Posted on 10/19/2016 11:31:29 AM PDT by ColdOne
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Ash Carter warned Wednesday that any attack on American allies or use of nuclear weapons by North Korea would be met with an "overwhelming" U.S. response.
He was speaking at the start of talks between the top U.S. and South Korea diplomats and defense officials to discuss their response to the growing threat from North Korea's nuclear and missile programs.
The meeting comes weeks after the North's most powerful nuclear test explosion to date, and days after its failed test launch of a ballistic missile.
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Ashton Carter....
Ashton as in Ashton Kutcher
Carter as in Jimmy Carter
Yeah I feel so much better.
A couple of NORK nukes at 65,000 feet in strategic places over the USA is enough to EMP the USA back to the 1860’s.
#1 - Obama would never authorize it
#2 - You’re all gone in 3 months, stop making policy announcements that you can’t back up already
“If they use it just once on the US there won’t be an opportunity for a “response” of any kind.”
Umm, no. We have nuclear submarines all over the world that can retaliate even if our entire country is obliterated.
The Chinese do not want to take over North Korea though. They are perfectly happy with the good cop/bad cop arrangement where the North says and does crazy things, and China appears to be reasonable in comparison, even though their goals are the same.
It would be kind of a moot point don’t you think?
Every time Obola draws another red line our enemies tremble!
....and 2000 nuclear explosions, most bigger, higher, and all we got was static, dimming bulbs, and 4 channels merging into one. EMP threat is WAY overhyped.
This time it is a yellow line.
It’s kind of funny seeing Jung Dik Dunghole adopt Hillary’s fashion sense in this picture :-). It almost looks like he’s gearing up to send Hillary a toy for her and her playmates.
Blackmail the US ?
Cut off our incoming shipment of Chinese merchandise ?
What better way to fundamentally transform America than provoking a ruinous war with China in addition to the one he’s provoking with Russia! Obama sure wasn’t kidding!
Nailed it. Also gives them a way to explrt their nuke and missile tech with “implausible deniability”.
Obama will send their chubby leader a tough worded letter and then beg the UN to do something.
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