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Pentagon: U.S. 'Cannot Be Considered a Sanctuary' Amid NKorea Threats
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"The homeland cannot be considered a sanctuary as it has been for generations," said Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs. "It was the specific North Korean threat that caused this thinking to occur."
North Korea watchers remain uncertain on who is actually in control in the reclusive communist state. Kim Jong Un, believed to be 29, inherited his title of supreme leader upon his father's death in December 2011. It is unclear if military decisions emanate from him, a family member or from the military elite.
The North Korean missile program has "significant capability," he said. "We don't have any choice in defending this country." [ link to www.usnews.com] Top Brass isnt laughing too hard at these threats... There is a real level of threat here... Quoting: Dr. Acula The question is: How true is this statement? Or is it another 'weapons-of-mass-destruction' line to justify going in...? What is meant is that NK has the technology to get a nuke to south korea, and U.S. interests there, with little we can do about it. Actually getting it here is simply not going to happen. We'd bomb the ocean at the first sign of any north korean vessel getting within 1000 miles of the u.s. mainland. And yes, we DO actively use sonar into the pacific ocean off the coast of hawaii, oregon, and yucatan peninsula.
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