N. Korea threatens to wipe America off the map. What would RP say about this?

[qh4dotcom]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_koreas_nuclear

Would Ron Paul cast a vote for war with this kind of threat? Or only after the US has been attacked?

 

[MCockerill08]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_koreas_nuclear

Don't invade them! The quote was contingent to a US preemption, which the NK nuclear program clearly is intended to deter.

The NK government, like the SU government, will never use their nuclear weapon, because doing so would get them wiped off the face of the world. They will (sadly) murder as many of their own people as they could get away with, but the chance of them nuking us is minimal.

 

[Master]

Bluffing.

 

[acptulsa]

What would RP say about it? Probably something along the lines of, 'Attempting that would be the greatest--and the last--mistake you ever made, Kim Jong-Il.'

 

[Krugerrand]

"If the U.S. imperialists start another war, the army and people of Korea will ... wipe out the aggressors on the globe once and for all," the official Korean Central News Agency said.

My guess would be RP would state that he understands any country's desire to defend itself if attacked. He would reiterate our country's willingness to defend itself if attacked. He would hope that the Unites States would not instigate a war with any country - North Korea included. He would vote against a measure to instigate a war with N. Korea.

 

[FrankRep]

I want to see the real quote.

 

[Vessol]

The strongest offense is the best defense. Withdraw our troops from overseas, spend only a portion of our military operations costs on defense costs(missile shields and interceptors). Have a reserve force ready if needed. America should never be the aggressor, it just shows how imperialistic our current regime is.

 

[sratiug]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_koreas_nuclear

Would Ron Paul cast a vote for war with this kind of threat? Or only after the US has been attacked?

This post is ridiculous.

If you are saying that a threat is enough for pre-emptive war, you are condoning North Korea attacking us.

We have "told" them they cannot have nukes. We have said we are going to intercept their ships. How many of our ships would we let North Korea seize before we retaliated? I predict massive casualties at the first attempt to intercept and board a North Korean vessel. I don't know why anyone would not take these people very seriously.

 

[Arnack]

North Korea always uses this type of rhetoric, for many reasons. This is nothing important, but at least something worth mentioning. ultimately, false threat.

 

[JoshLowry]

North Korea always uses this type of rhetoric, for many reasons. This is nothing important, but at least something worth mentioning. ultimately, false threat.

Read the post above yours.

You can be damn sure that we would retaliate to a preemptive attack from another country if we were testing out weapons.

North Korea has the right to defend herself.

 

[pacelli]

After blockading the country and restricting their trade, I can't fault them for threatening war. The lawmakers of the US have provoked a reaction. Just walk into any bar, saddle up to the meanest looking guy or gal in the bar, and take their beer away from them. See what happens. Try it as an experiment.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

I have been terribly dissappointed by many people I thought were ex-neocons. It is so easy to talk some people into supporting pre-emptive attacks and war. This NK rhetoric has the chicken-hawks blowing hot air (again).

 

[apropos]

The most he would do is ask for a formal declaration of war from Congress and act accordingly.

 

[satchelmcqueen]

if the threat was real, and the actually acted aggressivly towards the usa with PROOF, then i know paul would burry them in a quick manner, then get out and let them be.

 

[MoneyWhereMyMouthIs2]

N. Korea threatens to wipe America off the map.

If they ever say that about Israel, they'll be in deep, deep trouble.

 

[qh4dotcom]

Bump

 

[RonPaulR3VOLUTION]

"If the U.S. imperialists start another war, the army and people of Korea will ... wipe out the aggressors on the globe once and for all," the official Korean Central News Agency said.

Translation of the quote provided:

If the U.S. attacks us, we will defend ourselves with everything at our disposal.

I don't see what the problem here is. Would the U.S. not do the same if, say, China attacked the U.S.?

Anyway, many members of the ticker forum are salivating over the thought of going to war with North Korea:

http://www.tickerforum.org/cgi-ticker/akcs-www?post=99864

Genesis
We have to board that ship.
We can't let it through - if we do, then we've declared that our so-called "resolution" isn't worth the paper its printed on.

Big_bear
we need to cap his ass ASAP ..

070969
I think that is good enough to justify a defensive attack....

Francisco
Better yet: a little sabotage with plausible deniability. It would be a shame if the Nork ship suddenly found its rudder stuck full starboard and it was forced to steam in circles until it ran out of fuel.

Trades50
A ploy used before in by the DOD and Navy seals when enriched weapons grade plutonium was on it's way to the middle east....
Plant a bomb in the engine room and sink the ship. The North Koreans think they had engine trouble which sank the ship. You can be very discrete.

Windu
Step 3: Nuke NK preemptively.
Step 4: Get a good night's sleep.

http://www.tickerforum.org/cgi-ticker/akcs-www?post=99864

 

[Carole]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_koreas_nuclear

Would Ron Paul cast a vote for war with this kind of threat? Or only after the US has been attacked?

He probably would not get the CHANCE to vote. We now do pre-emptive war by decision of the President, like it or not. Unconstitutional, of course, but so what?

In any case, this sounds like another false flag incident and even if there were an incident, Congress should be forced to debate the facts of it before voting for or against war. Only if we are attacked "without" provocation should war even be discussed. However, if attacked without provocation, we can defend ourselves.

Some people are even now trying to fan the flames of war again. This does not appear to be a legitimate situation for demanding war or ANY action. Sabre rattling really, on both sides. Someone wants another Tonkin.

Dr. Paul, if the vote were taken with as little information as is now available, would vote NO!

 

[Carole]

Ditto

 

[Sandman33]

After blockading the country and restricting their trade, I can't fault them for threatening war. The lawmakers of the US have provoked a reaction. Just walk into any bar, saddle up to the meanest looking guy or gal in the bar, and take their beer away from them. See what happens. Try it as an experiment.

Exactly, we just need to GTFO of there.