Posted on 08/13/2016 5:23:39 AM PDT by rickmichaels
United States Air Force nuclear-capable B2 bombers have been deployed to airbases near North Korea prompting panic in Pyongyang.
Hermit dictator Kim has been ramping up his nuclear power and threatening war ever since he accused the United States of "crossing the red line" with military operations in region.
But as the US continues to call his bluff – earlier this month moving strike bombers onto their base in Guam – the crazed despot is now promising "merciless retaliatory counteraction."
Pentagon officials have said the movement of military equipment is routine as they carry out join military exercises with Kim's bitter enemy South Korea.
But North Korea says when joint-drills begin on August 22 its enemies will launch a twin nuclear attack to wipe out the beggar kingdom.
Chillingly the secretive state has pledged to respond before they are attacked – adding a "pre-emptive nuclear attack is not a monopoly of the US."
North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency, which acts as a mouthpiece of Kim, released the shocking threat.
It said: "The US imperialists have already examined at the phase of an actual war the capabilities of nuclear strategic bombers for mounting the preemptive nuclear attack on the DPRK
"These military moves only harden the will of the service personnel of the Korean People's Army to take merciless retaliatory counteraction against them.
"A preemptive nuclear attack is not a monopoly of the U.S."
Admiral Cecil D Haney, commander of US Strategic Command played down fears of a possible nuclear attack.
He said: "Our strategic bomber force routinely operates around the globe and with our regional allies and partners, and this deployment is one such demonstration of the US commitment to supporting global and regional security."
Tensions in the region are high as nearby Japan bolsters its defence might as Kim testfires missiles into the Sea of Japan.
Vladimir Putin is set to meet with South Korean leaders in order to the discuss the problem coming from the North.
No body really gives a damn about North Korea
Another lingering problem we can credit to a stupid woman....Madeline Albright
No body really gives a damn about North Korea
I would think China would take out the leadership of North Korea before they start a nuclear war.
North Korea has outlived it’s usefulness to the communist. It is only a matter of time.
Not to mention this whole story comes from a British tabloid.
I really like the Korean people; I am really sorry that the good North Korean people have to live under the bufoonish dictator. They deserve better than that, but they are not going to get it.
The NKs have been brainwashed for generations.
Now that the secret’s out, I guess we should bump up the schedule.
This situation lies squarely on Clinton:
North Korea took the money and lied
Charles Krauthammer http://townhall.com/columnists/charleskrauthammer/2002/10/25/north_korea_took_the_money_and_lied
Launching a few nukes would certainly take the attention off of all the emails surrounding Hillary and the DNC.
Mad Maddie Halfbright.
If there is a Red Line rest assured that Obama will not cross it.
Thanks again, Harry Truman for not letting MacArthur finish the job. So sick and tired of us fighting these half-assed wars that still linger on and continue to get people killed. After 9/11, the entire Middle East should have been nuked to smithereens.
China is concerned about Lil Kim and his increasingly strange antics.
Pure BS. No place on the face of the earth is outside the range of a B-52 with an aerial tanker to refuel it once. And there are plenty of tankers. So, Kim, Mr. Fatso, keep watching those B-52s parked on those bases nearby. You are completely safe if they never take off. Trust me, completely safe.
The NORKS get nervous and do something stupid, The USA retaliates and even though there is NO, ZERO, ZILCH, NADA threat of ANY kind to the US .....
MARTIAL LAW IS CALLED.
Jimmy Carter negotiated the North Korean move into Nuclear weapons.
He traveled there without being asked by the Clinton administration, and carried water for N. K. so much so that Clinton stopped his mounting tough talk, and let them skate.
Clinton had actually begun talking publicly about having to take some action. The next thing you know, Jimmy was headed to North Korea. The rest is history.
Carter's 1994 trip to Pyongyang was successful in defusing the first North Korean nuclear crisis, paving the way for the 1994 Agreed Framework in which North Korea pledged to give up its nuclear weapons in return for aid. But it was also controversial because Carter reached a deal with Kim Il Sung and announced it without checking with the Clinton administration. LINK
How was it successful? North Korea now has nuclear weapons! Some measure of success. Oh I get it, our press actually thinks success is when their fellow travelers get nukes they can aim at the U. S.
Here are some more articles on the subject: LINK
As “The Donald” has said “Why can’t we use our nukes?”.
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