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China-Japan-Koreas
North Korea says US considering limited pre-emptive strike
2018-02-07
[Al Ahram] North Korea accused the United States on Tuesday of seeking to aggravate the situation on the divided Korean peninsula by "deploying large nuclear assets" nearby and lay the ground for a possible pre-emptive strike against it.

"In view of the nature and scale of U.S. military reinforcements, they are designed to make a pre-emptive strike against the DPRK," North Korean diplomat Ju Yong Chol told the U.N.-sponsored Conference on Disarmament, referring to his country's official name the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

"U.S. officials including the defense secretary and the CIA director repeatedly talked about DPRK nuclear and missile threat to justify their argument for a military option and a new concept of a so-called 'bloody nose', a limited pre-emptive strike on the DPRK is under consideration within the U.S. administration," Ju said.

Posted by:Fred

#9  #8 The imagery of the Pueblo being towed home to Yokosuka would be absolutely priceless. --VRWC
Flying the Jolly Rodger .
Posted by: magpie   2018-02-07 17:10  

#8  The imagery of the Pueblo being towed home to Yokosuka would be absolutely priceless.
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy   2018-02-07 09:10  

#7  AGER-2, unfinished business from 1968. Imagine what the current President might do if the NORKS (or anyone else) pulled something like this again.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-02-07 09:07  

#6  Hit The Pueblo first
Posted by: Frank G   2018-02-07 08:55  

#5  3dc I think we can help.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2018-02-07 08:19  

#4  The Norks have repeated declared the original cease fire agreement to be null and void. So, why should the response be 'limited'?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2018-02-07 08:16  

#3  Gorb, I would much prefer if SKor or China do the occupation and feeding. Nothing to nation-build there and people will need "ReEducation". The ChiComs are quite good at the last one and we are not.
Posted by: 3dc   2018-02-07 07:36  

#2  North Korea accused the United States on Tuesday of seeking to aggravate the situation on the divided Korean peninsula by "deploying large nuclear assets" nearby and lay the ground for a possible pre-emptive strike against it.

So a single MX missile with 10 100kT warheads, a few ships full of food and 100k troops to feed the masses after their army disappears?
Posted by: gorb   2018-02-07 00:57  

#1  This is news?
Posted by: Skidmark   2018-02-07 00:14  

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