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Mattis: North Korea’s nuke threats are empty
New York Post/ ^ | April 21, 2017 | Reuters/

Posted on 04/21/2017 8:27:37 AM PDT by HarleyLady27

TEL AVIV – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Friday North Korea’s recent statements were provocative but had proven to be hollow in the past and should not be trusted.

“As far as North Korea’s latest words (are concerned), I think we’ve all come to hear their words repeatedly, their word has not proven honest,” Mattis told a news conference in Tel Aviv.

On Thursday the official newspaper of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party, Rodong Sinmun, threatened the United States with a “super-mighty preemptive strike” that it said would wipe out “not only the U.S. imperialists’ invasion forces in South Korea and its surrounding areas but the U.S. mainland and reduce them to ashes.”

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: elections; foreigngovernments; news; weapons
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1 posted on 04/21/2017 8:27:37 AM PDT by HarleyLady27
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To: HarleyLady27; Jane Long; BlackFemaleArmyCaptain; Black Agnes; djstex; RoosterRedux; DoughtyOne; ...

Ping...


2 posted on 04/21/2017 8:27:54 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 ( "The Force Awakens!!!"...Trump and Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
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To: HarleyLady27
“As far as North Korea’s latest words (are concerned), I think we’ve all come to hear their words repeatedly, their word has not proven honest,” Mattis told a news conference in Tel Aviv.

A quibble: The things they told us over the years that we wanted to hear were lies. The things they are telling us now that we do not want to hear might not be.

3 posted on 04/21/2017 8:34:04 AM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: HarleyLady27
Oh yea....said Kim....Well....well...take that and that...as Kim struggled to reach our soldiers belt buckle.

No call me liee....

No soupee fo u, Kim.

Wee wee wee....all the way home.

4 posted on 04/21/2017 8:35:45 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: HarleyLady27
Me thinks the old reverse psychology.
5 posted on 04/21/2017 8:37:03 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: HarleyLady27

But their chemical and biological weapons are a threat to those living in Seoul and South Korea.


6 posted on 04/21/2017 8:39:43 AM PDT by McGruff (The terrorists have elected to receive.)
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To: HarleyLady27

so we should keep taunting him until he does do something?

that seems imprudent given his mentality and the fact he possesses a lot of nasty toys.


7 posted on 04/21/2017 8:43:35 AM PDT by RitchieAprile
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To: HarleyLady27

They can’t even launch a stupid missile.

If anything, they’ll end up nuking themselves.


8 posted on 04/21/2017 8:48:44 AM PDT by pcottraux ( depthsofpentecost.com)
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To: HarleyLady27

Minister of acquisitions is ordering rocket parts.
9 posted on 04/21/2017 8:49:24 AM PDT by BigEdLB (To Dimwitocrats: We won. You lost. Get used to it.)
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To: HarleyLady27

The link sends me to a story about golf.


10 posted on 04/21/2017 8:50:00 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: jiggyboy

NK is very much like the boy who cried wolf, in a way. They have yet to make good on a single “real” threat. Usually it is just to get presidents to throw money at them.

But if they persist with Trump, he’ll throw something a little more, um, explosive. And let the chips fall where they may.


11 posted on 04/21/2017 8:51:47 AM PDT by Mr. Douglas (Best. Election. EVER!)
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To: RitchieAprile

Considering WHO General Mattis is and the type of person he is and has shown, I will take his word any time of the day or night on this type of subject...

A lot of people want us to go in and take this man out...we don’t need to, there is China, Japan and Russia that are there to take him out...we need to ‘show’ support for these countries, which we are doing by having our ships off the coasts...

I’m not for going in with boots on the ground unless the situation is really needed...the same with Syria, Russia is handling that one...we have one with ISIS and we are handling that one...they still are not able to get near where the M.O.A.B landed, even if the fake media, talking heads and radio show hosts would like us to believe differently...

GO. PRESIDENT TRUMP. GO!!! MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!


12 posted on 04/21/2017 8:53:16 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 ( "The Force Awakens!!!"...Trump and Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
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To: BigEdLB

Acme carried everything before Amazon.


13 posted on 04/21/2017 8:54:41 AM PDT by gathersnomoss
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To: HarleyLady27

North Korean limp-dictator Kin Jong-Unglued is an ineffective, corpulent zit of the face of southeast Asia.

We don’t need bombs or battleships, we need a giant jar of Oxy-10 to make him dry up and fall away.


14 posted on 04/21/2017 8:55:20 AM PDT by VideoPaul
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To: gathersnomoss

This is true. And on the radio they say they will insure against a zombie apocalypse


15 posted on 04/21/2017 8:57:30 AM PDT by BigEdLB (To Dimwitocrats: We won. You lost. Get used to it.)
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To: jiggyboy
It is SecDef Mattis' solemn duty to know the threat and defend us.

May the LORD God of Israel hold up his arms and endow both him, President Trump, Vice President Pence, all members of the Armed Forces of the United States, the shield and sword of our nation, and those of our allies, to defend us from the adversary.
16 posted on 04/21/2017 9:08:16 AM PDT by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: RitchieAprile
so we should keep taunting him until he does do something?

I think that's the plan - because we still can't afford to be seen launching a first strike. I presume the US military feels they have the capacity to decapitate the regime in retaliation and has advised President Trump of that.

17 posted on 04/21/2017 9:11:33 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: HarleyLady27

Totally...

My friends on the left are breathlessly exclaiming Trump is going to get us into a war.

I show them a picture that illustrates where we are already at war under the last guy.

They then exclaim they don’t believe Trump should be attacking Syria.

I tell them that’s true and while we may agree on that issue apparently Nancy, Di Fi and a few other prominent democrats believe we should.

So what are we going to do?

Beside, North Korea is nothing more than a punk ass Chihuahua that would die the first time it bit anyone.

Nukes! Nukes! Nukes!

They got them and we won’t let em get one.

Grow up...


18 posted on 04/21/2017 9:14:51 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: RoosterRedux

Me too.


19 posted on 04/21/2017 9:23:10 AM PDT by jazminerose (Adorable Deplorable)
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To: Vendome

he also has nerve gas.

of course none of us are close enough to be in danger anyway so taunt away. its only the SKs and the guys at
Osan who are in the line of fire.


20 posted on 04/21/2017 9:25:29 AM PDT by RitchieAprile
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