Biden reverses course, talks tough after North Korean missile test: 'We will respond

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Biden reverses course, talks tough after North Korean missile test: 'We will respond accordingly'
By: Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Post News - 03-25-21
Re: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news...er-north-kore/

Photo link: https://twt-thumbs.washtimes.com/med...e1eeb1a995bea2
Photo by: Ahn Young-joon: People watch a TV showing a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Suseo Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday. March 25, 2021. North Korea on Thursday test-fired its first ballistic missiles since President Joe Biden took office, as it expands its military capabilities and increases pressure on Washington while nuclear negotiations remain stalled. The Korean letters read: "North Korea launches missiles this morning." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

President Biden on Thursday vowed the U.S. and its allies will “respond accordingly” after the second round of North Korean missile tests in less than a week.

The president’s comments at a White House news conference stood in stark contrast to his administration’s approach earlier this week, when top officials downplayed the first batch of North Korean missile launches as “normal military activity.” Mr. Biden even laughed off questions about that first round of missile tests when asked earlier this week.

But the president said the most recent launches — which came Wednesday and saw North Korea fire two ballistic missiles into the sea between the Korean Peninsula and Japan — violated United Nations resolutions against Pyongyang. The earlier round of tests did not violate any international law, administration officials have said.

The White House appears to be taking the second round of tests much more seriously.

“We are consulting with our allies and partners and there will be a response if they choose to escalate,” Mr. Biden said of North Korea. “We will respond accordingly. But I’m also prepared for some form of diplomacy, but it has to be conditioned upon the end result of denuclearization.”

The White House is readying a diplomatic push aimed at securing a permanent end to North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.

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Personal note: NK will never agree to those conditions. They feel our President can not
make them do this. I seriously believe NK will never weaken they stand and will only continue to press their luck showing off their armaments'. This war (or conflict) will continue until Kim is out office or someone takes him out within his government. But then again you have a more radical one to follow his sister she's more evil then him.
NK will make us go war - there's no two ways about it. It's just a matter of time.
Now you have to wonder is China will sit back and see who wins. This is the beginning of the end of a non-nuclear war exchange - its coming!
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Boats