Monday, March 7, 2016

Kim Jong Un: North Korean Nukes Ready for ‘Pre-Emptive Attack’



Kim Jong Un: North Korean Nukes Ready for ‘Pre-Emptive Attack’
by John Hayward 7 Mar 2016
The latest round of saber-rattling from North Korea featured dictator Kim Jong Un ordering his country’s nuclear weapons to be readied for a “pre-emptive attack.”

Tensions are running high on the Korean peninsula after the North’s illegal tests of a new nuclear warhead, which they claim was a hydrogen bomb, and ballistic missile technology disguised as a “satellite launch.” South Korea has responded with stronger words and deeds than usual, while the U.N. Security Council imposed the toughest sanctions in two decades against North Korea on Wednesday.

Pyongyang pushed back by firing a salvo of either rockets or short-range missiles into the sea, and firing a salvo of colorful new insults at South Korea’s female president, Park Geun-hye.

A new report from the official North Korean news agency showed Kim Jong Un watching drills on a new multiple-rocket launcher, which might be the same weapon that was fired into the ocean this week, and issuing ominous threats of nuclear confrontation.

He spoke of the need for North Korea to “bolster up nuclear forces both in quality and quantity,” and “get the nuclear warheads deployed for national defense always on standby so as to be fired any moment,” according to Reuters’ transcription of his remarks.

“Now is the time for us to convert our mode of military counteraction toward the enemies into an preemptive attack one in every aspect,” said Kim.

While North Korea is unquestionably determined to develop long-range nuclear strike capabilities, ABC News notes there is some debate among Western intelligence agencies about whether the secretive Communist regime has any launch-capable nuclear weapons at the moment.

It is thought Pyongyang has enough weapons-grade plutonium for at least half a dozen nuclear warheads, and possibly as many as 16, but it is not clear if they have any nuclear-armed missiles ready to fire.

While a Defense Intelligence Agency estimate from April 2013 declared “moderate confidence the North currently has nuclear weapons capable of delivery by ballistic missiles,” the DIA admitted the reliability of its intelligence was “low,” and both the Pentagon and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper later questioned whether North Korea has demonstrated the capability to put a nuclear missile in the air.

“The threat here is, to me right now, it’s a lot of bluster,” Philip Yun of the nuclear-disarmament group Ploughshares Fund told CNN. “For them to deliver on a threat, they have to have intent and they have to have capability. And quite frankly, I don’t think they have both.”

Yun thought Kim’s nuclear saber-rattling might be meant for internal consumption in North Korea, to “brandish his credentials” for “protecting the motherland.”

“They know that if they did a pre-emptive attack or used nuclear weapons, they would cease to exist,” said Yun, which leads to the difficult question of just how sane the North Korean government is, both in the person of Kim Jong Un and collectively, as an institution.

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Kim Jong Un is the leader of North Korea, and met with Dennis Rodman is 2013.

Note: Dennis Rodman met with Kim Jong Un, and was a player for the Chicago Bulls.
Henry Crown and Company is an investor in the Chicago Bulls, and the owner of the Aspen Skiing Company.
Walter Paepcke was the founder of the Aspen Skiing Company, the founder of the Aspen Institute (think tank), married to Elizabeth Paepcke, and Paul H. Nitze’s brother-in-law.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank), the Brookings Institution (think tank), and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and is a friend of Michael Douglas.
Walter Isaacson is the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank), and was the chairman & CEO for CNN.
William A. Nitze is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), Paul H. Nitze’s son, and was a deputy assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of State.
Paul H. Nitze was William A. Nitze’s father, Walter Paepcke’s brother-in-law, a U.S. negotiator for the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, an assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of Defense, and Elizabeth Paepcke’s brother.
Elizabeth Paepcke was Paul H. Nitze’s sister, and married to Walter Paepcke.
Walter Paepcke was married to Elizabeth Paepcke, Paul H. Nitze’s brother-in-law, the founder of the Aspen Skiing Company, and the founder of the Aspen Institute (think tank).
James S. Crown is the vice chairman for the Aspen Institute (think tank), is the president of the Henry Crown and Company, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Lester Crown was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and is chairman for the Henry Crown and Company, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.  
Henry Crown and Company is an investor in the Chicago Bulls, and the owner of the Aspen Skiing Company.
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Robert S. Osborne is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and an EVP & general counsel for Booz Allen Hamilton.
James R. Clapper was an executive director, military intelligence programs for Booz Allen Hamilton, and is a director at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence for the Barack Obama administration.
Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. was a managing director at Booz Allen Hamilton, is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Newton N. Minow is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
R. Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michael Douglas is a friend of George Soros, and a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Ted Turner is a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and the founder of CNN.
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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and the Ploughshares Fund.
Joseph Cirincione was a director for nonproliferation for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and is the president of the Ploughshares Fund.
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Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was a managing director at Booz Allen Hamilton.
Robert S. Osborne is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and an EVP & general counsel for Booz Allen Hamilton.
James R. Clapper was an executive director, military intelligence programs for Booz Allen Hamilton, and is a director at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence for the Barack Obama administration.
Paul F. Anderson was a senior partner at Booz Allen Hamilton, and is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Walter Paepcke was the founder of the Aspen Institute (think tank), the founder of the Aspen Skiing Company, married to Elizabeth Paepcke, and Paul H. Nitze’s brother-in-law.
Henry Crown and Company is the owner of the Aspen Skiing Company, and an investor in the Chicago Bulls.
Dennis Rodman was a player for the Chicago Bulls, and met with Kim Jong Un.
Kim Jong Un met with Dennis Rodman is 2013, and is the leader of North Korea.

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