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North Korea Suggests It Can Strike U.S. First
Associated Press | March 21, 2006

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 North Korea has withdrawn from the treaty.



TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
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To: HAL9000
North Korea has decided upon the doctrine of "SAD" (Self Assured Destruction).
61 posted on 03/21/2006 9:19:28 AM PST by Mike Darancette (In the Land of the Blind the one-eyed man is king.)
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To: massgopguy

I saw Chlamydia benjamin last night. What a complete fool!


62 posted on 03/21/2006 9:23:08 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: HAL9000

"I'm so ronery..."


63 posted on 03/21/2006 9:24:19 AM PST by BeHoldAPaleHorse (Tagline deleted at request of moderator.)
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To: A Balrog of Morgoth

"Well, we bat in the bottom of inning, my North Korean friends."
New baseball rules: One strike, and you're out!


64 posted on 03/21/2006 9:25:10 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: romanesq
But who would want to on the receiving end of that test?

SF?

65 posted on 03/21/2006 9:25:10 AM PST by Nathan Zachary
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To: Nathan Zachary

"Ronry"?


66 posted on 03/21/2006 9:28:34 AM PST by RightOnline
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To: RightOnline
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"lonely" Tubby can't pronounce his r's

67 posted on 03/21/2006 9:44:24 AM PST by Nathan Zachary
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
Slipped my mind yep, I in flight refueled many a B-52. One night on rendezvous the Buff said he saw me, but I couldn't see him, he pulled up behind a 727 and realized he wasn't going to get any fuel out of it, all is well that ends well he found me.
68 posted on 03/21/2006 9:49:34 AM PST by boomop1 (there you go again)
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To: boomop1

Wow.


69 posted on 03/21/2006 9:50:49 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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To: ArrogantBustard

:)


70 posted on 03/21/2006 9:53:15 AM PST by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) !)
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To: varyouga
This is what I would do if I was China. I would make a deal with North Korea to upgrade their nuke missiles. The Chinese techs in North Korea will launch two or three Korean ICBM's without North Korea's permission. those nukes will explode high in our sky's causing a massive EM pulse that shorts out most of our electronics.

We will have a domestic disaster of no power or civilian communications. China invades North Korea to remove a "madman". that makes China looks like a good guy who didn't support the attack on the USA.

China then provokes war with Taiwan and the USA faced with a domestic crisis and needing Chinese goods and electronics to replace all destroyed by the EMP will look the other way.

China emerges as the leading economic power and gets what they wanted militarily with little risk or cost of life.
71 posted on 03/21/2006 9:54:05 AM PST by Swiss
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To: boomop1

Hate it when they do that.........:)


72 posted on 03/21/2006 11:53:03 AM PST by RightOnline
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To: HAL9000

Thank you Jimmy Carter and Bubba Clinton. Thanks for giving the means to attack the U.S.. Thanks for turning a blind eye when you knew what they were up to during your Administration.
And the Democrats call this administration incompetent?


73 posted on 03/21/2006 12:08:56 PM PST by Doc91678 (Doc91678)
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To: Nathan Zachary

Although I can understand your sentiment based on the loony moonbats there, after being in NYC for 9-11, you don't really mean that.

Not even as a joke. We are all Americans first and foremost.


74 posted on 03/21/2006 12:39:30 PM PST by romanesq
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To: RightOnline
It was funny,was right at dusk. I was leaning down looking he said he had a joy at .5 miles. He must be stealth, if couldn't see him that close he weren't there. Then I heard an uhoh, we figured out what he did, he silently came over to the assigned airplane.
75 posted on 03/21/2006 1:05:05 PM PST by boomop1 (there you go again)
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To: boomop1

Yeah......but at least BUFF's could execute a decent rendezvous 99 times out of 100.

The fighter jocks, on the other hand.............


76 posted on 03/21/2006 1:19:36 PM PST by RightOnline
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To: RightOnline

I call a break away on the fighters and they follow us up, I got real p-ode and ask them if they knew the break away procedures, sorry boom is the response. Had some A7Ds who would come up hauling ass and at the last minute apply their speed brakes, that was the night I thought one of them got me. When we landed I went back with a flashlight to inspect, thank God I had no explaining to do.


77 posted on 03/21/2006 1:34:33 PM PST by boomop1 (there you go again)
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