North Korea declares war on US?

[mossrose]

Or so I heard. Surprised nobody else has posted this.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...ions/87659264/

PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea’s top diplomat for U.S. affairs told The Associated Press on Thursday that Washington “crossed the red line” and effectively declared war by putting leader Kim Jong Un on its list of sanctioned individuals, and said a vicious showdown could erupt if the U.S. and South Korea hold annual war games as planned next month.

Han Song Ryol, director-general of the U.S. affairs department at the North’s Foreign Ministry, said in an interview that recent U.S. actions have put the situation on the Korean Peninsula on a war footing.

[Sparko]

Sounds more like posturing

[Jaecp]

Looks like the same old bluster as before.

[Yttrium]

This happens every war games.

[rogue06]

IIRC North Korea considers itself to have never stopped being at war with the U.S. They're just in a temporary (now over 50 years) state of cease-fire.

[KingsGambit]

North Korea does not have the ability to strike the US at this point in time; they have claimed the ability to deliver a warhead to Alaska, but the claim does not appear credible.

[NorrinRadd]

IIRC North Korea considers itself to have never stopped being at war with the U.S. They're just in a temporary (now over 50 years) state of cease-fire.

Right. The terms of the armistice explicitly say it is to be in place until "a final peaceful settlement is achieved."

[rogue06]

North Korea does not have the ability to strike the US at this point in time; they have claimed the ability to deliver a warhead to Alaska, but the claim does not appear credible.

True if you're thinking being delivered by a missile. But that isn't the case if it were delivered by, say a container ship or something similar.

[Tassman]

Or so I heard. Surprised nobody else has posted this.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...ions/87659264/

Reminiscent of Peter Seller’s comedy, The Mouse that Roared!

[Cow Poke]

When NK does something like this, it's an indication that things at home must be falling apart. They do this to rally the troops at home. I wonder how many of NK's citizens have figured this out - "War with America - our economy must be tanking even more than usual"

[rogue06]

When NK does something like this, it's an indication that things at home must be falling apart. They do this to rally the troops at home. I wonder how many of NK's citizens have figured this out - "War with America - our economy must be tanking even more than usual"

They're probably too busy starving to worry about stuff like that

[seanD]

China warning of war is a bit more disconcerting.

[Sparko]

China warning of war is a bit more disconcerting.

pretty vague.

[seanD]

pretty vague.

Not in the context of the current South China Sea conflict.