DPRK
says Nuke Launch at US "Inevitable"
23
September, 2017
Pyongyang
claimed on Saturday that launching nuclear-armed ballistic missiles
toward the US is "inevitable" due to US President Donald
Trump's labeling of DPRK leader Kim Jong-un as "rocket man,"
according to a statement by North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho
to the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday.
Just
hours after USAF B-1B nuclear-weapon-capable bombers flew close to
the northern nation, DPRK foreign minister stated that Pyongyang's
launch of nuclear weapons toward the US was "inevitable,"
although he did not specify more details.
Referring
to Trump as "Mr. Evil President," Ri continued the ongoing
escalation of rhetoric between the two nations, most recently capped
by DPRK leader Kim Jong-un calling the US president "mentally
deranged" and a "dotard," on Friday.
During
his Saturday speech to the UN General Assembly, the DPRK's Ri doubled
down on the name-calling, suggesting that Trump is "a mentally
deranged person full of megalomania and complacency."
Ri
also said that the US president is attempting to turn the UN into
what the former referred to as a "gangsters' nest," adding
that Trump is personally on a "suicide mission," cited by
Reuters.
Ri stated that Trump, who he referred to as "President Evil,' must remember that Pyongyang would defend itself if the US attempted a "decapitating operation on our headquarters or military attack against our country."
US
Bombers Fly Off North Korea's Coast to Display Military Force
23
September, 2017
The
US bombers flew in the international airspace off the North Korean
eastern coast. This military muscle-flexing is aimed to demonstrate
the range of US military options available to Donald Trump, Chief
Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White said in a statement.
"Earlier
today, US Air Force B-1 B Lancer bombers from Guam, along with US Air
Force F-15C Eagle fighter escorts from Okinawa, Japan, flew in
international airspace over waters east of North Korea… This
mission is a demonstration of US resolve and clear message that the
President [Donald Trump] has many military options to defeat any
threat. North Korea's weapons program is a grave threat to the
Asia-Pacific region and the entire international community. We are
prepared to use full range of military capabilities to defend the US
homeland and our allies," the statement said, as quoted by the
NBC News broadcaster.
The
spokesperson added that the flights were the farthest north of the
Demilitarized Zone any US fighter or bomber conducted in the 21st
century.
This
step was taken as a response to the earthquake that hit North Korea
earlier in the day, that claimed to be connected with nuclear tests.
China's Earthquake Networks Center (CENC) said that it detected a
3.4-magnitude earthquake in the northeastern part of North Korea,
near the epicenter of the shallow quake caused by Pyongyang's nuclear
test on September 3. The seismologists added that the quake's depth
was zero kilometers, noting that the earthquake could be caused by a
"suspected explosion."
The
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization's (CNTBTO), a
nuclear proliferation watchdog's are still examining unusual seismic
activity in North Korea.
US
President Donald Trump said during his recent rally in Alabama that
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un should have been handled a long time
ago for his nuclear weapons activities.
In
his first address to the United Nations General Assembly, Trump on
Tuesday threatened to "totally destroy" North Korea if
necessary while also issuing sharp warnings to Venezuela and Iran.
Trump also called North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a "rocket man
on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime."
Trump
issued an executive order on Thursday that bolsters the US Treasury
Department's ability to monitor individuals who provide materials,
services or technology to North Korea. The punishing sanctions target
North Korea's textiles, fishing and manufacturing industries.
Technically,
the United States and North Korea are still in a state of war. On
July 27, 1953 the two nations signed an armistice to cease
hostilities until a peaceful solution could be found.
The
US State Department stated on Friday that the country’s military
defense networks will shoot down a North Korean ballistic missile if
it flies over the island territory of Guam, but experts in the field
have claimed that the Pentagon is flat-out wrong
Wars
don’t start these days with the invader/attacker saying “We want
war” (even Hitler ginned up a false-flag attack as pretext for
launching WW II). So Kim Jong Un is “crazy,” North Korea “begging
for war,” and “enough is enough.” The drum beats on and
justifications assemble themselves.
United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley has proven herself to be one of the most hawkish U.S. representatives to the UN, likely a reflection of the increasingly hawkish veer of the U.S. President Donald Trump, who had originally campaigned on anti-interventionism. On September 5th, following a nuclear weapon test conducted by North Korea a few days prior, Haley told the UN Security Council that the isolated Asian nation was “begging for war,” adding that the “time for half measures” had come to an end and “enough is enough.”
She
then asserted that “war is never something the United States wants
— we don’t want it now. But our country’s patience is not
unlimited.”
Haley’s
bellicose rhetoric closely followed similar statements made by
Trump on
Twitter on Sunday, in which he chided South Korea and
China’s “appeasement” approach towards rising tensions with
Pyongyang and asserted that North Korean government officials “only
understand one thing” (i.e., military force).
South
Korea is finding, as I have told them, that their talk of appeasement
with North Korea will not work, they only understand one thing!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 3, 2017
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