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jpak

(41,757 posts)
Fri Apr 14, 2017, 11:42 AM Apr 2017

Japan PM issues sarin warning over North Korea

Source: The Telegraph

Shinzo Abe, the Japanese prime minister, warned on Thursday that North Korea may already have the capability to launch missiles equipped with sarin nerve agent toward Japan.

Mr Abe was speaking amid rising concern that Pyongyang was poised to throw down the gauntlet to Donald Trump with a nuclear test.

International tensions have been mounting after analysts said the rogue regime was preparing a nuclear test site ahead of a key anniversary on Saturday – occasions when North Korea has been known to test its military hardware.

Meanwhile, a US navy strike group continued to steam to North Korean waters, a show of force by Donald Trump after he vowed that Washington would act alone to confront the reclusive state over its military buildup.

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Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/14/japan-pm-issues-sarin-warning-north-korea/

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Japan PM issues sarin warning over North Korea (Original Post) jpak Apr 2017 OP
A pissing contest by these two idiot leaders is not wanted nor yuiyoshida Apr 2017 #1
Just remember Trump met with Abe and they talked privately dixiegrrrrl Apr 2017 #2
Is Kim really this crazy? He has spent years projecting himself as loony tunes yodermon Apr 2017 #3

yuiyoshida

(41,818 posts)
1. A pissing contest by these two idiot leaders is not wanted nor
Fri Apr 14, 2017, 11:49 AM
Apr 2017

needed now. And you know we will be the collateral damage.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
2. Just remember Trump met with Abe and they talked privately
Fri Apr 14, 2017, 12:24 PM
Apr 2017

For Abe to suddenly step up and mention sarin gas, of all things, seems more than suspicious to me.

yodermon

(6,143 posts)
3. Is Kim really this crazy? He has spent years projecting himself as loony tunes
Fri Apr 14, 2017, 12:25 PM
Apr 2017

maybe on purpose, so that the world will think he really *is* crazy enough to engage in M.A.D. behavior.

IOW the MAD deterrent/philosophy doesn't work if one party is not a rational actor.

Crazy like a fox that one.

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