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North Korea Warns Trump Attack Would End U.S. 'Empire'
by Tom O'Connor via jess - Newsweek Monday, Jul 17 2017, 9:51pm
international / prose / post

North Korea has again vowed to defend itself against what it considers an aggressive U.S. presence in the region. And this time it is calling out a key member of President Donald Trump's administration, Defense Secretary James Mattis.

'Mad Dog' Mattis
'Mad Dog' Mattis

Official outlet Rodong Sinmun fired back Monday at remarks made earlier this month by Mattis, in which he suggested the U.S. take greater action against North Korea's recent military buildup. "Mattis is the peerless bellicose element well known to be a 'war-maniac' and 'rabid dog' in the overseas aggression wars. It is ridiculous, indeed, that such warmonger talked about 'non-military counteraction' and 'diplomatic solution,'" the newspaper wrote, a likely reference to Mattis' "mad dog" nickname.

That same day, a separate Rodong Sinmun article called a U.S. strike against North Korea "a very foolish act of precipitating self-ruin" that would effectively put an end to "the empire of America." The words came in response to the Trump's White House's recent announcement that Washington's "era of strategic patience" with North Korea had concluded.

Both Washington and Pyongyang have shot heated statements toward one another since the latter managed to test-fire its first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) earlier this month. In the past few days, North Korea's government-controlled media has released a series of charged commentaries attacking political and defense officials in the U.S. as well as in regional allies Japan and South Korea, among other foes of Kim Jong Un's government.

While the U.S. enjoys a significant tactical advantage over North Korea, it's been projected that a conflict between the two nations could kill at least one million people, even without the use of nuclear weapons.

North Korea argues its nuclear weapons and recently-developed ICBMs are necessary to ensure its survival against hostile foreign powers such as the U.S., which, along with a number of other countries and organizations, accuses Kim's government of perpetrating vast human rights abuses. North Korea denies this and charges the U.S. with pursuing an imperialistic foreign policy around the globe.

Despite the heated rhetoric, the two countries have not outright fought one another since the 1950s, when North Korea, backed by the Soviet Union and China, clashed with its southern rival, South Korea, supported by the U.S. and U.N. The conflict is often considered one of the first international proxy battles of the Cold War and paved the way for current tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

In April, Trump responded to reports that North Korea was planning on pursuing a sixth nuclear weapons test by expanding the U.S.'s military presence in the Asia-Pacific and threatening force. North Korea responded with an unprecedented rate of missile launches. ultimately leading to the successful test of the Hwasong-14, coinciding with Independence Day in July. The weapon marks the first North Korean projectile that experts believe has the capability to hit parts of the U.S., which North Korea says it would not hesitate to do if faced with an invasion.

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See:http://jungledrum.hopto.org/news/story-2685.html

[Indeed, it is known by numerous political commentators that the hubris, ignorance and fanatic extremism of Trump's thoroughly incompetent administration is the surest means of defeating American imperialism. Astute political manoeuvering from all world leaders would see America implode socially, politically and economically. It's all but over for the 'exceptional', universally despised, war mongering nation, which is currently teetering on collapse.]

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