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I find it fascinating that this article appears the same day as the article in which Russia claims Iran is “no threat” to the UNited States — in fact, that article follows this one on the News/Activism Forum of FR...

Why do I question this? Why are we being told that those powers in the Axis of Evil are no longer to be considered a threat? I find that FAR too convenient for the agenda of President Obama.

If NK has sold their technology to Syria, helping them build a Nuke Plant (which Israel took out last year), they ARE a threat. If the NK can launch a missile/Rocket which overflies Japan and certainly CAN reach at least Alaska, and probably the West Coast, they ARE a threat.

AND, if Iran has missiles that can reach Tel-Aviv and Western Europe, then THEY are a threat. If they have the capability to shut down the Strait of Hormuz (and they do w/Russian built Nuke Subs)then they certainly ARE a threat.

This is Obama propaganda to take our eyes off that very REAL problem and convince us to do his bidding here at home, spending Billions diverted from legitimate defense expenses to his Socialist pipe-dreams....

Don’t buy it, or we could find ourselves in a mess in several places around the world far worse than the ones we’re in now.

Yes, this kind of article can be spinned to rationalize non-action or outright appeasement.

NYT was hard at work in that regard. NK rocket is indeed rudimentary at this stage. On the other hand, one does not need a sophisticated bomb to torch a house. All you need is a determined psychopath keep trying again and again to set a fire with a match. And the skill of psychopath is improving. He is about to have a primitive flame thrower of his own.:-)

You're right. They are a very real threat, simply because they keep trying. Their next test could very well go perfectly. The problem or problems bedeviling them now could be the simplest, stupidest things. Just ask NASA about some of its early attempts at building launch vehicles. Heck, the Navy has lost test missiles to something as simple as a part of the safety being made one gear tooth off - an ambiguity on the drawing...

obama: we cannot afford to ignore or minimize this threat simply to fuel your ego and meet your political agenda. To do so will cost American lives.