North Korea threatens to 'sink' Japan, reduce US to 'ashes and darkness'

A North Korean state agency threatened on Thursday to use nuclear weapons to "sink" Japan and reduce the United States to "ashes and darkness" for supporting a U.N. Security Council resolution and sanctions over its latest nuclear test.Pyongyang's Korea Asia-Pacific Peace Committee, which handles the North's external ties and propaganda, also called for the breakup of the Security Council, which it called "a tool of evil" made up of "money-bribed" countries that move at the order of the United States."The four islands of the archipelago should be sunken into the sea by the nuclear bomb of Juche. Japan is no longer needed to exist near us," the committee said in a statement carried by the North's official KCNA news agency.Juche is the North's ruling ideology that mixes Marxism and an extreme form of go-it-alone nationalism preached by state founder Kim Il Sung, the grandfather of the current leader, Kim Jong Un.




Regional tension has risen markedly since the reclusive North conducted its sixth, and by far its most powerful, nuclear test on Sept. 3.The 15-member Security Council voted unanimously on a U.S.-drafted resolution and a new round of sanctions on Monday in response, banning North Korea's textile exports that are the second largest only to coal and mineral, and capping fuel supplies.The North reacted to the latest action by the Security Council, which had the backing of veto-holding China and Russia, by reiterating threats to destroy the United States, Japan and South Korea."Let's reduce the U.S. mainland into ashes and darkness. Let's vent our spite with mobilization of all retaliation means which have been prepared till now," the statement said.

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AGENT J said:

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/14/nor...k-japan-reduce-u-s-to-ashes-and-darkness.html





Really? They really like to make a big show and risk a lot when they have to know how bad they can be destroyed. I CERTAINLY dont want that type of blood shed but maybe they seem like they do . . doubtful but maybe.

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TheGoverness said:

They're just talking a big game like they usually do. Watch them backpedal from these threats.

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AGENT J said:

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/14/nor...k-japan-reduce-u-s-to-ashes-and-darkness.html



https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...threatens-to-use-nuclear-weapon-to-sink-japan


Really? They really like to make a big show and risk a lot when they have to know how bad they can be destroyed. I CERTAINLY dont want that type of blood shed but maybe they seem like they do . . doubtful but maybe.

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ttwtt78640 said:

Much like the drunk dude, that feels ten foot tall and bullet proof talking smack in a bar, saying that he will kick your ass - it can be handled in two ways: A) simply ignore him as no real threat or B) show him the error in his ways by kicking his ass. So far, Trump has taken path A but is also asking the bartender to cut him off.

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faithful_servant said:

There's always the third option: Buy him drinks until he passes out.

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AGENT J said:

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/14/nor...k-japan-reduce-u-s-to-ashes-and-darkness.html



https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...threatens-to-use-nuclear-weapon-to-sink-japan


Really? They really like to make a big show and risk a lot when they have to know how bad they can be destroyed. I CERTAINLY dont want that type of blood shed but maybe they seem like they do . . doubtful but maybe.

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The Gulf War, February 1991
"We will chase [Americans] to every corner at all times. No high tower of steel will protect them against the fire of truth."
Saddam Hussein, Baghdad Radio, February 8, 1991

"[America] will not be excluded from the operations and explosions of the Arab and Muslim mujahidin and all the honest strugglers in the world."
Iraq News Agency, January 30, 1991 (State-controlled)

"What remains for Bush and his accomplices in crime is to understand that they are personally responsible for their crime. The Iraqi people will pursue them for this crime, even if they leave office and disappear into oblivion. There is no doubt they will understand what we mean if they know what revenge means to the Arabs."
Baghdad Radio, February 6, 1991 (State-controlled)

"Every Iraqi child, woman, and old man knows how to take revenge...They will avenge the pure blood that has been shed no matter how long it takes.
Baghdad Domestic Service, February 15, 1991 (State-controlled)

Iraq Masses Troops Against Kuwait, October 1994
"Does [America] realize the meaning of every Iraqi becoming a missile that can cross to countries and cities?"
Saddam Hussein, September 29, 1994

"[W]hen peoples reach the verge of collective death, they will be able to spread death to all..."
Al-Jumhuriyah, October 4, 1994 (State-controlled newspaper)

"[O]ur striking arm will reach [America, Britain and Saudi Arabia] before they know what hit them."
Al-Qadisiyah, October 6, 1994 (State-controlled newspaper)

"One chemical weapon fired in a moment of despair could cause the deaths of hundreds of thousands." Al-Quds al-Arabi, October 12, 1994 (State-controlled newspaper)

Release of UNSCOM Report, April 10, 1995
"Although Iraq's options are limited, they exist...Iraq's present state is that of a wounded tiger. Its blow could be painful, even if it is the last blow..."
Al-Quds Al-'Arabi, June 9, 1995 (State-controlled newspaper)

