[BartSimpson]

Myriad articles and etc. on the net about this topic. Here's one:

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013 ... ttack?lite

$1:

The United Nations Security Council slapped new sanctions on North Korea over its latest nuclear test hours after Pyongyang threatened to exercise its "right to a pre-emptive nuclear attack" Thursday.

"Now that the U.S. is set to light a fuse for a nuclear war, the revolutionary armed forces of the DPRK will exercise the right to a pre-emptive nuclear attack to destroy the strongholds of the aggressors and to defend the supreme interests of the country," the North's foreign ministry spokesman said in a statement carried by the official KCNA news agency. "The U.S. is massively deploying armed forces for aggression, including nuclear carrier task force and strategic bombers, enough to fight a nuclear war under the smokescreen of 'annual drills'."

I'm thinking that someone in Beijing needs to sit down for a chat with Lil' Kim and explain to him that if he doesn't cut this crap out that there won't be a second chat.

Given that the closest logical target is Seattle and Bremerton I can imagine that a few boomers quietly slipped their moorings today and set to sea. Actually, I imagine every US sub in the Pacific set to sea today, ready or not.

[xerxes]

Uh oh. Little fatty is having another tantrum. I guess having Dennis Rodman dick-riding him last week wasn't enough attention.

[DanSC]

And it seems the North has opted out of the Armistice.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21709917

[ShepherdsDog]

When it refers to the strongholds of the enemy they are likely referring to US bases in the region rather than the US itself. Doesn't bode well for Japan or South Korea....you also have to wonder about how they feel about China backing the new sanctions.....will the Northern Nutballs see this as a betrayal?

[Yogi]

If N.K. were foolish enough to even attempt such an action, in short order there would only be 'one Korea' with a vast northern wasteland ala "MadMax'!

[matwilson]

Unfortunately, it would poison South Korea as well, for the next 500 years. The Yankees should have kissed his ass and found a way to replace him, covertly.
Dumb, dumb, dumb.

[raydan]

When you Google, "North Korea photos", 95% of the pics are of the military.
I like this one... North and South Korea by night.

[BartSimpson]

That's quite the telling picture, isn't it?

[stratos]

I do wonder sometimes if China regrets backing N. Korea when they say and or do stupid stuff like this.

[BartSimpson]

stratos stratos:

I do wonder sometimes if China regrets backing N. Korea when they say and or do stupid stuff like this.

I'm sure today's Politburo emails are rife with images of Patrick Stewart face-palming himself.

[bootlegga]

Like everything else North Korea has said over the past couple decades, this is posturing for the eventual set of upcoming 'negotiations' and nothing more.

This is how they extort food and aid from the rest of the world. If they really did start something, it would be over in relatively short order - although I wouldn't doubt that NK would try to take out Seoul and a few other places just before they were totally wiped out by US and SK forces.

[BartSimpson]

bootlegga bootlegga:

Like everything else North Korea has said over the past couple decades, this is posturing for the eventual set of upcoming 'negotiations' and nothing more.

This is how they extort food and aid from the rest of the world. If they really did start something, it would be over in relatively short order - although I wouldn't doubt that NK would try to take out Seoul and a few other places just before they were totally wiped out by US and SK forces.

The difference is that they're pushing a whole different type of button here. The Pentagon isn't going to laugh this one off. They'll take this seriously regardless of whether or not Odumbo does because that's what they do.

The thing that worries me is not necessarily a direct attack on one of our cities but an EMP attack on the whole country. We're not at all prepared to survive that kind of thing. Canada would be impacted by an EMP blast over Kansas so it's something I'm sure the crowd in the Pearkes Building is thinking about, too.

[bootlegga]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

bootlegga bootlegga:

Like everything else North Korea has said over the past couple decades, this is posturing for the eventual set of upcoming 'negotiations' and nothing more.

This is how they extort food and aid from the rest of the world. If they really did start something, it would be over in relatively short order - although I wouldn't doubt that NK would try to take out Seoul and a few other places just before they were totally wiped out by US and SK forces.

The difference is that they're pushing a whole different type of button here. The Pentagon isn't going to laugh this one off. They'll take this seriously regardless of whether or not Odumbo does because that's what they do.

The thing that worries me is not necessarily a direct attack on one of our cities but an EMP attack on the whole country. We're not at all prepared to survive that kind of thing. Canada would be impacted by an EMP blast over Kansas so it's something I'm sure the crowd in the Pearkes Building is thinking about, too.

That's true, but I don't think that Kim Ill Junk or whatever his name is has an ICBM with that much range - I think they have IRBMs that might barely reach LA/Seattle/Vancouver. Hopefully that remains the same.

I agree it is somewhat worrisome, but that's what we pay our leaders and military people for - hopefully they have a handle on things and a better idea if this is yet another bluff from a NK desperate leader or a serious threat.

As for the EMP issue, there's nothing much we can do about that - I've read a ton of books on it and it seems that, short of burying our civilization a few hundred feet under ground, it a threat we'll have to live with and prepare for.

[BartSimpson]

bootlegga bootlegga:

That's true, but I don't think that Kim Ill Junk or whatever his name is has an ICBM with that much range - I think they have IRBMs that might barely reach LA/Seattle/Vancouver. Hopefully that remains the same.

Now that the Norks have orbited a test vehicle they can put a nuke anywhere they want.

bootlegga bootlegga:

I agree it is somewhat worrisome, but that's what we pay our leaders and military people for - hopefully they have a handle on things and a better idea if this is yet another bluff from a NK desperate leader or a serious threat.

A growing consensus of spooky types is starting to believe that Lil' Kim is just a figurehead and the real power is the generals who back him. The problem with this is that while Kim has traveled outside of NK the generals have not. Thus the only person who knows that NK propaganda does not trump the capabilities of the rest of the world is the guy who probably has no power to do anything.

That means there's guys who have control of nukes who really think they can take us on and win. And they didn't get the memo when China supported UN sanctions that their only friend is unhappy and that they should listen. Nope, now they're just mad at China, too.

bootlegga bootlegga:

As for the EMP issue, there's nothing much we can do about that - I've read a ton of books on it and it seems that, short of burying our civilization a few hundred feet under ground, it a threat we'll have to live with and prepare for.

Bush's missile defense system would have been just perfect for taking out such a threat.

If the Republicans nominate a candidate with a spine next time he/she could easily make hay out of Obama cancelling the program and leaving us open to blackmail from a thug regime like the DPRK.

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