US is ready to use 'considerable military forces if we must' to stop North Korea's nuclear program

[superbeets]

[h=1]US is ready to use 'considerable military forces if we must' to stop North Korea's nuclear program, UN ambassador warns[/h]

• Ambassador Nikki Haley warned the UN that North Korea was 'quickly closing off the possibility of a diplomatic solution' with its ICBM launch
• She mentioned the U.S. possesses 'considerable military forces' and would use them 'if we must'
• She also said the nation would 'prefer not to have to go in that direction'
• Launch called a 'clear and sharp' escalation
• Experts believe the missile launched by North Korea July 4 could reach Alaska
• U.S. sanctions on Chinese companies under consideration due to Beijing's failure to constrain North Korea's behavior

 

[superbeets]

The United States cautioned on Wednesday it was ready to use force if need be to stop North Korea's nuclear missile program but said it preferred global diplomatic action against Pyongyang for defying world powers by test launching a ballistic missile that could hit Alaska.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley told a meeting of the U.N. Security Council that North Korea's actions were 'quickly closing off the possibility of a diplomatic solution' and the United States was prepared to defend itself and its allies.
'One of our capabilities lies with our considerable military forces. We will use them if we must, but we prefer not to have to go in that direction,' Haley said. She urged China, North Korea's only major ally, to do more to rein in Pyongyang.

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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks to the U.N. Security Council, where she warned that the U.S. 'possesses 'considerable military forces'

 

[superbeets]

Taking a major step in its missile program, North Korea on Tuesday test launched an intercontinental ballistic missile that some experts believe has the range to reach the U.S. states of Alaska and Hawaii and perhaps the U.S. Pacific Northwest.
North Korea says the missile could carry a large nuclear warhead.
The missile test is a direct challenge to U.S. President Donald Trump, who has vowed to prevent North Korea from being able to hit the United States with a nuclear missile.
He has been urging China to press the isolated country's leadership to give up its nuclear program.
Haley said the United States would propose new U.N. sanctions on North Korea in coming days and warned that Washington was prepared to cut off trade with countries doing business with North Korea in violation of U.N. resolutions.

 

[superbeets]

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South Korea's U.N. Ambassador Cho Tae-yul, second from left, and United States U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, right, confer after a United Nations Security Council meeting on North Korea's latest launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, Wednesday, July 5, 2017, at U.N. headquarters

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South Korea's Ambassador to the United Nations Tae-yul Cho speaks during a Security Council meeting on North Korea at the UN headquarters in New York on July 5, 2017. The United States will present to the UN Security Council a new draft resolution imposing sanctions on North Korea after it launched its first intercontinental ballistic missile, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said

'Much of the burden of enforcing U.N. sanctions rests with China,' Haley said. 'We will work with China, we will work with any and every country that believes in peace. But we will not repeat the inadequate approaches of the past that have brought us to this dark day.'
Diplomats say Beijing has not been fully enforcing existing international sanctions on its neighbor and has resisted tougher measures, such as an oil embargo, bans on the North Korean airline and guest workers, and measures against Chinese banks and other firms doing business with the North.
The United States might seek to take unilateral action and sanction more Chinese companies that do business with North Korea, especially banks, U.S. officials have said.
China's U.N. ambassador, Liu Jieyi, told the Security Council meeting that the missile launch was a 'flagrant violation' of U.N. resolutions and 'unacceptable.'
'We call on all the parties concerned to exercise restraint, avoid provocative actions and belligerent rhetoric, demonstrate the will for unconditional dialogue and work actively together to defuse the tension,' Liu said.
TENSIONS WITH U.S.

 

[superbeets]

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Before the missile test, the US had knowledge the KN-17 missile was being prepared for launch, but what they didn't realize was that the North added a second stage on top of the weapon. Above an MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile is fired into the East Sea on July 5

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US officials said the first stage of the new two-stage missile is believed to be a KN-17 liquid fueled missile, which has been previously launched by North Korea. The US and South Korea conducted a joint ballistic missile drill (pictured) in response to North Korea's missile launch

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The 'landmark' test of Hwasong-14 missile overseen by leader Kim Jong-Un (left and right on July 4) who seemed very pleased with his top-ranking officials as he gave them hugs and clapped following the successful test

The United States has remained technically at war with North Korea since the 1950-53 Korean conflict ended in an armistice rather than a peace treaty and the past six decades have been punctuated by periodic rises in antagonism and rhetoric that have always stopped short of a resumption of active hostilities.
Tensions have risen sharply in recent months after North Korea conducted two nuclear weapons tests last year and carried out a steady stream of ballistic missile tests
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the ICBM test completed his country's strategic weapons capability that includes atomic and hydrogen bombs, the state KCNA news agency said.
Pyongyang will not negotiate with the United States to give up those weapons until Washington abandons its hostile policy against the North, KCNA quoted Kim as saying.
'He, with a broad smile on his face, told officials, scientists and technicians that the U.S. would be displeased ... as it was given a 'package of gifts' on its 'Independence Day,'' KCNA said, referring to the missile launch on July 4.
The White House said on Wednesday it was exploring its options on North Korea.