Khobar Towers Bombing, June 25, 1996
"[The U.S.] should send more coffins to Saudi Arabia, because no one can guess what the future has in store."
Saddam Hussein, Iraqi Radio, June 27, 1996

Operation Desert Fox, December 1998
"If [other Arab nations] persist on pursuing their wrongful path, then we should — or rather we must — place the swords of jihad on their necks..."
Saddam Hussein, January 5, 1999

"Oh sons of Arabs and the Arab Gulf, rebel against the foreigner...Take revenge for your dignity, holy places, security, interests and exalted values."
Saddam Hussein, January 5, 1999



"[Saudi Arabian and Kuwaiti] blood will light torches, grow aromatic plants, and water the tree of freedom, resistance and victory."
Saddam Hussein, Iraqi Radio, January 26, 1999

"Whoever continues to be involved in a despicable aggressive war against the people of Iraq as a subservient party must realize that this aggressive act has a dear price."
Saddam Hussein, February 16, 1999

"What is required now is to deal strong blows to U.S. and British interests. These blows should be strong enough to make them feel that their interests are indeed threatened not only by words but also in deeds."
Al-Qadisiyah, February 27, 1999 (State-controlled newspaper)

U.S.S. Cole Bombing, October 12, 2000
"[Iraqis] should intensify struggle and jihad in all fields and by all means..."
Iraq TV, October 22, 2000 (State-controlled)

The Attacks of September 11
"The United States reaps the thorns its rulers have planted in the world."
Saddam Hussein, September 12, 2001

"The real perpetrators [of September 11] are within the collapsed buildings."
Alif-Ba, September 11, 2002 (State-controlled newspaper)

"[September 11 was] God's punishment."
Al-Iktisadi, September 11, 2002 (State-controlled newspaper)

"If the attacks of September 11 cost the lives of 3,000 civilians, how much will the size of losses in 50 states within 100 cities if it were attacked in the same way in which New York and Washington were? What would happen if hundreds of planes attacked American cities?"
Al-Rafidayn, September 11, 2002 (State-controlled newspaper)

"The simple truth [about September 11] is that America burned itself and now tries to burn the world."
Alif-Ba, September 11, 2002 (State-controlled magazine)

"t is possible to turn to biological attack, where a small can, not bigger than the size of a hand, can be used to release viruses that affect everything..."
Babil, September 20, 2001 (State-controlled newspaper)

"The United States must get a taste of its own poison..."
Babil, October 8, 2001

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longview said:

I would say we possess the capability to reduce North Korea to darkness, but Kim's family has beat us to it.

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OlNate said:

Gotta hand it to them, though, they certainly masters of epic rhetoric. If they were in here spouting off like that, I'd give 'em a like before they got banned...lol...

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ttwtt78640 said:

Hmm... it seems that you favor the idea of the US treating NK more like Pakistan.

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faithful_servant said:

I favor using the same tactic that we used against the USSR - get them to spend themselves to death. We should keep pushing them to spend as much money as possible to counter our actions. There's no way that NK will ever put their nukes to use, since there is no scenario where doing so leaves them anywhere but dead. We should be essentially taunting them into pouring money into their military until they can no longer sustain the expenditures. I say that we start publishing images of NK from our satellites that expose certain weaknesses in their military so that they end up putting more money into closing those gaps (not showing them everything we know, just the stuff that is expensive to fix, but fairly minor). Basically, we start getting that cat to chase our laser pointer and wear itself out accomplishing nothing.

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faithful_servant said:

I favor using the same tactic that we used against the USSR - get them to spend themselves to death. We should keep pushing them to spend as much money as possible to counter our actions. There's no way that NK will ever put their nukes to use, since there is no scenario where doing so leaves them anywhere but dead. We should be essentially taunting them into pouring money into their military until they can no longer sustain the expenditures. I say that we start publishing images of NK from our satellites that expose certain weaknesses in their military so that they end up putting more money into closing those gaps (not showing them everything we know, just the stuff that is expensive to fix, but fairly minor). Basically, we start getting that cat to chase our laser pointer and wear itself out accomplishing nothing.

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justabubba said:

It's not beyond the realm of possibility that China is using North Korea for this exact purpose against the USA

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faithful_servant said:

I favor using the same tactic that we used against the USSR - get them to spend themselves to death. We should keep pushing them to spend as much money as possible to counter our actions. There's no way that NK will ever put their nukes to use, since there is no scenario where doing so leaves them anywhere but dead. We should be essentially taunting them into pouring money into their military until they can no longer sustain the expenditures. I say that we start publishing images of NK from our satellites that expose certain weaknesses in their military so that they end up putting more money into closing those gaps (not showing them everything we know, just the stuff that is expensive to fix, but fairly minor). Basically, we start getting that cat to chase our laser pointer and wear itself out accomplishing nothing.

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danarhea said:

Actually, Trump doesn't need to bust the bank to get rid of NK. If he wants to destroy them, he can do it very quickly. All he has to do is buy the country, then turn it into one of his casinos. :mrgreen:

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