North Korean Leader Warns Of Nuclear Disaster, Threatens US

[Purveyor]

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said the Korean peninsula will be engulfed by ''massive nuclear disaster'' if war breaks out there again, warning the US it will not be safe in the event of a conflict.

''If the war breaks out again in this land, it will bring about a massive nuclear disaster and the US will never be safe,'' Kim said in his New Year message, broadcast on state television.

''We are faced with a dangerous situation in which a small, accidental military clash can lead to an all-out war.''

Mr Kim added he would not beg for peace and vowed to protect the impoverished but nuclear-armed North with strong self-defence measures against enemies.



Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/north-korean-leader-warns-of-nuclear-disaster-threatens-us-20140101-hv79a.html

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Mock this little turd all you want but the fact of the matter is, he has nuclear weapons and we haven't a clue who we are dealing with here...

[Nanjing to Seoul]

1. Psychotic, smug, self-interested, nihilistic sociopath with a God complex. Completely unpredictable

However, until he does something, it's all bluster to make the brutalized people he overlords cower to him.

[Archae]

4. We all know that about George W Bush...

Oh, you were talking about another psychotic, smug, self-interested, nihilistic sociopath with a God complex.

[lastlib]

21. i myself thought he was talking about Cheney.....

[agent46]

25. Exaclty like the American ethos

Psychotic, smug, self-interested, nihilistic sociopath with a God complex. Completely unpredictable.

[davidpdx]

27. American = North Korea

Fail

[last1standing]

2. Too bad we wasted all our resources attacking a country with no WMDs.

North Korea is a real problem that needs to be resolved but we flittered away our prestige bombing Iraq into dust so now most countries are hesitant to follow our lead when we say that something has to be done about North Korea.

Of course, I'm not really hearing anyone in government actually saying much about North Korea - only Iran and Syria.

[dipsydoodle]

5. Sad but true.

[davidpdx]

29. I totally agree

Part of the problem is that so much focus is put on the Middle East it takes our eye off what is happening in Asia. It's not just the war in Afghanistan and Iraq. The conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, conflicts in Syria, unrest in Egypt, etc. The Middle East sucks so much time and resources out of our country it is just disgusting. While I think we should help, countries who are not cooperating in way that fosters peace should get nothing. No financial aid, no food, nothing.

[L0oniX]

3. Ah ...the PTB need some more fear to help boost weapon production and the bottom line.

[darkangel218]

6. North Korea has nukes? wow where have i been

I had no idea.

[okaawhatever]

8. They went nuclear during the Bush administration. Most right wingers try to blame either Obama or

Clinton for it, but it's not true. They did it under Bush while he was asleep at the wheel. It also adds an interesting dimension to their arguments about Obama not being tough enough on Iran going nuclear.

[darkangel218]

9. Thanks for the reply. I seriously had no idea.

Thought they were trying to build one?

What the hell is wrong with me

But anyway, that's terrible if they have nukes. Now a nuke war is on the table. Holy fuck..

[Gore1FL]

14. They don't have many and they don't have a reliable delivery system.

Nonetheless, they could do plenty to S. Korea, Japan, China, and themselves with little effort.

[okaawhatever]

15. There is a question as to whether they have a rocket that could bring it as far as America. Russia

and China have helped them develop it. Russia has helped Iran develop theirs as well. We have defense systems to intercept such rockets/bombs/missles and I don't know of anyone in the military community who think N Korea has a weapon advanced enough to escape detection and intervention. Not even close, in fact.
IDY if you remember N Korea testing a rocket. They had one that went right into the ocean. They launched another (they said they were putting a satellite in orbit, but everyone thought they were lying) that was successful. At that time, we sent some super aircraft that goes into space to have a little look-see at what NK was up to. Whatever they launched didn't seem to concern us too much.

[lordsummerisle]

7. The whole North Korean situation

Is contingent on China. China could quash NK like a bug if it wanted but for many reasons it allows them to do what they do both in rhetoric and in deed.

[theHandpuppet]

18. Yep... I haven't figured that one out, either.

What has China to gain by indulging NK?

[ConcernedCanuk]

31. NK is a buffer between China and the USA/USA allies.

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If NK falls to South Korea, then the USA would be in there like a dirty shirt.

China is already unhappy with amount of US military snooping around their coast, aligning itself with Japan, South Korea, Taiwan etc.

I think the World would be wise to leave NK alone. I do not believe NK has any plans to attack anyone unless provoked.

NK is well aware that either USA or China can out-nuke them, but they are fiercely independent, although poor. Iraq and Afghanistan will seem like walks in the park if NK gets fully engaged by anyone.

Stay away from that hornets nest or you're gonna get stung.

Badly.

CC

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

32. Balance of power.

[lastlib]

23. I really don't think China knows what to do about NKorea......

[davidpdx]

28. All they can do is contain them

and if things get worse then go in and take the government over. China has not been too terribly happy with what North Korea has done recently. North Korea is kind of the step-child you don't want.

[NickB79]

33. I think China is loathe to take over NK's government

After the debacles the US has had in Iraq and Afghanistan, it wouldn't be very smart to try the same method of regime change we fucked up with.

The last thing China wants is a leaderless NK, with 20 million starving North Koreans rushing their border.

