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"Why is North Korea threatening the United States now? Because" more sanctions followed its February nuclear test, The Times claimed. It also "ratchets up its political speech during joint United States-South Korea military exercises"."
It has every right to do so. They include war games. They target the North. Simulated nuclear bombs were dropped. Imagine US and other Western responses if North Korea, Iran, Russia or China held similar exercises off America's east, west, or gulf coasts. Doing so might be considered an act of war.
"What might North Korea be trying to accomplish with its threats?" Earlier, Washington and South Korea promised "concessions, including much-needed aid, in return for" Pyongyang denuclearizing.
US commitments aren't worth the paper they're written on. Promises made are broken. Times editors accused North Korea of "reneg(ing)." They lied saying so.
"Highlighting a perceived threat from abroad (is a) favorite tool the North Korean government uses to ensure internal cohesion in an impoverished country" needing aid.
North Korea wants normalized relations. It's wanted them for decades. Washington spurned efforts every time. Pyongyang's more valuable as an enemy. It's hyped threat is nonexistent. Times editors don't explain.
"What kind of nuclear weapons and missile technology does North Korea possess?""North Korea has conducted three nuclear tests since 2006." It has every right to do so. America conducts its own. They go unreported. Doing so belies Obama's claim about "seek(ing) a nuclear-free world."
America's the only nation risking nuclear armageddon. It unilaterally asserts a preemptive first strike nuclear policy. It claims the right to do so against nuclear or non-nuclear states. Enemies Washington invents are targeted.
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