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Trump Returns North Korea to List of State Sponsors of Terrorism
NY Times ^ | 11-20-2017 | MICHAEL D. SHEAR

Posted on 11/20/2017 9:01:50 AM PST by NRx

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday officially designated North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism, returning the rogue nation to a list from which it had been removed during the George W. Bush administration. North Korea had been removed from the list under the George W. Bush administration in an attempt to salvage negotiations for a nuclear deal.

The president made the announcement at the White House on Monday morning. North Korea will join Sudan, Syria and Iran as countries that the State Department identifies as ones that have “repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism.”

Administration officials had hinted in recent weeks that Mr. Trump was considering adding North Korea back to the list in light of that country’s nuclear ambitions and its cyberattacks aimed at the United States and other countries.

The president did not make the announcement during his recently completed 12-day trip to South Korea and other Asian nations. But Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary, had said Friday that reporters should expect an announcement early this week.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bush; bushcrimefamily; cyberattacks; georgebush; georgewbush; korea; nkorea; northkorea; nuclear; statesponsor; statesponsors; surfnorthkorea; terrorism; trump; w
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To: robroys woman; NRx

According to the article, it was Shrub, though chances are that the Kenyan would have done it if Shrub didn’t.


21 posted on 11/20/2017 9:48:30 AM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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To: robroys woman

Obama probably after all Obama walked hand in hand with Commie terrorists


22 posted on 11/20/2017 9:49:58 AM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: NRx
NOW HE NEEDS TO PUT CAIR BACK ON THAT LIST!
23 posted on 11/20/2017 9:50:34 AM PST by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever! It is offical, we are at war!)
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To: NRx

Yep strike my comment as well, assumed it was Obama, turns out it was Bush, but really who can tell the difference


24 posted on 11/20/2017 9:51:13 AM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: NRx

This will anger the Democrats. they see Kim Jong as their ally against Trump


25 posted on 11/20/2017 9:51:30 AM PST by realcleanguy
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To: NRx; robroys woman

They telegraphed it earlier so there was no doubt that Trump would undo another of Bush’s boners (saved Obama the trouble)....


26 posted on 11/20/2017 9:54:32 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: NRx
President Trump on Monday officially designated North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism ...

Amongst other recent DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea - North Korea) acts of external terrorism is the very recent assassination of Kim Jong Nam, the half brother of Un, in Malaysia by use of topical nerve poison. (02/13/17). It almost appears, and indeed may be in truth, that the leadership of North Korea WANTS to be seen as a 'mad dog' regime to keep a reputation that makes others hesitant to confront. The stories of kidnappings, bombings and other terrorist actions go back almost to the end of the actual fighting in 1953-4. In 2011, the US Committee for Human Rights in North Korea found that North Korea has abducted more than 180,000 people from 12 countries. In the six years since, that number has almost certainly grown.

Now comes a very dangerous opportunity for North Korea to do the 'unthinkable' and top the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre of the Israeli Team for horror! In less than 3 months, the 2018 Winter Olympics, PyeongChang 2018, will be held in South Korea, just about 28 miles from the NK border and being on the east coast of South Korea (Republic of Korea), vulnerable to attack from 2 directions.

Great timing!

27 posted on 11/20/2017 10:04:27 AM PST by SES1066 (Happiness is a depressed Washington, DC housing market!)
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To: NRx

Hey W how did that nuclear deal with North Korea work out?


28 posted on 11/20/2017 10:08:59 AM PST by Parley Baer
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
Looks like sexual harassment, groping, and from proximity, probably doing a Biden brush up.
29 posted on 11/20/2017 10:59:14 AM PST by small farm girl (....)
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To: NRx

Surf or Turf, NKimmy People’s.

You can choose.

http://surfnorthkorea.com/


30 posted on 11/20/2017 1:03:41 PM PST by HLPhat ("TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS" -- Government with any other purpose is not American.)
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To: HLPhat

Charlie don’t surf.


31 posted on 11/20/2017 1:17:45 PM PST by wastedyears (US out of the UN, UN out of the US.)
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To: wastedyears

>>Charlie don’t surf.

Neither does Kimmy, evidently. Still, the choice of which water board he ends up riding on, or strapped to, is up to the people under his purview.

They just don’t know it yet.

But he can’t hide that truth from them forever.


32 posted on 11/20/2017 1:28:58 PM PST by HLPhat ("TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS" -- Government with any other purpose is not American.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda; LucyT; Nextrush; Black Agnes; LS; SE Mom; Envisioning; Scrambler Bob; ...

My Mom and I were just talking about the Bushes and their silent support of Obama. Disgusting to hear them come out against our President Trump. He certainly is shaking things up.

Have you seen this? http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/02/14/cia-headquarters-in-langley-reportedly-on-lockdown/amp/ “Photos provided to Breitbart News show the entrance from the road barred and police tape around the perimeter. Patrol cars were reportedly on hand as well. The local resident also stated that the rear entrance to the facility was also blocked.”


33 posted on 11/20/2017 1:43:05 PM PST by azkathy (We the people are FED UP-pun intended!)
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To: NRx

THEY WERE OFF?!??!?!!?!?

WHY DIDN’T ANYONE TELL ME THE COUNTRY LOST ITS MIND???


34 posted on 11/20/2017 2:57:53 PM PST by dp0622 (The Left should know that if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: robroys woman

Terrorists? There are no terrorists. We won the war on terror. Nobody’s on the list anymore. BWAHAHAHAHAHA! Now it’s time to retire and arm-chair general a campaign against Trumpdy Dumpty.


35 posted on 11/20/2017 3:11:51 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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