>>>>>>>>>>They're so cute when they rattle their sabers. Wipe us off the globe -- that's hilarious.
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>>>>>>>>>>Do you think you would have said the same thing on September 10 of 2001?
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>>>>>>>>>Of North Korea, yes. They are all bluster.
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>>>>>>>>>Also, 9/11, as serious as it was, came nowhere near "wiping us off the globe."
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>>>>>>>>Would you feel the same if you lived in Hawaii?
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>>>>>>>Based on their tests so far it would really surprise me if they could hit Hawaii. Yeah, I know, they SAY they can. The feds say they will be keeping an extra eye out over the 4th just to be sure. (Of course they are watching all the time. I'm sure that was just for public reassurance).
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>>>>>>When we test, we don't send missiles out to their maximum range. We also don't aim them at any country. Just because the tests don't hit a country, doesn't mean they couldn't.
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>>>>>One should also keep in mind that technology progresses quickly. What is not possible today can be done easier tomorrow. It means, imo, that dismissing obvious threat now (because technology is still questionable) is identical to keeping head planted firmly in sand while back part of the body faces the enemy.
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>>>>Is it really a threat or is it just another attempt at international blackmail?
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>>>Could it be both?
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>>Kim is just talking SMACK..... he knows (and we know, and the Chinese know)... that any missles falling on American Soil would cause North Korea to turn into a mushroom cloud before the sun would set...
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>>End of Story..... (well actually, he had better hope our gutted Star Wars system really does work and shot it down before it impacted..... seriously..... )
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>It could be still different if he knows (and Chinese know, and we know)... that any missles falling on Chinese Soil would cause North Korea to turn into a mushroom cloud before the sun would set... Small detail can make big difference. There are situations when rockets can start firing because of trivial technical fault.

Kim had better make sure the guidance system works, then!!! ;-)