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2013-03-31 China-Japan-Koreas

Norks: 'Time Has Come to Settle Accounts' with U.S.

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Posted by Steve White 2013-03-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Speaking of settling accounts, this comes to mind:

"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--
Of cabbages--and kings--
And why the sea is boiling hot--
And whether pigs have wings."

Pudgy is Frog in a Box mental. Unpredictable, unstable, and dangerous.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2013-03-31 01:01|| 2013-03-31 01:01|| Front Page Top

#2 What accounts?

Kim Jong Un - Korean for "pathetic little blowhard." AKA "Short Shit."

Posted by Barbara 2013-03-31 01:50|| 2013-03-31 01:50|| Front Page Top

#3 My Daddy used to say, " Never threaten, never warn."

And its a good bet that when they just show you a lot of footwork and heavy breathing ..it means they are too afraid to get down to business.

Posted by Threater Flusoper9823 2013-03-31 03:29|| 2013-03-31 03:29|| Front Page Top

#4 Like a Baby Robin ? All Mouth and Ass !

Posted by junkiron 2013-03-31 17:40|| 2013-03-31 17:40|| Front Page Top

#5 These threats have the sound of desperation.
Just how close is North Korea to a military coup?

Posted by Chuck 2013-03-31 17:50|| 2013-03-31 17:50|| Front Page Top

#6 Looks like the prelude to a military purge, to pre-empt a coup.

SKors possibly involved in coup planning.

Posted by phil_b 2013-03-31 18:59|| 2013-03-31 18:59|| Front Page Top

#7 The LATEST, or since Saturday ...

* PACIFICNEWSCENTER > [fka Guam K-57 Radio News] JOINT REGION [Marianas]: US FORCES IN PACIFIC CAPABLE OF DEPLOYING BOTH LAND AND SEA-BASED BALLISTIC MISSLE DEFENSES.

USN LT. Matt Knight.

* INDEPENDENT.UK > NORTH KOREA: KIM JONG-UN THREATENS "ALL-OUT" NUCLEAR WAR, warning that any war WON'T be "Limited".

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS [old = weekend] > CHINA + RUSSIA CONDUCT "SURPRISE" MILITARY EXERCISES.

* KYODO NEWS > NORTH KOREA SAYS US BASES IN JAPAN [Misawa, Yokosukua, Okinawa] SUBJECT TO ATTACK IN WAR.

* Also from KYODO NEWS > NORTH KOREA LEADER VOWS TO UPGRADE NUCLEAR ARSENAL, LAUNCH MORE SATELLITES.

* YONHAP NEWS > US SENDS F-22 STEALTH JETS TO SOUTH KOREA FOR JOINT EXERCISES.

* SAME > NORTH KOREA LEADER MAY ATTACK TO SAVE FACE: US LAWMAKER [Peter King, R-NY], arguing KJU = His Pudginess may be digging a hole he can't get himself out of???

* TOPIX > [International Business Times] NORTH KOREA: NUKES ARE OUR [Nation's] "LIFE".

DPRK = IRAN - UN Sanctions no matter how severe is NOT enuff to get North Korea to end its NucProg.

Yuuuuppp, gotta agree wid Kimmie here - see my earlier or older posts on NOKOR's prob vee direct andor indirect China takeover.

E.g. IIRC ARTIC > THE CHINA/CHINESE THREAT TO NORTH KOREA.

"NO NUKES/NUCWEAPONS" + "NO DPRK-ROK REUNIFICATION" = NORTH KOREA DEMANDS TO BE INVADED.

* SAME > NORTH KOREA DECLARES "STATE OF WAR" AGZ SOUTH, THREATENS TO "DISSOLVE" US.

D *** NG IT, PUDGE SSSSHHHHHH...CCCCCC CAN'T DO THAT - DATS THE GLOBALISTS + OWG + GLOBAL FED UNION(S) E.G. NAU 2015, ...@ETC. JOB!

* SAME > [Korea Herald = ROK Saenuri Party]
"TACTICAL NUKES ONLY MEANS TO DETER NORTH KOREA'S NUCLEAR AMBITIONS".

RELATED > KOREA STRUGGLES TO WIN NUCLEAR RIGHTS FROM US.

* SAME > [Korea Herald] NORTH KOREA [NK Workers Party] PUSHES [Jong-un agenda/platform] NUCLEAR [+ Economic] DEVELOPMENT.

Perhaps more sucintly, NUKES-LED NATIONAL ECON DEVELOPMENT???

Once again, I have to concur wid Kimmie.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2013-03-31 22:38|| 2013-03-31 22:38|| Front Page Top

#8 OTOH CHOSUN ILBO > [Foreign Policy] US STEALTH BOMBERS "DRY RUN" OVER SOUTH KOREA "COST US$5.6MILYUHN".

Maybe its just me, But I find it disturbing = "most unsettlling" to be bringing up specific econ cost(s) factors at a time like this. IT STRONGLY FEELS TO ME LIKE A SET-UP OF PCORRECT-DENIABLE RATIONALES = COVER STORIES AS TO WHY THE US = OBAMA ADMIN CAN NOT INTERVENE ON BEHALF OF ITS EAST ASIAN ALLIES, I.E. "IT COSTS TOO MUCH" GIVEN CURRENT + FUTURE US DEBT LEVELS???

* GLOBAL TIMES > COMBAT-READY NORTH KOREA THREATENS ENTIRE REGION, SAY CHINESE MEDIAS [various Perts, News Orgs].

Iff thats NOT a good reason [regional peace], among other, for CHINA + PLA to takeover North Korea [ + SSSSSHHHHH get the PLA that much closer to China-desired Taiwan] what is???

* YONHAP NEWS > GEESE + NORTH KOREA - ALLIES?

Fear the "GOOSEY DAWN:COLORADO BUGALOO" + "IRON GOOSE: THE MOVIE/COMING".

I thought NE Amerika's free-range = wild Turkeys were in jihad wid the DPRK - ZOOOOOMG BOTH???

versus

* WORLD MILITARY FORUM > RUSSIAN GENERALS:
CHINA'S 2.5MILYUHN-MAN GROUND TROOPS IS MORE ADEPT AT GENERAL LAND ATTACK + BLITZKRIEG THAN AMPHIBIOUS WARFARE, CHINA + RUSSIA IN GREAT SUBJECTIVE POLITICAL BATTLE FOR DOMINATION OR CONTROL OF MONGOLIA.

That would be the MONGOLIA that Japan is presently trying to engage in diplomatic negotiations wid as per bilateral development and anti-DPRK rapprochement.

* SAME > RUSSIA MOVES TO EQUIP PACIFIC FLEET WID ADVANCED HIGH-PRECISION WEAPONS AGZ CHINA.

* SAME > JAPANESE EXPERTS SAY CHINA'S PLAN LACKS COLD WAR SOVIET NAVY EQUIVALENT OF "SEA CONTROL" LARGE OR HEAVY SURFACE SHIPS TO EFFEC OPPOSE JAPAN'S MSDF + US NAVY. CHINA'S NAVY DOES NOT ENOUGH ENOUGH ANTI-AIRCRAFT + ANTI-MISSLE SURFACE SHIPS TO BOTH ENGAGE THE JMSDF + USN IN "OFFENSIVE" NAVAL WARFARE, ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE, + DEFEND AGZ RETALIATORY AIRSTRIKES BY JAPAN + US AGZ NORTH KOREA.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2013-03-31 23:12|| 2013-03-31 23:12|| Front Page Top

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