N. Korea says it will never give up nukes to counter US
Source: AP
By KIM TONG-HYUNG
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stressed his country will never abandon the nuclear weapons it needs to counter the United States, which he accused of pushing to weaken the North’s defenses and eventually collapse his government, state media said Friday.
Kim made the comments during a speech Thursday at North Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament, where members passed legislation governing the use of nuclear weapons, which Kim described as a step to cement the country’s nuclear status and make clear such weapons will not be bargained.
The law spells out conditions where North would be inclined to use its nuclear weapons, including when it determines that its leadership is facing an imminent “nuclear or non-nuclear attack by hostile forces.” The law requires North Korea’s military to “automatically” execute nuclear strikes against enemy forces, including their “starting point of provocation and the command,” if Pyongyang’s leadership comes under attack.
The law also says North Korea could use nukes to prevent an unspecified “catastrophic crisis” to its government and people, a loose definition that experts say reflect an escalatory nuclear doctrine that could create greater concerns for neighbors.
This photo provided by the North Korean government shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a speech during a parliament in Pyongyang, North Korea, Sept. 8, 2022. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
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The reasons:
1) We paid them off in food not to build a nuke.
2) We talked to them.
Under Clinton the N. Koreans liked to talk with Bill Richardson and he would meet them in some
place in the Philippines and after a few days of them talking about the American Devils and the
CIA he would ask, "OK how much food do you need?" And then the Dept. of Ag would see what
kind of surplus agricultural commodities we had such as rice, flour, wheat, corn, meat, poultry,
and so on and then we would ship some of those products to N. Korea and in turn N. Korea would
not build nuclear weapons. It was a win win win because N. Korea didn't build nuclear weapons, God
only knows how many Koreans would not be starving, and American Farmers would get paid and
the price of their products were supported.
Then this "thing" happened.
But then in 2000 the SCOTUS installed w who quit speaking to K to the J w/ the I and L (Jim Ward's
hip hop name for Kim Jong Il) and the North Koreans even though they were begging to do so after 9/11
because they were part of "The Axis of Evil." So they started building nuclear weapons and advanced
ICBMs. BTW Trump's buddy Vlad helped Kim Jong Un's missile program by sending him advanced
ICBM parts and technology from the old Soviet Union.
I wonder if Joe B has Bill (he is a good man) Richardson's number?
