Posted on 06/28/2010 12:05:14 PM PDT by Nachum
WASHINGTON (AP) The Obama administration said Monday that the sinking of a South Korean warship blamed on North Korea was not terrorism, and not enough by itself to put Pyongyang back on a U.S. terror blacklist.
The State Department said the March sinking of the South Korean frigate Cheonan by a reported torpedo from a North Korean submarine was a "provocative action" and a violation of the truce that ended the Korean war.
But it added that the sinking was the act of one state's military against another and not an act of terrorism. Thus, it is not grounds to put North Korea back on the U.S. "state sponsors of terrorism" list as some in South Korea had wanted, spokesman P.J. Crowley said.
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The list, ping
America needs to be led by WARRIORS , not by lawyers
pit-touey .......
No it wasn’t an act of terrorism, it was an act of war.
No it wasn’t an act of terrorism, it was an act of war.
Shyster lawyers. Tap dancers.
Thank you.
That's exactly right. It was a shot fired by a nation against another nation's military target. That's not terrorism. It's war.
N Korea has given material support to Syria who sponsors terrorism. But then what do I know? I’m just an economist, not an A-hole politician.
Bowing down to the enemy once again.....
And this will go into North Korea’s permanent record, along with double-secret probation.
In other words, the cowards phrase for "an act of war".
Someplace, somewhere...Obama's spine is cowering in a corner...
...no where near the White House, of course...
The Obama administration definition of terrorism: a Christian handing out free literature at a Muslim festival.
Well... technically, it wasn’t an act of terrorism, but an act of war...
Just 47 sailors meeting a terrible fate, so what? /s
Of course it’s not terrorism—it’s an act of war.
First one in with the obvious answer that Zero and his twits can’t even understand.
Congrats.
Glad that’s settled. It’s merely an act of war, so by all means, let’s not put NK on any list that may damage our vast trade relationship with them.
Meanwhile, I’m quite sure Seoul is asking us whether we will back them up, as our treaty calls for, if they should declare war on NK.
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