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[N. Korea]Kim Jong-un says he has a ‘nuclear launch button’ on his desk in threat to America
AFP ^ | JANUARY 1, 2018

Posted on 12/31/2017 7:58:27 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster

Kim Jong-un says he has a ‘nuclear launch button’ on his desk in threat to America

KIM Jong-un has brought in the new year with an alarming escalation in his threats against the rest of the world.

During a televised New Year’s Day speech, the dictator said the US would never be able to start a war with the rogue nation after it had developed the ability to hit all of the American mainland with its nuclear weapons.

“The entire United States is within range of our nuclear weapons, and a nuclear button is always on my desk. This is reality, not a threat,” Kim said.

The speech is being watched closely, as Kim Jong-un followed up on promises he made during his 2017 New Year’s Day address, when he vowed to speed up the country’s nuclear weapons development.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: button; kimjongun; nknukes; nkorea; nuclearbutton; nuke; obamalegacy; trumpasia
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To: TigerLikesRooster
Kim Jong-un says he has a ‘nuclear launch button’ on his desk in threat to America

If we know where his desk is, why not get him?

21 posted on 12/31/2017 8:15:13 PM PST by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
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To: StormEye

Respectfully disagree. The single thing stopping us from acting is his threat to obliterate Seoul. Yet if we do not act, nukes will end up in the hands of terrorists. Plus if we abandon our mutual defense commitments, the repercussions would be enormous (and would hurt us in the south China sea issue)


22 posted on 12/31/2017 8:17:15 PM PST by steel_resolve (And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm)
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To: Jim Noble
"“Never do what your enemy desires, for this reason alone - that he desires it” - Napoleon"

I have heard this before and is brilliant and forgotten by the idiots who use our military as chess pieces and are checked by our enemy.

23 posted on 12/31/2017 8:17:47 PM PST by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

24 posted on 12/31/2017 8:18:30 PM PST by seawolf101 (Member LES DEPLORABLES)
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To: FrankR
Speaking of which, why was a desk lamp on his desk? A desk lamp in broad daylight at an outdoor event? Was it supposed to give a better visual?
25 posted on 12/31/2017 8:21:17 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster (dead parakeet + lost fishing gear = freep all day)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Not worried about it and don’t care. Just more noise and shiney keys. Much ado about nothing.

Happy New Year.
LAV


26 posted on 12/31/2017 8:21:33 PM PST by Liberal Anti Venom
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To: Flick Lives

OK, now that was clever.


27 posted on 12/31/2017 8:21:48 PM PST by Mr. Lucky
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Just kill this idiot.

Take out his Command and Control first if necessary.

Fat Boi, your toast.


28 posted on 12/31/2017 8:24:57 PM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: Jim Noble
Kim is begging to be attacked. Why?

Dude says he has nukes and will use them if attacked, how does that become "begging to be attacked" in your mind?

What the West did to Libya made it clear to any dictator that lacking WMD deterrence means living at the West's whim.

29 posted on 12/31/2017 8:27:38 PM PST by Gunslingr3
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To: StormEye

“America’s problem is NK pointing ICBMs at the US. “

Correct.

And we don’t need anyone’s permission to deal with it.


30 posted on 12/31/2017 8:29:50 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: justa-hairyape

That looks like the Robot Trump at Disneyworld.


31 posted on 12/31/2017 8:31:31 PM PST by Kickass Conservative ( Tweet softly, but carry a big stick.)
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To: steel_resolve
”The main problem isn’t his nukes, its his artillery within range of seoul. I wonder if we have enough air (and other) assets to neutralize in a sneak attack. If so, then they’re toast.”

I have to wonder how many of his troops along the DMZ would turn tail and run, or surrender, when confronted by the firepower that our military is capable of delivering. Remember, Saddam’s Republican Guard was supposed to be formidable as well. We all know how that turned out.

32 posted on 12/31/2017 8:34:14 PM PST by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: Gunslingr3

We need to make public, that we will launch a on warning, a devastating nuclear response. Period


33 posted on 12/31/2017 8:34:33 PM PST by Robe (A nation can survive its fools and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Little rocket man pro’l’ly reconditioned a “round tuit” button from Staples.


34 posted on 12/31/2017 8:34:55 PM PST by lightman (ANTIFA is full of Bolshevik.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster
”Speaking of which, why was a desk lamp on his desk? A desk lamp in broad daylight at an outdoor event? Was it supposed to give a better visual?

That picture, perhaps minus the missile, reminds me of a Monty Python skit.

35 posted on 12/31/2017 8:36:44 PM PST by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Kim, please note the missile tracking locator embedded in your brain.


36 posted on 12/31/2017 8:37:26 PM PST by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: shanover

“Never do what your enemy desires, for this reason alone - that he desires it” - Napoleon”

Sounds like the Congressional Democrat slogan as they hate Trump.


37 posted on 12/31/2017 8:41:07 PM PST by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Happy New Year buddy/ sarc.


38 posted on 12/31/2017 8:41:26 PM PST by Spiridon
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Bomb his desk.


39 posted on 12/31/2017 8:42:38 PM PST by JPJones (More tariffs, less income tax.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Uh, I think all countries that have a nuclear arsenal have a nuclear launch buttons.


40 posted on 12/31/2017 8:47:32 PM PST by Crucial
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