[davidpdx]

36. I don't think the regime change in North Korea would be as difficult as

the two wars we got ourselves into. The Kim family has abused their people for decades (granted the Chinese wouldn't be that much better). If they need to, I believe they probably will. They'll have to seal the boarders which will be costly. The alternative would be North Korea starting a war with Japan and South Korea which would be much more dangerous. Either way China would have to back North Korea.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

37. When I was working in Ottawa I asked a Chinese diplomat that question

And what he said was China is basically in the same situation with North Korea as South Africa is in with Zimbabwe. As the regional hegemonic power they could militarily neutralize the respective basket case regimes but then they're stuck with occupying and rebuilding massively failed states. All the while it doesn't really serve any strategic objective.

And for political reasons Korean reunification wouldn't exactly be an acceptable outcome for the hardliners who still want to pretend they're communists. (my comment, not his)

[iandhr]

10. Know this Onion article is very old but it's relevant to this.

N. Korea Wondering What It Has To Do To Attract U.S. Military Attention


PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA—As the U.S. continues to inch toward war with Iraq, a jealous and frustrated North Korea is wondering what it has to do to attract American military attention. "What does it take to get a few F-16s or naval warships deployed to the Yellow Sea?" North Korean president Kim Jong Il asked Monday. "In the past month and a half, we've expelled U.N. nuclear inspectors, withdrawn from the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, restarted a mothballed nuclear complex capable of producing weapons-grade plutonium, and threatened to resume missile tests. You'd think that would be enough to get a measly Marine division or two on standby in the Pacific, but apparently not."

Kim said his nation is "way more deserving" of B-52 deployment than Iraq.

"Bush says his number one priority is eliminating weapons of mass destruction, but he sure doesn't act that way," Kim said. "Iraq may have weapons of mass destruction and may be developing more. The DPRK, on the other hand, does have weapons of mass destruction and isn't about to stop making them any time soon."

"Can I be any more clear?" Kim continued. "We have nuclear bombs and delivery methods. Kablooey! There goes Anchorage! But does Bush care? Nope—he just goes on about how we're 'a diplomatic issue, not a military one.' If he even mentions us at all, that is."

http://www.theonion.com/articles/n-korea-wondering-what-it-has-to-do-to-attract-us,35/

[Scuba]

22. Easy.

Discover oil.

[DinahMoeHum]

11. Neah neah-neah neah neah booga booga booga. . .

The man-child in North Korea is having a temper tantrum again.

[Owl]

12. The little brat deserves a spanking.

[DCBob]

13. Translation: "Give us more free rice or we will keep scaring the shit out of the South Koreans".

[onehandle]

16. Cretin. nt

[Codeine]

17. Spend less time talking and more time feeding your own people, short stack. nt

[jakeXT]

19. The Russian Postcards Look Nicer

Russian Deputy PM wishes NATO Merry Christmas with satirical postcard

http://macedoniaonline.eu/content/view/24445/55/

[barbtries]

20. i think he's a maniac.

ever since he murdered his uncle. total maniac with his finger on the trigger. what i don't know is what should be done about him.

[Historic NY]

24. He needs to be reminded of MAD......

"mutually assured destruction". one released on his part will insured the DPRK will no longer exist.

[Kablooie]

40. Oh. I thought you were suggesting we send Alfred E. Neuman over there.

[Benton D Struckcheon]

26. He's alive because he's a useful pawn for the Chinese

Their push against their neighbors, and in this case specifically SK and Japan, is helped by having a wild lunatic like him as an ally. You don't really want to mess with China when they've got a rabid skunk like this who may not be able to do lethal damage, but can distract you enough that when the really lethal attack begins you'll be looking the wrong way, or entirely blinded.
It's not like the US doesn't know this of course. I have a feeling if things really got hot the Chinese will find that Jung's usefulness is rather seriously overrated. Nukes are like any other weapon; they have to be aimed and fired properly. NK has given the world no evidence it knows how to do either.
So, assuming the evidence is correct and those weapons are useless to them, and then given the fact there's maybe 10 people in NK who are actually well fed, the Chinese might find themselves with a very well fed and well equipped army on the Yalu somewhat more quickly than their war-games told them they'd have to face such a thing.

[Renew Deal]

30. He really didn't say anything new

[Javaman]

34. It's winter time and their grain stocks are low...

they go through this every year. They act all crazy to "save face" so they can get more grain for their starving masses. They are apparently unable to act like other responcible nations who simply ask.

rince and repeat.

[davidthegnome]

35. Shocking. Another crazy asshole...

from North Korea, making threats against the US. No, of course Mr. Kim will not beg for peace, he is a sad little turd. I tell you though, that a real man in a position of power such as his, realizes that peace, is, perhaps, the only thing worth begging for. Arrogance... stubborn pride, foolishness. He could do far better for his Country than the former dear leader ever did, if he would simply abandon his ego and put the welfare of his people first. This is ridiculous. There is no reason we should ever have to fight the North Koreans, and no reason they should ever have to fight us.

You can have peace if you want it, Mr. Kim. Your threats are a waste of time, and energy.

[Sunlei]

38. what I find more weird than a whackie, commie-country boy 'leader', killing people he doesn't 'like

is, how all the RW propaganda websites lined up to push their "Kim+Jong-un+drunk" . From fox to (rip zombieman) breibart website, every site pushed the same 'story' on to google.

https://www.google.com/#q=Kim+Jong-un+drunk

[Kablooie]

39. I'll bet he's talking to his people, not us, in reality.

That kind of bluster plays well in his country.

Of course he might be actually insane and mean it, no one really knows that much about him, but it sounds a lot like their standard rally the troops propaganda they've spouted in the past.