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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Oct 8 01:00:11 2015 And for our turtle, please make note of the words, "looks like" up there.U.S. says ready to defend against North Korean nuclear threat The U.S. government believes North Korea has the capability to launch a nuclear weapon against the U.S. homeland and stands ready to defend against any such attacks, a high-level U.S. military official said on Wednesday. Admiral Bill Gortney, commander of U.S. Northern Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command, said he agreed with U.S. intelligence assessments that North Korea had nuclear weapons, as well as the ability to miniaturize them and put them on a rocket that could reach the United States. "We assess that they have the capability to reach the homeland with a nuclear weapon from a rocket," Gortney told an event hosted by the Atlantic Council think tank. Gortney said it was very difficult to predict the behavior of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un but the U.S. military was prepared to respond if he were to use a nuclear weapon. "Were ready for him, and were ready 24 hours a day if he should be dumb enough to shoot something at us," Gortney said. "I'm pretty confident that we're going to knock down the numbers that are going to be shot." North Korea's space agency said last month Pyongyang was building a new satellite and readying it for launch, with any use of a long-range rocket suggesting that the secretive state has made advances developing a ballistic missile. North Korea says its rocket launches are part of a legitimate space program aimed at putting satellites into orbit. It has in the past conducted missile tests in defiance of international warnings and sanctions. The U.S. Missile Defense Agency said in March North Korea could achieve the ability to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile this year. On Wednesday, Gortney said the U.S. military was investing to modernize its current missile defense system, add new sensors and radars to better identify potential missile launches, and drive down the cost of defending against such attacks. He warned that the failure of the U.S. Congress to pass a budget for fiscal year 2016, or a resumption of mandatory budget cuts, could jeopardize the funding needed for such efforts. (Editing by Paul Tait) ---------------------------------------------- HOPEFULLY, our fine republicans friends might take note and actually cough up some money for a change to protect AMERICA ... maybe? |
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Posted by Nilet on Thu Oct 8 02:05:24 2015, in response to While everybody's worried about Iran ... looks like there's a REAL problem, posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Oct 8 01:00:11 2015. The U.S. government believes Here we go again. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Oct 8 02:31:29 2015, in response to Re: While everybody's worried about Iran ... looks like there's a REAL problem, posted by Nilet on Thu Oct 8 02:05:24 2015. Only difference is that the original reports of North Korea's rocket candle mishaps weren't as true as the media reported. Turns out that while they didn't reach orbit, and that "weather satellite" was never heard from once it was launched, their shitty rockets CAN make it to Sarah Palin's porch and a few other locations on the west coast (and a couple thousand miles to the west of there) and so the threat IS real. The dumbass attention is quite likely to do something stupid and if one of his popguns lands in "America" then everybody's going to have some hell toupee (tip of the hat to Trump).Some money for some working interceptors would be a good start here. |
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Posted by SLRT on Thu Oct 8 09:33:24 2015, in response to While everybody's worried about Iran ... looks like there's a REAL problem, posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Oct 8 01:00:11 2015. But ... but ... It can't be. Jimmy Carter negotiated with North Korea to stop its nuclear program!Even won a Nobel Prize for it. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Thu Oct 8 10:06:21 2015, in response to While everybody's worried about Iran ... looks like there's a REAL problem, posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Oct 8 01:00:11 2015. What, no criticism of Billary over this?Sorry, but the so-called DPRK has had these nukes for years and hasn't yet used them. Iran gets nukes and it's going to be a different story. And your "fine (liberal) republican friends" aren't even making much of a stink about Iran besides. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Oct 8 13:20:31 2015, in response to Re: While everybody's worried about Iran ... looks like there's a REAL problem, posted by SLRT on Thu Oct 8 09:33:24 2015. And yeah, it worked until Shrub got elected.The agreement was widely hailed at the time as a significant diplomatic achievement.[77][78] However, in December 2002, the Agreed Framework collapsed as a result of a dispute between the George W. Bush Administration and the North Korean government of Kim Jong-il. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Oct 8 13:28:08 2015, in response to Re: While everybody's worried about Iran looks like there's a REAL problem?, posted by Olog-hai on Thu Oct 8 10:06:21 2015. Awe what the hell ... I'll go for it. :)Thanks for supporting communism! Big difference here, the leaders of Iran may not be likeable, but they're not insane. |
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Posted by SLRT on Thu Oct 8 13:31:56 2015, in response to Re: While everybody's worried about Iran ... looks like there's a REAL problem, posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Oct 8 13:20:31 2015. Bad Bush! Not trusting the North Korean dictatorship. Fortunately, Democrats are smarter, knowing that we should trust our enemies and keep an eye on our allies. |
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Posted by SLRT on Thu Oct 8 13:32:56 2015, in response to Re: While everybody's worried about Iran looks like there's a REAL problem?, posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Oct 8 13:28:08 2015. Hitler and Stalin weren't insane either, except maybe toward their ends.Nor is Putin. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Oct 8 13:36:21 2015, in response to Re: While everybody's worried about Iran ... looks like there's a REAL problem, posted by SLRT on Thu Oct 8 13:31:56 2015. Which is also why I have faith that if the republicans get back in there, we'll be taking it on both coasts. :( |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Oct 8 13:36:46 2015, in response to Re: While everybody's worried about Iran looks like there's a REAL problem?, posted by SLRT on Thu Oct 8 13:32:56 2015. Ah ... but Kim *is* ... |
