North Korean Missile Test Has Washington Worried

by John Little in Intelligence, North Korea, Politics, Sci/Tech, Venezuela

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Remember North Korea? They may be preparing to test a missile that can reach the states:

North Korea is preparing for a possible test of an intercontinental ballistic missile with the potential to hit the US, according to Washington officials.

A senior official said there were “enough indications” to suggest that Pyongyang was getting ready to fire a Taepodong-2 missile from a launch pad in eastern North Korea. It would be the Stalinist state’s first test of a longer-range missile since 1998 when Pyongyang generated an international crisis by unexpectedly firing an intermediate-range Taepodong-1 over Japan.

We’re distracted by Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Venezuela, and stuff like American Idol (mostly American Idol) while the North Koreans are stockpiling longdong missiles. That can’t be good. But there’s some hope. They may be bluffing:

Pyongyang – which is keenly aware that the US can monitor its preparations by satellite – could be bluffing. Kim Jong-Il, the North Korean leader, has a history of performing eye-catching stunts when he feels he is being ignored, which has happened recently as Washington focuses on resolving nuclear tensions with Iran. Another US official said he might be “playing games” to get attention.

For some reason I’m just not finding any comfort in the fact that he might be bluffing.

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6 Comments

  1. marie says:

    I don’t think so. What we are hearing in Canada is that the Korean leader thinks Bush is an imbecile and his only life purpose is to bomb the US as he has had enough of American arrogance.

    Please remember that Asians THINK GIVING THEIR LIFE is noble JUST AS THE MUSLIMS DO. With all your terrorist nonsense and your politics of fear, you forget that North Korea won’t care about you threatening to send a bomb there because they will give their life as long as they know the US will be hit.

    My opinion is that the US will be hit by a nuclear bomb before the end of this decade because the US simply doesn’t know how to mind their own business. I see that the PM of Japan has also had enough of US stupidity.

  2. Disgusted says:

    Figures its our fault again, uh maria. Never their fault always the US fault. Give it a rest and take your blinders off for crying out loud.

    I’m just tired of you anti-american BS. You think this country is always in the wrong! Least we are trying to help, unlike your country, bunch of armchair quaterbacks. Trying raising a finger instead of pointing it. Its more productive.

    Do us a favor close your borders and stay there, we will do it ourselves. It takes a spine to accomplish what we have accomplished.

  3. Brandon Evans says:

    Our exploits in Iraq have tied our hands to take care of business in North Korea. Let’s remember that there is a demilitarized zone on 32rd parallel, not peace. Technically speaking we’ve been in a suspended state of war with the North Koreans for the last 50 years! We want to talk about watching North Korean missile tests? Did America let a country we’ve been at war with for the last 50 years develop nuclear weapons? Have we let them develop a capability to deliver those weapons across the Pacific? What is going on here? We’ve allowed these politicians to steer the media into focusing the population on the wrong things. When will we protect ourselves? I don’t mean beating up on contained, self-absorbed dictators who talks tough about our fathers. I’m talking about communists (yes boys and girls North Korea is a communist state) building nuclear weapons and missiles to deliver those weapons against communisms great enemy – CAPITALISM! Yes, that means us! America wants to think religious extremists are the danger but they’re not, be more wary of the atheistic communists that tells you religion is the basis for all international aggression therefore we should get rid of religion, backed up by nuclear weapons, not IED’s. And we watched em do it for 50 years! IRAQ, get your act together and secure your own lands, you don’t want us there, we don’t want to be there; we just want your oil, get those rigs up and protected and we’ll leave! Mr. President Bush, the mark of a good leader is to hire people that are smarter to help ya lead, PLEASE tell us that someone is bending your ear on NK, missile defense isn’t ready, they’ve got a 10 to 1 advantage boots on the ground on the DMZ, don’t let that missile leave the ground if ya figure they have one or two nuclear, don’t let em get in the one or two shots that they have! Send in the SOF’s to take that crap out, you know how we do! Finally, us Christians are going to have to ask you to stop putting microchips in the kids. Even the atheists gotta know that its a bad idea! Hello, don’t let these politicians convince you through fear of security to sell out your personal autonomy. You take those chips, your a slave to technology. Being the descendent of slaves you don’t want to be who they were right? Keep the chips out of your arms. They are going to try and sell you nano-technology as the cure for many diseases. Ask questions, any microchips doc? If so, slavery to technology is a disease itself, KEEP YOUR BAD RELIGION MASKED IN GOOD SCIENCE YOU DEVILS.

    Open your eyes America there’s not 10 years left. These signs are upon us. What was predicted as prophesy thousands of years ago 90% of which is now just history. The War on Terror is the sixth of seven signs, we’re in the last of the last days don’t let them fool you with this geo-political garbage, this is all spiritual. The CIA believes we’re going to go to war with the Chinese over energy by 2015 and they’re right. The Chinese will march to meet the Anti-Christ in the desert. The same spirit that is tagging your children with his mark, those computer chips you used to put in your dogs and cats. Let the Chinese cross the Tigris River looking for energy and you’ll have the Battle of Armmageddon. WAKE UP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP! It’s almost over, better pay attention to what really matter. Your job, traffic, the mortgage? How about your soul? Think about it, maybe ask God which path is for you. I chose Jesus, God bless you all.

  4. Ricardo Duenas says:

    The test firing of north korean missiles has nothing to do with prophesy, communism or any idiological reason. The United States describes north korea as an evil states, and it should be dealt seriously. As a sovereign country you have the right to defend yourself to any invaders or forces that threatens your existence. North Korea is only exercising his right, and showing the world that he can defend himself. The only way to deal with north korea is to let Japan to be miltary world power again, and to check the Chinese and Koreans asian military buildup. To understand the north koreans way of thinking, is to think like an asian, not in a colonial way of thinking that everything lower than him is a slave. Afterall, it is common knowledge that the Chinese provided the North Koreans their nuclear technology.

  5. rocky says:

    north koreans are not dumb people. They know that they can hit the United States, but if the united states retaliates with nukes the radiation fallout will also affects south korea and japan their most closest ally in north east asia. Unless America wants to play terminator man incinerate everyone in the vicinity. America will not only wiped out the North Korean but also the japanese and the south korean. North korean have nothing to lose, their economy is already slumped to the ground. With that situation it is a profer time to go to war.

  6. SD Reynolds says:

    The Army of North Korea Needs to be destroyed!! There is nothing good about it. Let me say that again!There is nothing good about it!!!

    SD Reynolds

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