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| Pyongyang: We’ll put a torch to New York |
| 2003-03-09 |
| North Korea would launch a ballistic missile attack on the United States if Washington made a pre-emptive strike against the communist state's nuclear facility, the man described as Pyongyang's "unofficial spokesman" claimed yesterday. Kim Myong-chol, who has links to the Stalinist regime, told reporters in Tokyo that a US strike on the nuclear facility at Yongbyon "means nuclear war". "If American forces carry out a pre-emptive strike on the Yongbyon facility, North Korea will immediately target, carry the war to the US mainland," he said, adding that New York, Washington and Chicago would be "aflame". |
| Posted by:Oki |
| #7 Bush and team have decided in relation to North Korea that time is on our side. The NKors could collapse at any time. So, the Bush Team has decided to say 'Crisis, what crisis?' whenever NKor is brought up. If necessary, add 'boys will be boys' to the latest provocation. The Bush Team is implementing a brilliant strategy of "Don't just stand there, do nothing". This is bringing the SKors and Japan around. We also say that NKor is China's ally and they should handle the problem, while we cut off all our aid, food and oil going into NKor. We string NKor along, while cutting them off and they won't be able to do anything, even if they wanted. |
| Posted by: Jabba the Tutt 2003-03-09 22:19:09 |
| #6 We are playing the NK card about as right as we can. NK wants to parley directly with US. US sez lets have a block meeting. NK ups the rhetoric. US maintains course, hoping NK craters. The question is, will NK go over the line in some kind of provication. And that, ladies and gentlemen is the big question. Stay the course, but plan on an incident. If we do not get one this week, we may get one on I-day. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-03-09 17:30:12 |
| #5 Hey, they forgot about San Francisco. Wooooot. |
| Posted by: Jon 2003-03-09 16:52:16 |
| #4 That's right Fred. Given rhetoric like this, they better have the sense not to aim their missile tests in our direction. Or else they better hope the guy with the finger on the button understands the North Korean dialect. I still think this is China's pet project though. They picked a perfect time to stick it to the US, and without much effort at that. |
| Posted by: RW 2003-03-09 14:19:29 |
| #3 I'd be inclined to ignore them, but I don't want to shaft Japan. Kozuimi is already in dire straits. |
| Posted by: Brian 2003-03-09 12:36:16 |
| #2 Their rhetoric is putting them into the position of a threat that we can't ignore. It's been possible to note it and not react, but it looks like they're trying really hard to cross the line. We ignored Binny's declaration of war, too, and we saw what it got us. |
| Posted by: Fred 2003-03-09 11:52:44 |
| #1 I alternate between thinking we should totally shun these idiots and thinking we should unilaterally wipe them off the planet. Perhaps we should just announce a five-year schedule for pulling out of South Korea and let South Korea and Japan work this out. It's yet another unfinished U.N. war with us taking the heat... maybe France and Jimmy Carter should handle this one. |
| Posted by: Tom 2003-03-09 11:33:02 |