>Hi Tom,
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>According to Daniel Pinkston (a very smart analyst in Seoul) North Korea probably sees the "Foal Eagle" military exercises plus latest UN sanctions as similar to the workup towards invasions of Afganistan and Iraq. Hence the more serious sabre-rattling this time.
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>Hopefully somebody will confirm that the US isn't planning to invade North Korea or nuke it, and things can settle back to their bizarre normality. Otherwise if Foal Eagle concludes without an invasion, North Korea can congratulate itself for heading off nuclear catastrophe by presenting such a brave front.
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>Check out what Senator Menendez had to say about the threat- the word he uses is "absurd".
The problem with that analysis is the U.S.and S Korea participate in joint military exercises every year and have at least since I was in the military. I hated them because it was so cold!
last year same exercise:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-02/27/c_131433593.htm
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