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Evil Empire’s War Talk
www.sundayheraldsun.com.au ^ | February 3, 2002 | AFP

Posted on 02/02/2002 7:49:21 PM PST by ATOMIC_PUNK

Evil Empire’s War Talk

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


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To: AMMON-CENTRIST
We don't need Bush expanding this war. The man is cracked!

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.

61 posted on 02/03/2002 5:30:41 AM PST by angkor
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To: BlackbirdSST
Hey moron, in war people die. Should we cower in fear that American soldiers would be lost in a conflict with North Korea? If so what the hell do we have them on the DMZ in the first place? If 35,000 American troops and 600,000 ROK's aren't enough maybe we should just give up now. Maybe we should just let North Korea develop WMD and give them to terrorist so they can kill YOU on American soil some day.
62 posted on 02/03/2002 5:48:56 AM PST by Ruger1099
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To: JeepInMazar
Amen to that!!!!
63 posted on 02/03/2002 6:06:19 AM PST by oregon conservative
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To: AMMON-CENTRIST
Bush: "thirsty for human blood " - Iran
Bush: "stupid, arrogant and irresponsible" - Iraq
Bush: "The man is cracked!" -AMMON-CENTRIST

A man can be judged by the company he keeps. {smile}

64 posted on 02/03/2002 6:20:00 AM PST by elfman2
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK
Good for President Bush (And McCain too)! It's time to clean out these nests of vipers. Does it occur to anyone else that George Bush just may wind up being a truly great president - one for the history books, in the tradition of Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Reagan?
65 posted on 02/03/2002 6:33:25 AM PST by neutrino
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To: xcon
you over here bashing too. Jeez. The same could be said of you. My response to you on the other thread applies here too. Over here spreading your war mongering? Your eagarness to start WWIII is real enough, are your convictions? I'll probably find you slithering under a rock somewhere on the battlefield. The most outspoken for the need for war, are usually the most cowardly. Blackbird.
66 posted on 02/03/2002 6:37:46 AM PST by BlackbirdSST
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To: BlackbirdSST
Jud7:7 And the Lord said unto Gid'-e-on, by the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Mid'-i-an-ities into thine hand: and let all other people go every man unto his place.

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.

67 posted on 02/03/2002 6:38:57 AM PST by the rifleman
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To: AMMON-CENTRIST
We don't need Bush expanding this war. The man is cracked!

and when would it be a good time, when Chinese nuclear missiles are hitting America?

69 posted on 02/03/2002 6:49:17 AM PST by Lockbox
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To: Ruger1099
Hey moron, in war people die. Pretty good grasp of the obvious there sherlock. In war people die, and that is something to feel glorious about. You've no room to refer to me as a moron. I fail to see the correlation between NK and terrorism. Do you possess the truth of the matter. You act as if getting rid of NK is going to stop terrorism. You don't have a clue. The reality is, just like the war on poverty, the WOD's, this one is forever. We nuke the hell out of NK, and some group of nutcases will do the same here, we nuke the hell out of them, some other nutcase does it to us again. Do you grasp where we are heading here. If we live long enough, your great grand children could potentially still be fighting this war. That's assuming you know how to procreate. Blackbird.
70 posted on 02/03/2002 6:50:24 AM PST by BlackbirdSST
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To: Illbay; atomic_punk
FYI: Remembrance Archive: Free Republic Threads From 9-11-01
71 posted on 02/03/2002 6:54:26 AM PST by Starrgaizr
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To: cpdiii
"Mad Mattie" was highly angered when she was mistaken for a cleaning woman.

In fact, that mixup was an insult to cleaning women everywhere.

72 posted on 02/03/2002 6:58:54 AM PST by financeprof
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla
All you need to know is that it was Powell that made the escape of Saddams Army possible. Had he not allowed that to happen much of this would not be happening today. The samr can br said for peanut brain Carter who installed Khomeni back in power by his simple Barney mentality. If GW listens to Powell this will never be over and GW will like his dad go from hero to goat.
73 posted on 02/03/2002 7:01:47 AM PST by willyone
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To: AMMON-CENTRIST
We don't need Bush expanding this war. The man is cracked!

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!!

74 posted on 02/03/2002 7:05:00 AM PST by Mixer
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK
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.

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".

75 posted on 02/03/2002 7:17:07 AM PST by Polybius
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK
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".

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!

76 posted on 02/03/2002 7:50:47 AM PST by MeekOneGOP
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To: xcon
Short and sweet, must have seen AC around on the threads.

Yes.

77 posted on 02/03/2002 7:52:17 AM PST by Mark17
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK; Snow Bunny; Alamo-Girl; Republican Wildcat; Howlin; Fred Mertz; onyx; SusanUSA...
Evil Empire’s War Talk

Excerpt:

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.


I am PROUD to call George W. Bush MY President!
Madeleine not-so-Bright should have her face slapped for not keeping her big mouth shut, IMHO!
(((PING))))))
Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my ping list!. . .don't be shy.
78 posted on 02/03/2002 7:58:34 AM PST by MeekOneGOP
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To: BlackbirdSST
How will you feel when we have 35,000 thousand dead troops and countless 10's if not 100's of thousands dead SK's.

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.

79 posted on 02/03/2002 8:36:55 AM PST by Hugin
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