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Kim Jong Un's disappearance sparks concerns missile launch could be imminent
Fox News ^ | 14 Aug 2017

Posted on 08/14/2017 4:21:29 PM PDT by mandaladon

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has vanished from the public eye for two weeks, South Korean media reported, prompting fears that he may be preparing to mark Tuesday’s public holiday by firing a new rocket.

The last time Kim went days without being seen was prior to the ICBM launch in late July, when he remained incognito for two weeks before making his grandiose public appearance. His public withdrawal comes as nuclear tensions mount between Washington and Pyongyang, and on the heels of the leader’s threat to attack the U.S. island territory of Guam.

On Tuesday, North Korea is set to commemorate the Korean Peninsula’s liberation from Japan at the end of World War II.

Adding to the speculation of an imminent rocket-fire test, last week U.S.-based North Korea watchdog site 38 North released satellite imagery of a submarine base in the hermit country, showing that tarps had been placed above both the fore and aft decks of the Sinpo-class submarine base, presumably to conceal any inside movements.

However, other analysts have also pointed out that Kim has previously disappeared for lengthy periods due to an unknown “physical condition.” Furthermore, his father, Kim Jong Il, disappeared for around six weeks after the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003, prompting speculation that he simply may have felt threatened.

Trump vowed last week that the U.S. would respond with “fire and fury” and is “locked and loaded” should North Korea dare come close to carrying an attack on the U.S. territory of Guam. Pentagon officials have told Fox News that the U.S. military stands ready to “fight tonight.”

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: kimjong; nknukes; third100days; trump; trumpasia; trumpnk
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Pyongyang, in turn, warned that “even a single shell dropped on the Korea Peninsula might lead to the outbreak of thermonuclear war” and that North Korea considers “the U.S. no more than a lump” which it “can beat to a jelly at any time.”~~~~~~~~~~~~~That's mean...
1 posted on 08/14/2017 4:21:29 PM PDT by mandaladon
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To: mandaladon

“no more than a lump” which it “can beat to a jelly at any time.”

He must think Hilary won the election.


2 posted on 08/14/2017 4:22:41 PM PDT by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.))
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To: mandaladon

Missing? Maybe on the way to a vacation at Gitmo?


3 posted on 08/14/2017 4:27:57 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Drain the Swamp is not party specific. Lyn' Ted is still a liar, Good riddance to him.)
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To: mandaladon

Maybe China made him disappear.


4 posted on 08/14/2017 4:29:20 PM PDT by Heart of Georgia (#DrainTheSwamp #HeFights)
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To: mandaladon

Maybe China sent some ‘representatives’ to take Kim into a back alley and give him an attitude adjustment.


5 posted on 08/14/2017 4:30:52 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: mandaladon

I am sure US intelligence knows where this POS is by the minute. Kim Jong Un, upon his next misbehavior, will see his mother from a different papa who will give him a spanking that he will never recover from. MOAB GBU-43/B is her name.


6 posted on 08/14/2017 4:31:39 PM PDT by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental illness: A totalitarian psyche.)
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To: BenLurkin
He must think Hilary won the election.

Or that Obozo won a third term.

7 posted on 08/14/2017 4:34:19 PM PDT by econjack
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To: mandaladon

He’s in his room playing Donkey Kong?


8 posted on 08/14/2017 4:35:45 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: tumblindice

I think he is in for a BIGLY “disappearance” soon.


9 posted on 08/14/2017 4:36:37 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation camp?)
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To: mandaladon

I think what he means is “all your base are belong to us”.

Or perhaps, “someone set us up the bomb”.


10 posted on 08/14/2017 4:37:12 PM PDT by robroys woman
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To: TigerLikesRooster

ping


11 posted on 08/14/2017 4:37:55 PM PDT by OwenKellogg (Merry Christmas!)
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To: mandaladon
When the absence of news... is news. 🙄
12 posted on 08/14/2017 4:42:43 PM PDT by proust (Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.)
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To: mandaladon

He also has recalled the North Korean ambassadors to China, Russia and the U.N.

My first thought on that was to preclude their defection from the safety of their embassies should the dictator’s plans turn sour. Nothing worse, diplomatically, for a dictator in trouble than to have his own ambassadors overseas defect in the midst of a crisis.

The last major North Korean defector was a very high up, very long time foreign service officer who defected while he was in Great Britain.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/north-korean-diplomat-defects-from-london-embassy/2016/08/17/0e9ba354-6480-11e6-b4d8-33e931b5a26d_story.html?utm_term=.6927e0181c31

Or, the dictator may be intending to fire them for failure to get China or Russia to veto the latest sanctions resolution at the U.N. security council (as if it was in their power to get Russia or China to do that).


13 posted on 08/14/2017 4:43:21 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: mandaladon

I think any subsequent missile launches by the Norks should be used as target practice by the U.S. military. We could perfect our systems.


14 posted on 08/14/2017 4:44:51 PM PDT by odawg
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To: mandaladon
Maybe he's on a bender?

Or rehab?

15 posted on 08/14/2017 4:45:47 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: hal ogen

Or at least a few of his look alikes will disappear.


16 posted on 08/14/2017 4:46:02 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Wuli

Somewhat similar to what happened that “led” Japan to bomb Pearl Harbor. Japan boxed themselves into a corner and decided it was best to fight they way out.

Puggsley is finding out how his military has become woefully decrepit. Those generals have been living off the fat of the land.


17 posted on 08/14/2017 4:46:27 PM PDT by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: BenLurkin
“no more than a lump” which it “can beat to a jelly at any time.”

He's lump
He's lump
He's lump

He might be dead...

18 posted on 08/14/2017 4:47:01 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: mandaladon

It’s been Tuesday for 8 hours already in North Korea.


19 posted on 08/14/2017 4:47:27 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: TomGuy

My thoughts exactly. Something like “Listen Fat Boy, we got billions in trade deals with the Running Dog Imperialists and it makes everyone back home fat, happy and rich. If you don’t shut the f’k up we’re going to end you, get it?’’.


20 posted on 08/14/2017 4:55:45 PM PDT by jmacusa (Dad may be in charge but mom knows whats going on.)
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