US
ready to use ‘nuclear capabilities’ to defend itself & allies
from N. Korea – Trump
“President
Trump reaffirmed the commitment of the United States to defending our
homeland, territories, and allies using the full range of diplomatic,
conventional, and nuclear capabilities at our disposal,” the
White House said in a statement.
Both
leaders have condemned North Korea’s nuclear test and called
Pyongyang's behavior “destabilizing and provocative actions.”
Trump
has also “confirmed
the two countries' ironclad mutual defense commitments, and pledged
to continue close cooperation,” the
statement read.
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Assange: Constant US threats against N. Korea have put it on total war footing
RT,
3
September, 2017
Repeated
threats made by the US and directed against North Korea have only
worsened the crisis on the Korean Peninsula, as they prompt Pyongyang
to further develop its weapons, whistleblower Julian Assange said.
“Constant
US threats” have put the North “on a total war footing,” the
WikiLeaks founder, who remains holed up in the Ecuador Embassy in
London, said in a Twitter post, adding that such a situation gives a
“massive boost” to its missile research and development
activities, as well as rallying support for the leadership in
Pyongyang.
He went on to say that threats would not work for the “industrious, intelligent and conformist” Koreans.
The Korean peoples are already industrious, intelligent & conformist. When threatened control & competition inefficiencies reduce even more.
U.S. posturing on China's border through the DPRK proxy cold war will have the same result. Massively increased Chinese military R&D. Dumb.
US, North Korea on the brink of war, warns Russian President Vladimir Putin
2
September, 2017
Russian
President Vladimir Putin warned before the tes that Kim Jong Un and
Donald Trump were on the verge of "a large-scale conflict".
Russian
President Vladimir Putin has warned that the standoff between North
Korea and the United States is close to spilling into a large-scale
conflict, and says it is a mistake to try to pressure Pyongyang into
halting its nuclear missile programme.
Putin,
due to attend a summit of the BRICS nations in China next week, said
the only way to de-escalate tensions was via talks, and Sergei
Lavrov, his foreign minister, said Washington not Pyongyang should
take the initiative on that.
"It
is essential to resolve the region's problems through direct dialogue
involving all sides without advancing any preconditions (for such
talks)," Putin, whose country shares a border with North Korea,
wrote on the Kremlin's website.
Russian
President Vladimir Putin believes the US and North Korea are on the
brink of war.
"Provocations,
pressure, and bellicose and offensive rhetoric is the road to
nowhere."
The
Russian leader, whose nuclear-capable bombers recently overflew the
Korean Peninsula in a show of force, said the situation had
deteriorated so badly that it was now "balanced on the verge of
a large-scale conflict".
Pyongyang
has been working to develop a nuclear-tipped missile capable of
hitting the United States and recently threatened to land missiles
near the US Pacific territory of Guam.
On
Monday, North Korea, which sees joint war games between the United
States and South Korea as preparations for invasion, raised the
stakes by firing an intermediate-range missile over Japan.
"In
Russia's opinion the calculation that it is possible to halt North
Korea's nuclear missile programmes exclusively by putting pressure on
Pyongyang is erroneous and futile," Putin wrote.
A
road map formulated by Moscow and Beijing, which would involve North
Korea halting its missile programme in exchange for the United States
and South Korea stopping large-scale war games, was a way to reduce
tensions, wrote Putin.
Lavrov,
addressing students in Moscow, said he felt events were building
towards a war which he said would cause large numbers of casualties
in Japan and South Korea if it happened.
"If
we want to avoid a war the first step must be taken by the side that
is the more intelligent and stronger," said Lavrov, making clear
he was referring to the United States.
He
said Russia was working behind the scenes and that Moscow knew that
Washington had a back channel to Pyongyang which he said he hoped
would allow the two sides to de-escalate.
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