Posted on 03/21/2006 8:20:32 AM PST by HAL9000
North Korea suggested Tuesday it had the ability to launch a pre-emptive attack on the United States, according to the North's official news agency. A Foreign Ministry spokesman said the North had built atomic weapons to counter the U.S. nuclear threat."As we declared, our strong revolutionary might put in place all measures to counter possible U.S. pre-emptive strike," the spokesman said, according to the Korean Central News Agency. "Pre-emptive strike is not the monopoly of the United States."
Last week, the communist country warned that it had the right to launch a pre-emptive strike, saying it would strengthen its war footing before joint South Korea-U.S. military exercises scheduled for this weekend.
The spokesman also said it would be a "wise" step for the United States to cooperate on nuclear issues with North Korea in the same way it does with India.
Earlier this month, President Bush signed an accord in India that would open some of its atomic reactors to international inspections in exchange for U.S. nuclear know-how and atomic fuel.
The accord was reached even though New Delhi has not signed the international Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. North Korea has withdrawn from the treaty.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA...yeah, okay, sure...you fire first...we fire next, then it'll be over.
North Korea, still on the path to delusion.
Even if they were able to "strike first", one suspects North Korea would not be a healthy place to be immediately following...
Best make your first shot count. You won't get a second one.
God, what a bunch of clowns.
What would we do if there wasn't a North Korea?
Yes I am sure they can.
If they do I'll bet it will be Nuclear. Which would not destroy the USA but the USA could and would destroy North Korea.
And the US will strike North Korea LAST.
North Korea's communists and our socialists, share the same level of intelligence and wisdom.
Best chance they have is to give a nuke to some lovely Islamofacist terrorists who then smuggle the device in through Arab-run ports....
"... if it's the last thing I ever do," finished Little Kim.
Make fun of Iran.
Does anyone think this is an intelligent thing to put forth?
North Korea Suggests It Can Strike U.S. First.
The U.S. Knows it can strike North Korea best.
The goal of a preemptive strike is destroy the ability of the enemy to respond effectively. Unless they have thousands of warheads and can figure out exactly where all of our Boomers, missile frigates, ICBMs, and ALCMs are located, they better not get too cocky.
But Medea Benjamin told Bill O'Reilly that N. Korea doesn't have any Nuclear weapons. Of course she also said that Sunnis and Shi'as have been at war for thousands of years.
But this is impossible! North Korea doesn't have a nuclear weapon according to Medea Benjamin of Code Pink: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1600099/posts.
I don't know what *we'd* do,but the South Koreans and the Japanese would sure sleep a lot better at night.
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