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South Korea getting U.S. missiles to boost defences: report | Quote: | SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea is acquiring 40 U.S.-made missiles for an Aegis destroyer this month to boost its defenses amid reports North Korea may soon test-fire missiles, Yonhap news agency on Sunday quoted a military source as saying.
North Korea, which rattled regional security with a May 25 nuclear test, is preparing to test a long-range missile that could hit U.S. territory and mid-range missiles that could hit all of South Korea, a South Korean presidential Blue House official said last week.
The surface-to-air missiles for the Aegis destroyer, designed to track and shoot down objects including missiles, can hit targets up to 160 km (100 miles) away, Yonhap quoted the source as saying.
North Korea has also warned ships to stay away from waters off its east coast city of Wonsan, Japan's Coast Guard said last week, in a possible indication of a missile test.
North Korea launched in April a rocket it said was carrying a satellite. The move was widely seen as a disguised test of its long-range Taepodong-2 missile and a violation of U.N. resolutions barring the reclusive state from ballistic missile testing.
The U.N. Security Council punished it for the missile launch by tightening existing sanctions and imposing new ones after the nuclear test to halt its arms trading, one of the few items the cash-short state with a broken down economy can export.
The U.S. Navy has said it is monitoring a North Korean ship under the new U.N. security resolutions imposed after the nuclear test. A South Korean intelligence source said the ship is likely carrying missiles and parts, and it could be heading to Myanmar, broadcaster YTN said.
At the weekend, the prickly North warned in an official media report it would shoot down any Japanese military plane that breached North Korean air space.
South Korean officials have said the North's recent saber rattling may be a way for leader Kim Jong-il to build internal support as he prepares for succession in Asia's only communist dynasty.
(Reporting by Cheon Jong-woo; Editing by Jon Herskovitz) |
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flyupsidedown
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Wouldn't it be better to send Obama to spew plattitudes at the N. Koreans? He could disarm them and change their hearts by reciting we are the biggest Korean nation or something. Maybe a bow or two would do the trick. He could dress up in Korean garb, eat kimchee and goosestep with the best of them. I'm sure that would soften their stance. If not, then there is sure enough grovelling and begging that might work.
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fly wrote:
| Quote: | Maybe a bow or two would do the trick. He could dress up in Korean garb, eat kimchee and goosestep with the best of them. I'm sure that would soften their stance. If not, then there is sure enough grovelling and begging that might work.
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Maybe Obama should Invade some other country instead. We see how that worked under Bush. 
| Quote: | Bush On North Korea: 'We Must Invade Iraq'
January 15, 2003 | Issue 39•01
WASHINGTON, DC—With concern over North Korea's nuclear capabilities growing, President Bush reassured the American people Monday that "extreme force" will be used to remove Saddam Hussein from power if the Iraqi president fails to give up suspected weapons of mass destruction.
President Bush speaks to reporters about the growing crisis with North Korea, vowing to overthrow Saddam Hussein.
"For years, Kim Jong Il has acted in blatant disregard of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation Of Nuclear Weapons, and last week, he rejected it outright," Bush told reporters after a National Security Council meeting on North Korea. "We cannot allow weapons of mass destruction to remain in the hands of volatile, unpredictable leaders. Which is exactly why we must act quickly and decisively against Saddam Hussein."
A member of Bush's "axis of evil," North Korea sparked international outcry in October 2002 after announcing that it had a uranium-enrichment program. After ousting U.N. inspectors, leader Kim Jong Il has continued to defy orders to halt the program.
"I applaud the International Atomic Energy Agency's condemnation of North Korea's nuclear efforts," Bush said. "I trust that the world community will act capably and decisively in this matter—as capably and decisively as the U.S. will act against Iraq."
According to Bush, North Korea and Iraq both pose "significant threats" to important U.S. allies.
"Our friends South Korea and Japan are justifiably fearful of North Korea's emergent nuclear and chemical-weapons technologies," Bush said. "These nations are forced to live with the constant threat of aggression looming over their heads, just as our friends Saudi Arabia and Israel do. The time has come to complete the unfinished business of a decade ago and oust Saddam Hussein."
Added Bush: "This man tried to kill my dad."
U.S. intelligence experts say North Korea likely has one or two nuclear bombs, with plans to rapidly expand its arsenal in the coming years. With two nuclear reactors under construction, the nation could have a system to enrich uranium by 2005, producing enough plutonium for two bombs a year.
"North Korea has a full-scale nuclear program underway, one which may even now have the capability of striking the western U.S.," Bush said. "Even more alarming, Iraq is actively trying to scrounge up enough money to buy something nuclear on the black market, ideally something that can fly through the air."
Bush outlined his administration's plan for the crisis in North Korea, which includes maintaining an open dialogue with Pyongyang and deploying massive troops and materiel to the Gulf region.
At a Jan. 10 press conference, Bush had strong words for the North Korean dictator.
"Kim Jong Il, you have withdrawn from international nuclear treaties and cruelly starved your own people," Bush said. "The world at large will not let your evil deeds go unchallenged. Someone, somewhere will hold you accountable, sooner or later. I do not know who this person is, but somebody will."
"North Korea has been pouring its limited resources into development of a huge military force at the expense of its own people's well-being," Bush continued. "Somebody should take decisive action against this, just as the U.S. did in stopping the Taliban and will soon do in ousting Saddam Hussein."
Seeking to pressure North Korea, a communist nation since the end of the Korean War, into compliance with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation Of Nuclear Weapons, the U.S. has cut off all economic and humanitarian aid.
"By providing support to North Korea, America was indirectly propping up an oppressive regime," Bush said. "That food and fuel will be much better used by the proud men and women of the U.S. military—such as the 45,000 members of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, who at this moment are in California preparing for deployment to the Middle East."
"You have my prayers, Camp Pendleton," added Bush, giving an officer's salute. "Now, let's roll." |
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flyupsidedown
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Youre absolutely right. It worked and it will keep on working.
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SkygreenLeopard
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| flyupsidedown wrote: | | Youre absolutely right. It worked and it will keep on working. |
Wrong on both counts. Gosh fly, I honestly don't know how you could possibly be any more wrong about absolutely everything.
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SAR wrote:
| Quote: | | Wrong on both counts. Gosh fly, I honestly don't know how you could possibly be any more wrong about absolutely everything. |
It's called--In a state of denial.
Fly you could come to a clear self understanding of your current state by simply adding this book to your must read list. When you finish it, you could give us a book report about your denial of the facts stated in the book. 
http://www.amazon.com/State-Denia...oks&qid=1246290585&sr=1-1
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flyupsidedown
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Wow! You couldn't be more telling. The website you directed me to as, I suppose, some kind of qualified source of review is:
Political Affairs with the subtext "Maxist Thought Online"
You expect me to get my political nourishment from a bankrupt political system that is guilty of millions of deaths of their own people? You need to hang around better friends. Bob Woodward is not my idea of some super journalist. He is a politico/book seller/ultraliberal. He is not a historian by any stretch of the imagination. He is a celebrity journalist. Probably the only thing worse than a celebrity politician that thinks he is some type of political messiah. Get serious. You might want to renew your dues to the communist party while your at it. Thanks for letting me know where you stand.
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fly wrote:
| Quote: | | The website you directed me to as, I suppose, some kind of qualified source of review is: Political Affairs with the subtext "Maxist Thought Online" |
I changed the website. You make a good point, didn't check out the site, I was wrong using that site to get the book review. Too hasty and you corrected me for that. Thanks!!
I'm wiping egg!
Looks like that site is almost as far left as the American Thinker site is far right. I don't think either is a good place to get ones "political nourishment."
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