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North Korea Signals De-Escalation on Guam

posted by martyb on Tuesday August 15 2017, @02:44PM   Printer-friendly
from the standing-down dept.

takyon writes:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40931775

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un reviewed plans to fire missiles towards the US Pacific territory of Guam but will hold off, state media said.

Although prepared for "the enveloping fire at Guam", the North said it would watch what "the foolish Yankees" do before taking a decision.

Last week's threat against Guam escalated the sharp rhetoric being exchanged between the two sides.

[...] The report on state news agency KCNA said Kim Jong-un "examined the plan for a long time" and discussed it with senior military officials.

The commander of North Korea's strategic force was now merely waiting for orders "after rounding off the preparations for the enveloping fire at Guam".

But, crucially, the report also said that Mr Kim would watch the US before making any decision, signalling an apparent deceleration in the provocative rhetoric.

Previously: North Korea Has Reportedly Miniaturized a Nuke, and is Threatening Guam

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  • (Score: 2) by BK on Tuesday August 15 2017, @05:07PM (2 children)

    by BK (4868) on Tuesday August 15 2017, @05:07PM (#554327)

    The result Trump got was approximately the same as the results Obama and Bush got.

    Disagree. Even if you hate everything Trump does, has ever done, or stands for, he's moved the needle further in the right direction on this than either of the ones you mentioned. Under Bush, NK withdrew from the non-proliferation treaty, expelled Nuke monitors, and tested their first nuclear device. Under Obama, NK continued with nuclear tests and got serious about missiles. Neither of the two you mentioned managed to illicit meaningful responses from China or Russia.

    Their goal

    Bull.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 15 2017, @05:53PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 15 2017, @05:53PM (#554356)

    Neither of the two you mentioned managed to illicit meaningful responses from China or Russia.

    Too early to say meaningful responses are actually coming. But the fact US territory has been directly threatened with more capable weapons has changed the "game" compared to past Presidents.

  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by i286NiNJA on Tuesday August 15 2017, @06:52PM

    by i286NiNJA (2768) on Tuesday August 15 2017, @06:52PM (#554375)

    The only reason we have gotten a meaningful response from china is because they know we're at the brink. I'm sure you gorge on garbage consumer news so you probably don't know that china has been training it's military for north korean invasion for several years. It's never in the press but you can watch china's navy quite openly building pontoon bridges across the yalu river and tearing them down over and over and over.

    They've been preparing since long before trump was president and if you think he's done anything to stabilize the world or strike fear into our enemies then you're fairly ignorant.