North Korea: Actually, We're Thinking About Using Our Nukes Offensively

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North Korea: Actually, We're Thinking About Using Our Nukes Offensively

At times like this, I like to remember the wisdom of UN nuclear specialist and IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei: Israel is a bigger threat than North Korea. But just in case he's wrong, how about we get Obama to give a speech to the "Asian World." Preferably soon:

North Korea said Tuesday it would use nuclear weapons in a "merciless offensive" if provoked -- its latest bellicose rhetoric apparently aimed at deterring any international punishment for its recent atomic test blast. Pyongyang raised tensions a notch by reviving its rhetoric in a commentary in the state-run Minju Joson newspaper Tuesday. "Our nuclear deterrent will be a strong defensive means ... as well as a merciless offensive means to deal a just retaliatory strike to those who touch the country's dignity and sovereignty even a bit," said the commentary, carried by the official Korean Central News Agency.

Remember how before the April launch Gates announced - in advance - that we had no military options against a North Korean missile launch? And how Clinton signaled - in advance - that we wouldn't really be able to do anything diplomatically either? And how Obama proved them right when he banned our cutting-edge radar system from monitoring the launch and failed to get the UN to respond adequately, having personally fumbled the question during a press conference?
You don't think that emboldened these sociopaths, eventually encouraging them to conduct the May nuclear test that caught us flatfooted, do you?
Oh well. At least Iran isn't tracking Obama's weakness in response to North Korean provocations. That would really degrade our negotiating position.
References and previously after the jump...


References:
* Mohammed elBaradei: Israel more of a threat than NorKorea [Yourish]
* N. Korea Warns of 'Merciless' Nuclear Offensive [Fox News]
* Gates: U.S. Not Prepared to Respond to North Korea Missile Launch [Fox News]
* DNI Blair: I Believe North Korea; ICBM Is Really A Space Rocket [Closing Velocity]
* Obama Banned Cutting-Edge Radar From Monitoring NK Launch Because It Would "Provoke" Them [MR]
* Obama's Decision To Join UN Human Rights Council Buys Zero Cooperation On North Korea [MR]
* Obama Gives Awkward, Unconvincing Reply to N. Korea Question [Amy Proctor]
* N Korea Nuke Fooled Obama-But John Bolton Predicted it Five Days Ago [Yid With Lid]
* Amos Harel / What North Korea's missile means for Israel and Iran [Ha'aretz]
Previously:
* Syrian Nuke Site Was Vulnerable Because It Was Too Secret For Syria To Protect
* And the Wheels Come Off - (1) North Korea
* Reuters: Problems With North Korea Began In 2002 Under Bush

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