More Empty Rhetoric From Obama Over Nuclear Test

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Obama pledges swift reaction to NK nuclear test

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama reacted sharply to North Korea's nuclear test Tuesday, promising swift international action to bring the rogue communist regime in line. The detonation came hours before the American leader's State of the Union address, where he was expected to address U.S. denuclearization plans.

In a statement, Obama called Pyongyang's third nuclear test in seven years a "highly provocative act" that threatens U.S. security and international peace. The reaction from the White House was significantly stronger than after North Korea's long-range missile test in December, when the administration only promised "appropriate action" alongside America's allies.

"The danger posed by North Korea's threatening activities warrants further swift and credible action by the international community," Obama said in a statement early Tuesday. "The United States will also continue to take steps necessary to defend ourselves and our allies."

North Korea said it successfully detonated a miniaturized nuclear device at a northeastern test site Tuesday. South Korean, U.S. and Japanese seismic monitoring agencies said they detected an earthquake in North Korea with a magnitude between 4.9 and 5.2.

North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency said the test was conducted safely but with "great explosive power." The test counters the "ferocious" U.S. hostility that undermines the North's peaceful, sovereign right to launch satellites, it argued. Last month, North Korea's National Defense Commission said the United States was its prime target for a nuclear test and long-range rocket launches.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, in remarks Tuesday morning to Pentagon workers gathered in the building's courtyard, said the U.S. is going to have to continue to deal with rogue states like North Korea.

"We just saw what North Korea has done in these last few weeks, a missile test and now a nuclear test," he said. "They represent a serious threat to the United States of America, and we've got to be prepared to deal with that. "

http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20130212/US.US.NKorea/

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Remember When Obama Promised to 'Eliminate North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Programs'?

by Joel B. Pollak 12 Feb 2013, 10:18 AM PDT 16post a comment

In 2008, then-candidate Barack Obama promised that he would “eliminate North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.” His campaign manifesto, Change We Can Believe In, described Obama’s North Korea policy, and the philosophy behind it, in great detail:

North Korea is an example where direct, tough diplomacy that lays out clear choices to rogue regimes for good and bad behavior can lead to change. When the United States was engaged, the pace of Pyongyang’s development of nuclear weapons was slowed; when we were not, it quickened. While there has been some promising progress, it’s important that all of North Korea’s claims are verified. If they are not, we should move quickly to reimpose sanctions that have been waived, and consider new restrictions going forward. As President, Barack Obama will work with diligence and determination with our friends and allied to end the threat of North Korea and to secure a lasting peace on the Korean peninsula.

Obama’s pledge to use “tough diplomacy” to “end the threat of North Korea” followed his infamous pledge during a Democratic presidential primary debate in 2007 that he would meet the leaders of rogue regimes like North Korea “without preconditions.”

That thinking matches the pseudo-realist view expressed repeatedly by Obama’s new nominee for Secretary of Defense, former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)--that the danger of regimes such as Iran and North Korea is amplified by, or even caused by, U.S. failure to “engage.” Obama’s extreme self-confidence emboldened his campaign promise not just to contain North Korea, but to convince it to abandon nuclear weapons entirely.

Obama did not just leave such talk on the campaign trail. In his 2010 State of the Union address, Obama boasted of the success of his policy on North Korea:

Now, these diplomatic efforts have also strengthened our hand in dealing with those nations that insist on violating international agreements in pursuit of nuclear weapons. That's why North Korea now faces increased isolation, and stronger sanctions--sanctions that are being vigorously enforced.

He repeated the North Korea boast in his 2011 State of the Union address

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2013/02/12/Remember-When-Obama-Promised-to-Eliminate-North-Korea-s-Nuclear-Weapons-Programs

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Remember When Obama Promised to 'Eliminate North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Programs'?

by Joel B. Pollak 12 Feb 2013, 10:18 AM PDT 16post a comment

In 2008, then-candidate Barack Obama promised that he would "eliminate North Korea's nuclear weapons program." His campaign manifesto, Change We Can Believe In, described Obama's North Korea policy, and the philosophy behind it, in great detail:

North Korea is an example where direct, tough diplomacy that lays out clear choices to rogue regimes for good and bad behavior can lead to change. When the United States was engaged, the pace of Pyongyang's development of nuclear weapons was slowed; when we were not, it quickened. While there has been some promising progress, it's important that all of North Korea's claims are verified. If they are not, we should move quickly to reimpose sanctions that have been waived, and consider new restrictions going forward. As President, Barack Obama will work with diligence and determination with our friends and allied to end the threat of North Korea and to secure a lasting peace on the Korean peninsula.

Obama's pledge to use "tough diplomacy" to "end the threat of North Korea" followed his infamous pledge during a Democratic presidential primary debate in 2007 that he would meet the leaders of rogue regimes like North Korea "without preconditions."

That thinking matches the pseudo-realist view expressed repeatedly by Obama's new nominee for Secretary of Defense, former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)--that the danger of regimes such as Iran and North Korea is amplified by, or even caused by, U.S. failure to "engage." Obama's extreme self-confidence emboldened his campaign promise not just to contain North Korea, but to convince it to abandon nuclear weapons entirely.

Obama did not just leave such talk on the campaign trail. In his 2010 State of the Union address, Obama boasted of the success of his policy on North Korea:

Now, these diplomatic efforts have also strengthened our hand in dealing with those nations that insist on violating international agreements in pursuit of nuclear weapons. That's why North Korea now faces increased isolation, and stronger sanctions--sanctions that are being vigorously enforced.

He repeated the North Korea boast in his 2011 State of the Union address

http://www.breitbart...eapons-Programs

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[Karee 4,191]

Remember When Obama THE KENYAN Promised to 'Eliminate North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Programs'?

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[The Nature Boy 4,224]

How come we have nukes but we get to tell N Korea they can not ?

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

How come we have nukes but we get to tell N Korea they can not ?

I was thinking the same, many times. If you are armed to the gills, with those Colt Pythons in their holsters, another Colt Diamond back in your shoulder holster, and a Colt Detective Special in the ankle holster, followed by your Israeli buddies who are armed to the gills as well, and you tell the little guy he can't try to shoot his .25 auto, you come over as a bully of the worst kind.

Let the world decide that we will have NO nuclear weapons anymore, destroy them all publicly, and if then a small country pulls any stunts, turn it into a crater.

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How come we have nukes but we get to tell N Korea they can not ?

Do as we say, not as we do.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Do as we say, not as we do.

Just joshing..... we should nuke them no.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

What should we do? Invade North Korea?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

What should we do? Invade North Korea?

Drones seem to work well for Obama.

[Ban Hammer 13,457]

Let the world decide that we will have NO nuclear weapons anymore, destroy them all publicly, and if then a small country pulls any stunts, turn it into a crater.

with what?

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

What should we do? Invade North Korea?

Heavens no. That is crazy war monger talk. That would get 10 of thousands killed. We just should nuke them, now before they get any more nukes.