'I think we've been pretty consistent that we're never going to broadcast any next steps. We're exploring those options,' White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders told reporters on Air Force One as Trump flew to Poland.
Trump and other leaders from the Group of 20 nations meeting in Germany this week are due to discuss steps to rein in North Korea's weapons program, which it has pursued in defiance of Security Council sanctions.
Russia's deputy U.N. envoy said on Wednesday that military force should not be considered against North Korea and called for a halt to the deployment of a U.S. missile defense system in South Korea.
He also said that attempts to strangle North Korea economically were 'unacceptable' and that sanctions would not resolve the issue.
The U.S. military assured Americans that it was capable of defending the United States against a North Korean ICBM.
Pentagon spokesman Navy Captain Jeff Davis noted a successful test last month in which a U.S.-based missile interceptor knocked down a simulated incoming North Korean ICBM.
'So we do have confidence in our ability to defend against the limited threat, the nascent threat that is there,' he told reporters. He acknowledged though that previous U.S. missile defense tests had shown 'mixed results.'
The North Korean launch this week was both earlier and 'far more successful than expected,' said U.S.-based missile expert John Schilling, a contributor to Washington-based North Korea monitoring project 38 North.
It would now probably only be a year or two before a North Korean ICBM achieved 'minimal operational capability,' he added.
Schilling said the U.S. national missile defense system was 'only minimally operational' and would take more than two years to upgrade to provide more reliable defense.
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[GasMan]

Seriously, why are we even wasting our time on this shit bag?

Carpet bomb every area he could possibly be....collateral damage is just too bad in this case.

 

[Michelangelo]

Because the city of Seoul has about 25 million people and we have about 30,000 troops at the border. All sitting ducks if the maniac, Rodman loving (that tells us all we need to know), boy should press a couple of buttons.

Not good. Velly velly bad.

 

[SheriffJoe]

Liberal diplomacy:

Works as well as expected.

 

[SgtLanquel]

Seriously, why are we even wasting our time on this shit bag?

Carpet bomb every area he could possibly be....collateral damage is just too bad in this case.

The next time the U.S. military actively engages with a country that has nukes will be the first time.

 

[SgtLanquel]

Because the city of Seoul has about 25 million people and we have about 30,000 troops at the border. All sitting ducks if the maniac, Rodman loving (that tells us all we need to know), boy should press a couple of buttons.

Not good. Velly velly bad.

My last post aside we should be reminded that little donnie's publicly stated attitude is "It doesn't matter if 30,000 US troops die. I will still be rich!"

 

[Enfuego]

Nikki Haley did not say the U.S. is ready to use 'considerable military forces.

 

[HamGlaze]

Can't risk military escalation in the region so this just may be the new nuclear N Korea we'll have to coexist with. No way in hell does N Korea ever start a nuclear war but they do take great satisfaction in poking the US in the eye and China likes that too. Have to get covert and look at aiding internal revolution and overthrow the regime. And the poke back at China would be a unified Korea.

 

[GasMan]

Fuck them carpet bomb those douche bags. Party is over, China buckles, Russia stands up and salutes and its a win for everyone.

Do you guys ever think critically or just like that pussy that used to post here called Barman?

 

[HamGlaze]

I know what you're sayin' Gas , would love nothing more myself to have that Korean kid's smiling laughing face bashed in and disposed of. Getting rid of him only gets rid of the cockroach but not the colony. China will see to it another regime of the same species takes his place. A United Korea is not what China wants as it will essentially take away a major buffer to the West. Got to get the two Koreas to unite. It will take time and careful strategic planning. Much like how Reagan took down the Soviet Union without firing a shot.

 

[roadreeler57]

My last post aside we should be reminded that little donnie's publicly stated attitude is "It doesn't matter if 30,000 US troops die. I will still be rich?....What fake news outlet did u get this shit from?....Such bullshit...

 

[SgtLanquel]

Can't risk military escalation in the region so this just may be the new nuclear N Korea we'll have to coexist with. No way in hell does N Korea ever start a nuclear war but they do take great satisfaction in poking the US in the eye and China likes that too. Have to get covert and look at aiding internal revolution and overthrow the regime. And the poke back at China would be a unified Korea.

Well put. Much like major portions of Eastern europe had to step up in the 1980s to overthrow Soviet rule, the South Koreans are most needed to persist with covertly educating their NK brethren on the value of revolution and expulsion of Kim Dong dictatorship

 

[SgtLanquel]

Fuck them carpet bomb those douche bags. Party is over, China buckles, Russia stands up and salutes and its a win for everyone.

Do you guys ever think critically or just like that pussy that used to post here called Barman?

I miss Barman

 

[GasMan]

ointer:

I miss Barman

 

[Dave007inVegas]

Nikki Haley did not say the U.S. is ready to use 'considerable military forces.

OK. Then what did she say?

 

[festeringZit]

Send in Steven Seagal to take fat boy out?