Pearl Harbor II: Starring Nuclear Weapons
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Sunday Paper - June 21st, 2009
As America and the rest of the world keep a watch on the events unfolding in Iran, we must not forget about other hostile members of the international community. Also making headlines recently was North Korea. The communist regime accused the United States of plotting nuclear war and promised severe retaliation if provoked.
Obama reaffirmed Washington’s security commitment to South Korea, including through U.S. nuclear protection, after a meeting Tuesday in Washington with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak. Obama also said the U.N. sanctions will be aggressively enforced.
In its first response to the summit, North Korea’s government-run weekly Tongil Sinbo said that Obama’s comments only revealed a U.S. plot to invade the North with nuclear weapons.
“It’s not a coincidence at all for the U.S. to have brought numerous nuclear weapons into South Korea and other adjacent sites, staging various massive war drills opposing North Korea every day and watching for a chance for an invasion,” said the commentary published Saturday.
North Korea says its nuclear program is a deterrent against the U.S., which it routinely accuses of plotting to topple its communist regime. Washington, which has 28,500 troops in South Korea, has repeatedly said it has no such intention and has no nuclear weapons deployed there.
On Wednesday, the Kang Nam (a North Korean ship) left port en route to Myanmar via Singapore. The ship is suspected of carrying missiles and other weaponry which is in direct violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution. The U.S. has been tracking the ship since it left port with satellites and navy destroyer, USS John McCain, eyeing the Kang Nam for possible interception.
The ship is currently along the coast of China and being monitored around-the-clock by air.
The apparent violation raises the question of how the United States and its allies will respond, particularly since the U.N. resolution does not have a lot of teeth to it.
The resolution would not allow the United States to board the ship forcibly. Rather, U.S. military would have to request permission to board — a request North Korea is unlikely to grant.
North Korea has said that any attempt to board its ships would be viewed as an act of war and promised “100- or 1,000-fold” retaliation if provoked.
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Given the history of the Kang Nam and Japan media reports of North Korean ambition to launch a long-range missile test sometime around July 4th, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has beefed-up protection for Hawaii.
The Kang Nam is known to be a ship that has been involved in proliferation activities in the past — it is “a repeat offender,” according to one military source. The ship was detained in October 2006 by authorities in Hong Kong after the North Koreans tested their first nuclear device and the U.N. imposed a subsequent round of sanctions.
“North Korea does not export anything other than weapons,” a U.S. official told FOX News. “And this ship is presumed to be carrying something illicit given its past history.”
The latest tension follows a Japanese news report that North Korea may fire a long-range ballistic missile toward Hawaii in early July.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday the military is “watching” that situation “very closely,” and would have “some concerns” if North Korea launched a missile in the direction of Hawaii. But he expressed confidence in U.S. ability to handle such a launch.
Gates said he’s directed the deployment of the Theater High Altitude Area Defense, a mobile missile defense system used for knocking down long- and medium-range missiles.
“The ground-based interceptors are clearly in a position to take action. So, without telegraphing what we will do, I would just say … I think we are in a good position, should it become necessary, to protect the American territory.”
This is indeed a real threat that is not only unnerving to Hawaii residents but deeply disturbing to aware Americans. Anyone who thinks that Kim Jong-il and his ilk can be ‘counseled’ into a peaceful state-of-mind are living on fantasy island.
This from the Associated Press - June 21st, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iURO8fOyWVOA0ytFlaAGuC9F7R9wD98V2GV00
This from FOX News - June 19th, 2009
This from FOX News - June 21st, 2009
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,528009,00.html
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