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NKorea threatens US; world anticipates missile
NKorea threatens US; world anticipates missile - Yahoo! News
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea threatened Wednesday to wipe the United States off the map as Washington and its allies watched for signs the regime will launch a series of missiles in the coming days.
Off China's coast, a U.S. destroyer was tailing a North Korean ship suspected of transporting illicit weapons to Myanmar in what could be the first test of U.N. sanctions passed to punish the nation for an underground nuclear test last month.
The Kang Nam left the North Korean port of Nampo a week ago with the USS John S. McCain close behind. The ship, accused of transporting banned goods in the past, is believed bound for Myanmar, according to South Korean and U.S. officials.
The new U.N. Security Council resolution requires member states to seek permission to inspect suspicious cargo. North Korea has said it would consider interception a declaration of war and on Wednesday accused the U.S. of seeking to provoke another Korean War.
"If the U.S. imperialists start another war, the army and people of Korea will ... wipe out the aggressors on the globe once and for all," the official Korean Central News Agency said.
IS N. Korea simply sabre rattling, or with the ailing health of Kim Jong Il, the real deal threat?
What do you think of Obama's reaction thus far, and what do you think needs to be the response from the US.
I think, just Like Obama on Iran, On Georgia, he will be too little too late, and if, God forbid IF, N. Korea is not simply sabre ratting, Obama wont go from "concerned" to "appalled" fast enough to save American lives, whether these are the lives of Hawaiians, or the troops in S. korea.
This has nothing to do with "partisanism" this is a real and genuine concern for me. The pieces are in place for a disaster, and my opinion that Obama is hesitant to take a stand on international affairs, in this case, may end up getting Americans killed.