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North Korea Touts First-Strike Capability
#5437687 - 03/24/06 09:30 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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----- I read a similar article in my local paper.....it was tucked way way in the back sections of the business section(where most 'world news' is).... gotta ask myself why this isnt front page? isnt this a very big fucking deal? -----
North Korea Touts First-Strike Capability
North Korea suggested Tuesday it had the ability to launch a pre-emptive attack on the United States, according to the North's official news agency. A Foreign Ministry spokesman said the North had built atomic weapons to counter the U.S. nuclear threat.
"As we declared, our strong revolutionary might put in place all measures to counter possible U.S. pre-emptive strike," the spokesman said, according to the Korean Central News Agency. "Pre-emptive strike is not the monopoly of the United States."
The United States urged North Korea to return to international nuclear negotiations instead of making inflammatory statements. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said the United States has no plans to invade or attack North Korea.
Last week, the communist country warned that it had the right to launch a pre-emptive strike, saying it would strengthen its war footing before joint South Korea-U.S. military exercises scheduled for this weekend.
The North's spokesman said it would be a "wise" step for the United States to cooperate on nuclear issues with North Korea in the same way it does with India.
Earlier this month, President Bush signed an accord in India that would open some of its atomic reactors to international inspections in exchange for U.S. nuclear know-how and atomic fuel.
The accord was reached even though New Delhi has not signed the international Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. North Korea has withdrawn from the treaty and condemned the United States for giving India "preferential" treatment.
"If the U.S. is truly interested in finding a realistic way of resolving the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue, it would be wise for it to come out on the path of nuclear cooperation with us," the North Korean spokesman said.
The North's announcement that it has a nuclear arsenal risked escalating tensions in the prolonged standoff over its program and threatened the prospect of resuming six-nation talks on the dispute.
"We have built nuclear weapons for no other purpose than to counter U.S. nuclear threats," the Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
It is rare for North Korea to mention its nuclear capabilities in such an explicit manner. The communist state usually refers to its "nuclear deterrent force."
North Korea first declared last year that it has nuclear weapons, although the claim could not be confirmed independently. Experts believe the North has extracted enough plutonium from its main nuclear reactor for at least a half-dozen weapons.
Six-nation talks have been stalled since November over a dispute surrounding financial restrictions the United States imposed on North Korea for its alleged currency counterfeiting and money laundering. Those talks involve the two Koreas, the United States, China, Japan and Russia.
Pyongyang says it will not return to the negotiating table unless the restrictions are lifted. But Washington demands that the North come to the talks without preconditions, saying the two issues are separate.
The North's spokesman said his country had shown "maximum flexibility" in trying to resolve the financial dispute, proposing possible solutions during a meeting in New York earlier this month. The meeting produced no breakthrough.
"The Bush administration talks about six-party talks, but it actually is paying no attention to the talks," the spokesman said, according to KCNA.
McCormack said South Korea's new nuclear envoy, Chun Young-woo, will meet later this week with top State Department officials. No date has been set for a resumption of the nuclear talks, McCormack said.
The North Korean spokesman also disputed last week's U.S. national security report that, among other things, said North Korea posed a serious nuclear proliferation challenge.
"In a word, it is a robbery-like declaration of war," the spokesman said. "Through this document, the Bush administration declared to the world that it is a group of war fanatics."
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Re: North Korea Touts First-Strike Capability [Re: Schwip]
#5437858 - 03/24/06 10:44 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Maybe North Korea will be liberated soon.
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Re: North Korea Touts First-Strike Capability [Re: Rogues_Pierre]
#5438137 - 03/24/06 12:26 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Rogues_Pierre said: Maybe North Korea will be liberated soon.
Except they have nukes, so we won't be touching them. We only pick on countries that can't fight back against the home soil. Which I guess is better than picking on ones that can.
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Re: North Korea Touts First-Strike Capability [Re: unbeliever]
#5438740 - 03/24/06 03:27 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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unbeliever said: Except they have nukes, so we won't be touching them. We only pick on countries that can't fight back against the home soil. Which I guess is better than picking on ones that can.
Do they? Or is this yet more nonsense from the lunatic? My bet is on the latter.
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Re: North Korea Touts First-Strike Capability [Re: unbeliever]
#5438778 - 03/24/06 03:47 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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unbeliever said:
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Rogues_Pierre said: Maybe North Korea will be liberated soon.
Except they have nukes, so we won't be touching them. We only pick on countries that can't fight back against the home soil. Which I guess is better than picking on ones that can.
I suspect it's more due to the fact that Korea doesn't have oil.
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Re: North Korea Touts First-Strike Capability [Re: Rono]
#5438801 - 03/24/06 03:56 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I've never heard of communists doing suicide bombing so they don't seem to be as scary as muslim fanatics. The Japanese had "suicide bombers" (suicide attackers) in WWII, ie. Kamikazes, but none since WWII. Since the Soviet Union fell, I haven't heard anything from the communists about a world-wide communist revolution except maybe from socialists in western countries.
Edited by Luddite (03/24/06 04:01 PM)
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Re: North Korea Touts First-Strike Capability [Re: zappaisgod]
#5439591 - 03/24/06 09:19 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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zappaisgod said:
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unbeliever said: Except they have nukes, so we won't be touching them. We only pick on countries that can't fight back against the home soil. Which I guess is better than picking on ones that can.
Do they? Or is this yet more nonsense from the lunatic? My bet is on the latter.
Name any country after WWII the US has bombed or conquered that had the ability to fight back.
The purpose of countries developing nuclear weapons is not to use them, but for protection. The US can invade Iran now, but they wouldn't in a million years if they had a nuke.
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Re: North Korea Touts First-Strike Capability [Re: bukkake]
#5439720 - 03/24/06 09:57 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Being the isolated half island it is, if they were to hit the USA first, they would be wiped off the map within hours.
It would be a hard reality for South Korea, but goddamn we should of pushed those son of a bitch's past all parallels when we had the chance.
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Re: North Korea Touts First-Strike Capability [Re: bukkake]
#5441207 - 03/25/06 02:23 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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bukkake said:
Name any country after WWII the US has bombed or conquered that had the ability to fight back.
The purpose of countries developing nuclear weapons is not to use them, but for protection. The US can invade Iran now, but they wouldn't in a million years if they had a nuke.
Please list for me the countries you think are worthy opponents. Then when you are done with that tiny list, elucidate the incidents that you feel were sufficient provocation for us to attack them.
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Re: North Korea Touts First-Strike Capability [Re: bukkake]
#5448287 - 03/27/06 05:01 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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bukkake said:
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zappaisgod said:
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unbeliever said: Except they have nukes, so we won't be touching them. We only pick on countries that can't fight back against the home soil. Which I guess is better than picking on ones that can.
Do they? Or is this yet more nonsense from the lunatic? My bet is on the latter.
Name any country after WWII the US has bombed or conquered that had the ability to fight back.
The purpose of countries developing nuclear weapons is not to use them, but for protection. The US can invade Iran now, but they wouldn't in a million years if they had a nuke.
warfare is quite a diffrent game than it was in the past, you don't just invade anymore for the sake of expanding the empire, the cost is too high.
I find your comment to be inane and not very well thought out.
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