North Korea 'burning with hatred' for US after stealth bomber missions
The deployment of the stealth bombers was clearly meant to deliver a potent message to Pyongyang about the US commitment to defending South Korea against any aggression as military tensions on the Korean peninsula soar.
It came after the North severed its last-remaining military hotline with South Korea on Wednesday and put its rocket units on combat status with a threat to target US bases in the Pacific region.
It also emerged on Wednesday that North Korea had "Photoshopped" an image of a troop landing drill as part of Pyongyang's renewed military propaganda war.
The two B-2s, from Whiteman Air Force base in Missouri, flew the 13,000 mile (20,800 kilometre) round-trip in a "single continuous mission", dropping dummy ordnance on a target range in the South, the US military said in a statement.
"This ... demonstrates the United States' ability to conduct long-range, precision strikes quickly and at will," the statement said.
The bombers were participating in South Korean-US military exercises that have incensed North Korea, which has threatened to unleash a second Korean War and launch pre-emptive nuclear strikes on South Korea and the US mainland.
"How can we pardon the Yankees who hatched even a sinister plot to defame the supreme dignity, which we regard dearer than our own lives, not content with staging madcap nuclear war drills?" Cha Ok Chol, a Korean People's Army officer said according to the Korean Central News Agency.
An editorial put out by the KCNA described "hideous politically-motivated terrorism of the US and the South Korean puppet forces targeting the dignified social system in the DPRK".
North Korea also stated on Thursday it planned to "sweep away" America's Andersen Air Force Base on Guam, according to KCNA.
Earlier on Thursday, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told his South Korean counterpart that Seoul could rely on all the military protection the United States has to offer – nuclear, conventional and missile defence.
The US and South Korean militaries signed a new pact last week, providing for a joint military response to even low-level provocation by North Korea.
While most analysts have dismissed the bulk of the North Korean threats as rhetorical bluster, there are concerns that even a minor incident could swiftly escalate in such a volatile environment.
I find it funny that Americans have been told North Korea is a "closed society" and yet the North Korean leader takes pictures of himself in a war posture, then sends it to Reuters so North Korea's Western "enemies" can use it to propagandize the public and garner public support.
90% of me is convinced this is typical N Korean posturing, but the rest of me is worried because this western-educated kid should know better.
My son is ALMOST done with a six month deployment @ Kunsan AFB in S. Korea. He works on the f-16 weapons systems... Kunsan is the southern most Air Force base there, well south of Seoul.. It's far enough away from the N Korean artillery, but certainly in the zone for the Nuclear option.
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I find it funny that Americans have been told North Korea is a "closed society" and yet the North Korean leader takes pictures of himself in a war posture, then sends it to Reuters so North Korea's Western "enemies" can use it to propagandize the public and garner public support.
??? That's funny??? ???
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
90% of me is convinced this is typical N Korean posturing, but the rest of me is worried because this western-educated kid should know better.
My son is ALMOST done with a six month deployment @ Kunsan AFB in S. Korea. He works on the f-16 weapons systems... Kunsan is the southern most Air Force base there, well south of Seoul.. It's far enough away from the N Korean artillery, but certainly in the zone for the Nuclear option.
our prayers for your son's safety.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
Yeah, it's hilarious that many Americans will read that article and believe it. The leader of North Korea taking pictures of himself in a war posture and giving it to western media, knowing full well that it will be used to propagandize the populations of the countries most likely to go to war with him.
the real concern here should be if this is all really 'true' or just another fabrication to go to war!!! i don't think there are too many countries left that we haven't invaded.....no?
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
the real concern here should be if this is all really 'true' or just another fabrication to go to war!!! i don't think there are too many countries left that we haven't invaded.....no?
INVADED??? Just don't ask Cicero about what countries the USA has invaded. Last time he posted on that issue he mistakenly had the USA invading Vietnam!
Cicero is against compulsory education in America... Because Cicero failed HISTORY, he assumes that the rest of us are just as ignorant of history as he is.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
the 'system' is broken.....our rank 'globally' ain't too good!!
the system for compulsory education in this country is all but dead!!
ain't workin'......perhaps by design....perhaps??
governments just love a dumbed down society....yes??
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
the 'system' is broken.....our rank 'globally' ain't too good!!
the system for compulsory education in this country is all but dead!!
ain't workin'......perhaps by design....perhaps??
governments just love a dumbed down society....yes??
No.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Some people need to sit down and reread their history books. America did NOT invade Korea. America came to the defense of South Korea which was invaded by Communist North Korea.
If the little twerp wants a war, we should take him out and finish the job that we atarted in the 1950's. The only good communist is a dead one.
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"For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest that is sleeping in the unplowed ground." Lyndon Baines Johnson
Invading as "liberators" doesn't constitute an invasion in box's mind.
So Cic... who did we INVADE? South Vietnam??? North Vietnam??? What is the date of the invasion? What part of the country did US troops invade?
Below is a report from the day Cicero insists that the US Troops INVADED Vietnam:
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First ashore was the Battalion Landing Team 3/9, which arrived on the beach at 8:15 a.m. Wearing full battle gear and carrying M-14s, the Marines were met by sightseers, South Vietnamese officers, Vietnamese girls with leis, and four American soldiers with a large sign stating: "Welcome, Gallant Marines."
Gen. William Westmoreland, senior U.S. military commander in Saigon, was reportedly "appalled" at the spectacle because he had hoped that the Marines could land without any fanfare. Within two hours, Battalion Landing Team 1/3 began landing at Da Nang air base.
INVASION??? Please Cic... read a history book and learn before you post!
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
the Marines were met by sightseers, South Vietnamese officers, Vietnamese girls with leis, and four American soldiers with a large sign stating: "Welcome, Gallant Marines."
Ahhh...We were welcomed as "liberators" by the government in power for whom we defended. Of course the puppet Dinh Diem welcomed the Marines, they were helping suppress his political opposition the Viet Cong. Just like Iraq, the Shites welcomed us too, because we help oppress the Suni's that controlled the government. And Karzi's regime welcomes us too, to suppress the Taliban.
No invasion though, liberating and spreading democracy. America spills blood and treasure for truth, justice, and the American way. Not out of greed and control. We have no self interest in the outcome.
See Cicero! I told ya if you'd just read some history you might stop making such a fool of yourself.
After 10 or 12 (lost count) times that Cicero claimed that the USA "INVADED" Vietnam, he finally admits his mistake with...
"No invasion"
(If only Cicero had paid attention when he was forced into Compulsury Education.)
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
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