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Posted by SLRT on Thu Oct 8 13:40:27 2015, in response to Re: While everybody's worried about Iran looks like there's a REAL problem?, posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Oct 8 13:36:46 2015. The Kims are deities. People who think that are always pictures of mental health.I'd prefer Caligula. At least he loved his sister. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Oct 8 13:53:32 2015, in response to Re: While everybody's worried about Iran looks like there's a REAL problem?, posted by SLRT on Thu Oct 8 13:40:27 2015. Heh. :) |
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Posted by kew gardens teleport on Thu Oct 8 15:10:36 2015, in response to Re: While everybody's worried about Iran ... looks like there's a REAL problem, posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Oct 8 13:20:31 2015. He'd've done just the same if the inventor of the internet had hung a few more chads. Or if the GOP had shown sense and ignored the stupid smears against John McCain. |
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Posted by kew gardens teleport on Thu Oct 8 15:13:50 2015, in response to Re: While everybody's worried about Iran looks like there's a REAL problem?, posted by SLRT on Thu Oct 8 13:32:56 2015. Hitler and Stalin weren't insane either, except maybe toward their ends.Nor is Putin. And there's the problem. The only sane thing to do in Syria is prop up the tinpot Assad. And the free world has got it so spectacularly wrong that now Putin can capitalize on the only sane solution, whilst we have no good moves left. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Thu Oct 8 15:15:25 2015, in response to Re: While everybody's worried about Iran looks like there's a REAL problem?, posted by kew gardens teleport on Thu Oct 8 15:13:50 2015. The only sane thing to do in Syria is prop up the tinpot AssadNo. There are other things that can be done that are more sane, but thanks to liberal rule in the USA, the stomach to do it, never mind the will, is eroded. |
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Posted by kew gardens teleport on Thu Oct 8 16:21:58 2015, in response to Re: While everybody's worried about Iran looks like there's a REAL problem?, posted by Olog-hai on Thu Oct 8 15:15:25 2015. Like what? |
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Posted by AlM on Thu Oct 8 16:33:48 2015, in response to Re: While everybody's worried about Iran looks like there's a REAL problem?, posted by kew gardens teleport on Thu Oct 8 16:21:58 2015. Invade Syria. Don't you remember? It worked in Iraq in just weeks. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Oct 8 17:41:47 2015, in response to Re: While everybody's worried about Iran ... looks like there's a REAL problem, posted by kew gardens teleport on Thu Oct 8 15:10:36 2015. Could be, maybe not. The only way to please the Kims was to lavish attention on them. We stopped doing that for a while and they got all butthurt. :) |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Oct 8 17:42:39 2015, in response to Re: While everybody's worried about Iran looks like there's a REAL problem?, posted by AlM on Thu Oct 8 16:33:48 2015. Hearts, minds, flowers and sweets. Works every time. :) |
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Posted by orange blossom special on Thu Oct 8 18:24:34 2015, in response to While everybody's worried about Iran ... looks like there's a REAL problem, posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Oct 8 01:00:11 2015. A) Who is this everybody? Hard to find anyone who seems to care.B) North Korea is empowered by Obama's handling of Libya, Syria, and Iran. They would be stupid not to ramp up and threaten, they could get some of that Obama stash for a stimulus. |
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Posted by Jeff Rosen on Thu Oct 8 18:36:28 2015, in response to While everybody's worried about Iran ... looks like there's a REAL problem, posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Oct 8 01:00:11 2015. Allright, I guess we can all forget about Iran. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Thu Oct 8 19:18:12 2015, in response to Re: While everybody's worried about Iran ... looks like there's a REAL problem, posted by Jeff Rosen on Thu Oct 8 18:36:28 2015. Ha!And after all the comparisons between Obama with Iran and Bill Clinton with "Koryo" too. |
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Posted by R2Chinatown on Thu Oct 8 23:12:53 2015, in response to While everybody's worried about Iran ... looks like there's a REAL problem, posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Oct 8 01:00:11 2015. 21 years apart but could have been written by the same speech writer.Democrats suckered the American people once Democrats do it again. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Oct 8 23:51:59 2015, in response to Re: While everybody's worried about Iran ... looks like there's a REAL problem, posted by Jeff Rosen on Thu Oct 8 18:36:28 2015. We've certainly forgotten about that other guy. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Oct 9 00:50:31 2015, in response to Re: While everybody's worried about Iran ... looks like there's a REAL problem, posted by Jeff Rosen on Thu Oct 8 18:36:28 2015. By the way, didn't mean any disrespect to anyone with that, but all we hear about anymore is "Iran Iran Iran" ... they are not the ONLY potential threat to the US, Kim Jong is really Ill and a bigger threat because he actually HAS those toys and is crazy enough to think he can actually fire them our way. Iran isn't there yet, he IS. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Oct 9 00:51:14 2015, in response to Re: While everybody's worried about Iran ... looks like there's a REAL problem, posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Oct 9 00:50:31 2015. Should have added also, he has come right out and SAID he intends to. |
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Posted by orange blossom special on Fri Oct 9 14:39:39 2015, in response to Re: While everybody's worried about Iran ... looks like there's a REAL problem, posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Oct 9 00:50:31 2015. You must be spelling that wrong, all I ever hear is about Syria. |
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