Posted on 02/02/2002 7:49:21 PM PST by ATOMIC_PUNK
WASHINGTON: North Korea yesterday blustered that it was on the brink of war with the US after President George W. Bush renewed his attacks on the "axis of evil" of so-called rogue states.
Mr Bush again labelled Iran, Iraq and North Korea the world's most dangerous regimes, warning they could face US action and prompting speculation about where the war on terror would lead after Afghanistan.
His warning, raised first in his State of the Nation address on Tuesday, drew an angry reaction from Muslim countries throughout the Middle East. But the most blunt message response came from North Korea. A spokesman for strongman Kim Jong Il said the nation was ready for war and had been wise to develop "powerful offensive and defensive means". We are sharply watching the disturbing moves of the United States that have pushed the situation to the brink of war," the Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
As the secretive communist regime's propaganda machine went into overdrive, North Korean state media said US warplanes had carried out scores of reconnaissance flights in recent weeks in preparation for an attack. The spokesman said Mr Bush's speech was "little short of declaring a war".
Undaunted by the strength of the reaction in the Middle East to his speech, Mr Bush reiterated his accusations against the three countries and warned that Washington was ready to act. He said all three nations were developing weapons of mass destruction. "They need to know our intention is to hold them accountable and the rest of the world needs to be with us, because these weapons can be pointed at them as easily as at us," he said. Iran, which Washington describes as the main state sponsor of terror ism, called Mr Bush -thirsty for human blood", while the Iraqi regime of Sad Hussein branded him "stupid, arrogant and irresponsible".
Former secretary o state Madeleine Albrigh also condemned the "axis of evil" speech, calling it "big mistake". She said many in the international community believed the US h "lost its mind" because of the way Mr Bush handled foreign policy. "I think it was a big mistake to lump those three countries together," she said. "They are very different from each other." That warning risked alienating foreign allies she said. We know that they are (already) not supportive of what we are doing in lraq or Iran or North Korea, so I don't know what the value is." But US officials said there were no plans for, any military action against the three countries. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said the US was not about to open three more fronts in the war against terror now centred on Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, in New York, US Secretary of State Colin Powell yesterday urged world leaders to crush the cause of terrorism by stamping out poverty. Speaking at the World Economic Forum, Mr Powell said' We have to go after poverty, we have to go after despair." AFP
There has been little to no reporting of it, but in October the North Koreans began massing troops on the border with South Korea. Military analysts were somewhat alarmed by these movements, which obviously were opportunistic (mis)calculations in the face of 9/11 and the impending actions in Afghanistan.
A man can be judged by the company he keeps. {smile}
Jud7:12 And the Mid'-i-an-ities and the A-mal'-ek-ities and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.
It is obvious to me that you don't know the Lord and are afraid. Go find AMMON-CENTRIST and hide with him. We'll call you when it's over.
and when would it be a good time, when Chinese nuclear missiles are hitting America?
In fact, that mixup was an insult to cleaning women everywhere.
Please tell us your strategy for ending terrorism. Or do you not care if it ends at all? Or are you with the terrorists? DO TELL!!
Sounds exactly like what the Left said about Ronald Reagan's "Evil Empire" speech.
How soon the Left forgets their vision of the late, great, U.S.S.R. that Western leaders had to appease unless they had "lost their minds".
What ba**s he has and how PROUD I am to call George W. Bush MY President!
That French embassy guy that called Belgium (?) a "shi**y little country" wouldn't have caught any flak if he'd said the same about North Korea!
Yes.
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WASHINGTON: North Korea yesterday blustered that it was on the brink of war with the US after President George W. Bush renewed his attacks on the "axis of evil" of so-called rogue states.
Mr Bush again labelled Iran, Iraq and North Korea the world's most dangerous regimes, warning they could face US action and prompting speculation about where the war on terror would lead after Afghanistan.
His warning, raised first in his State of the Nation address on Tuesday, drew an angry reaction from Muslim countries throughout the Middle East. But the most blunt message response came from North Korea. A spokesman for strongman Kim Jong Il said the nation was ready for war and had been wise to develop "powerful offensive and defensive means". We are sharply watching the disturbing moves of the United States that have pushed the situation to the brink of war," the Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
As the secretive communist regime's propaganda machine went into overdrive, North Korean state media said US warplanes had carried out scores of reconnaissance flights in recent weeks in preparation for an attack. The spokesman said Mr Bush's speech was "little short of declaring a war".
Former secretary o state Madeleine Albrigh[t] also condemned the "axis of evil" speech, calling it "big mistake". She said many in the international community believed the US h "lost its mind" because of the way Mr Bush handled foreign policy. "I think it was a big mistake to lump those three countries together," she said.
OK, military genius, how exactly is a 1970s Soviet model army going to do this? All those T67s and BMPs storming through the mountain passes sounds like a target rich environment for US airpower to me. Three B52s can wipe out a massed armored division in five monutes. Against US air supremacy massed armored/infantry attacks are as obsolete as horse cavalry charges.
As soon as we got wind of an impending attack across the DMZ, I believe this administration would begin attacking not only the NK forces, but every airfield, army and navy base and command and control facility in NK. Which is why I am gald we have serious people running things who won't wait until after we take the first hit when a threat is imminent.
Are we invincible? With a clear mission and competent leadership, yes, our military can defeat any force on earth. With weak indecisive leadership, and no defined mission, any army can be beaten. Thank God we now have the former.
Help has arrived.
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