nuclear test, and as Pyongyang said a new war was "unavoidable" on the peninsula because of South Korean-US military exercises.
The North's military "will exercise the right to a pre-emptive nuclear attack to destroy the strongholds of the aggressors,"Pyongyang's foreign ministry said.
Menendez told Thursday's committee hearing on US policy towards North Korea that the threat was "absurd."
But he warned: "There should be no doubt about our determination, willingness, and capability to neutralize and counter any threat that North Korea may present."
North Korea has accumulated some 20 to 40 kilos of plutonium, "enough for perhaps six to eight nuclear weapons," Menendez said. It is also seeking the capability to fit a nuclear warhead to an intercontinental ballistic missile.
"In time, if its present course remains unaltered, North Korea will pose a direct threat to the United States," Menendez warned.
"Today, North Korea certainly poses a growing threat to our allies and to American forces in region."
UNITED NATIONS -- North Korea vowed on Thursday to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the United States, amplifying its threatening rhetoric as U.N. diplomats voted on whether to level new sanctions against Pyongyang for its recent nuclear test.
An unidentified spokesman for Pyongyang's Foreign Ministry said the North will exercise its right for "a preemptive nuclear attack to destroy the strongholds of the aggressors" because Washington is pushing to start a nuclear war against the North.
Although North Korea boasts of nuclear bombs and pre-emptive strikes, it is not thought to have mastered the ability to produce a warhead small enough to put on a missile capable of reaching the U.S. It is believed to have enough nuclear fuel, however, for several crude nuclear devices.
An unidentified spokesman for Pyongyang's Foreign Ministry said the North will exercise its right for "a preemptive nuclear attack to destroy the strongholds of the aggressors" because Washington is pushing to start a nuclear war against the North.
Although North Korea boasts of nuclear bombs and pre-emptive strikes, it is not thought to have mastered the ability to produce a warhead small enough to put on a missile capable of reaching the U.S. It is believed to have enough nuclear fuel, however, for several crude nuclear devices.
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I haven't watched much news since I dumped cable. My news and weather tends to come from CW these days. I did just google it though. Link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21709917
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21709917
I don't like the warning our top lawmaker made...it's very confrontational & seems worded to incite north Korea.
Honestly, I saw a blurb on the Today show today or yesterday, had a moment of panic, and promptly forgot. All threats of war/terrorism scare me, soif I wasn't as busy as I have been, I would probably be more aware and a little nervous about it.
Honestly, I saw a blurb on the Today show today or yesterday, had a moment of panic, and promptly forgot. All threats of war/terrorism scare me, soif I wasn't as busy as I have been, I would probably be more aware and a little nervous about it.
Yeah...telling them attacking us is suicide seems really not smart, imo.
Kinda daring them to try it, imo....and N Korea has never been real stable to begin with.
Kinda daring them to try it, imo....and N Korea has never been real stable to begin with.
What makes me sad and I can't put a finger on why...is my grandfather fought in the Korean war.
N Korea dumping the peace pact makes that feel for nothing somehow.
Nostalgic somehow or something.
N Korea dumping the peace pact makes that feel for nothing somehow.
Nostalgic somehow or something.
Hmmm....you know I'm not really sure. I think he was Army. He was a paratrooper.
My other grandfather was a POW in WW2, my dad was in Vietnam & my brother is special forces national guard. I mostly don't like war/terror threats because my brother keeps getting sent to Afghanistan/Iraq/etc. He's been "away" 4-5 times in the past 6-7 years and it makes me nervous.
My other grandfather was a POW in WW2, my dad was in Vietnam & my brother is special forces national guard. I mostly don't like war/terror threats because my brother keeps getting sent to Afghanistan/Iraq/etc. He's been "away" 4-5 times in the past 6-7 years and it makes me nervous.
North Korea punished their own people that didn't APPEAR sad enough/in mourning enough in that nutty televised ceremony after the death of their last leader.
they are unstable (the powers that be, not the citizens)that way.
they are unstable (the powers that be, not the citizens)that way.
January 2012:
North Korea's hardline regime is punishing those who did not cry at the death of dictator Kim Jong-il, according to reports.
Sentences of at least six months in labour camps are also apparently being given to those who didn't go to the organised mourning events, while anyone who criticised the new leader Kim Jong-un is also being punished.
Those who tried to leave the country, or even made a mobile phone call out, were also being disciplined, it has been claimed.
North Korea's hardline regime is punishing those who did not cry at the death of dictator Kim Jong-il, according to reports.
Sentences of at least six months in labour camps are also apparently being given to those who didn't go to the organised mourning events, while anyone who criticised the new leader Kim Jong-un is also being punished.
Those who tried to leave the country, or even made a mobile phone call out, were also being disciplined, it has been claimed.
I can't imagine they'd be stupid enough to do it...there's absolutely no way they would benefit from an attack.
This is not a headline from the Onion.
It is serious news Dennis Rodman plans to broker North Korean-US peace: report
(see previous article - Could Dennis Rodman’s North Korea Trip Affect U.S. Policy? )
It is serious news Dennis Rodman plans to broker North Korean-US peace: report
(see previous article - Could Dennis Rodman’s North Korea Trip Affect U.S. Policy? )
:hug: for your brother and a big thank you, too
I saw this report, when it first came out They are best bud's, so I heard
