North Korea Threatens to Fire Missile at Hawaii: Should Obama take North Korea's threat seriously?
Japan's top-selling newspaper reports that North Korea, under intense pressure by the international community to halt its rogue nuclear program, may fire a long-range ballistic missile toward Hawai...
Japan's top-selling newspaper reports that North Korea, under intense pressure by the international community to halt its rogue nuclear program, may fire a long-range ballistic missile toward Hawaii. The Yomiuri daily, however, notes that the missile lacks the capability to reach the state's main islands. Obama declared North Korea a "grave threat."
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Yes. Obama should take North Korea's threat seriously.
You better believe he should. And he needs to change his mind on missle defense capability. Bush was right.
No. Obama should not take North Korea's threat seriously.
but america should ,and be prepared to bomb the hell out of them if they do even look like they want to fire a missle at hawaii ,take no prisonersYes. Obama should take North Korea's threat seriously.
NUKE THE FUCK OUT OF THEM!!!!Yes. Obama should take North Korea's threat seriously.
Of course he should take the threat seriously! KJI is completely insane (and that's putting it mildly!) Not to mention, he is talking about bombing on the 4th of July.... I will be in Hawaii on the 3rd for 2 weeks for my honeymoon!I guess when you think about it, Hawaii should be THE most well protected state in the country during that period! It had better be. Either that, or my honeymoon is going to be one helluva "Blast!"
Yes. Obama should take North Korea's threat seriously.
No. Obama should not take North Korea's threat seriously.
Obama should go back Chicago, and Joe Biden should deal with any threats made to the U.S.KJI shoud continue its "rogue" (defined by United Nations Terrorists) nuclear program, and deal with any threats made to North Korea (including threats of invasion from countries that will do so simply because they can afford to and can't stand to see far-off nations develop anything more advanced than the wheel)
No. Obama should not take North Korea's threat seriously.
I think he should totally ignore any threat to Hawaii. Once Korea nukes the island maybe I can afford to vacation there!Yes. Obama should take North Korea's threat seriously.
And we should be ready to use small nukes on them before they can use them.Yes. Obama should take North Korea's threat seriously.
The leader of North Korea is a nut case. We should be very afraidNo. Obama should not take North Korea's threat seriously.
EDIT - blast it, I meant to check YES ... because Kim Jung IL is a Nut. Clever, but still a nut. Spent a year in South Korea while active duty. Older Koreans know the North is still a threat. Ignoring a threat does not make it go away.Yes. Obama should take North Korea's threat seriously.
Its importent these days to take threats seriously. Atleast that's what I believeYes. Obama should take North Korea's threat seriously.
All of the countres that hated us last year still hate us this year even after Obama's speeches that were going to have them all love us. The difference is they now see us as being weak and ineffective.Yes. Obama should take North Korea's threat seriously.
noboma doesn't take ANYTHING SERIOUSLY! He's too busy spending our money, bowing down to terrorists, apologizing for the USA, making sure the "left media" doesn't report the TRUTH, and taking the "wife on dates" he is only interested in making a "show" for the democrats and some republicans. WAKE UP AMERICA! HE IS RUINING US!Yes. Obama should take North Korea's threat seriously.
Seriously; but keep a sense of proportion.There is a huge political risk in a missile defense failure. Prior tests have had mixed success. Could failure be the agenda for increasing Defense spending?
Yes. Obama should take North Korea's threat seriously.
As serious as a heart attack. We've got 37,000 troops in SK; NK has over 500,000 within a few miles of the border. It isn't intercontinental missles we need to worry about; they couldn't hit the broad side of a barn if they were in one.These guys are psycho. The good news is that Gates and Jones are on it, and we have a reinforced Carrier Group in the Sea of Japan. If NK does something really stupid, which is a distinct possibility, it will rain Cruise missles above the 38th parallel, and their nuclear threat will come to an end.
The potential exists for a real mess. Hopefully they're playing the 'I've threatened you now reward me' game they always do, and won't react stupidly when they lose this one.
Yes. Obama should take North Korea's threat seriously.
Kim jong [ ILL ] is mentally ill, he's like a rabid dog that must be put down, so the ILL-one isNo. Obama should not take North Korea's threat seriously.
There are more serious threats here in the United States. Read this . . .9,220 potentially deadly Fort Detrick pathogens possibly missing
--FBI investigators concluded that Fort Detrick probably was the source of the anthrax spores used in the deadly mailings of 2001.
--Ebola virus, anthrax bacteria, botulinum toxin, hemorrhagic fever and others 'not accounted for' on 18 Jun 2009.
An inventory of potentially deadly pathogens at Fort Detrick's infectious disease laboratory found more than 9,000 vials that had not been accounted for, Army officials said yesterday, raising concerns that officials wouldn't know whether dangerous toxins were missing.
After four months of searching about 335 freezers and refrigerators at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases in Frederick, Maryland, investigators found 9,220 samples that hadn't been included in a database of about 66,000 items listed
as of February, said Colonel Mark Kortepeter, the institute's deputy commander.
Yes. Obama should take North Korea's threat seriously.
I think he should at least be prepared to take evasive action if it did come down to them bombing us. I think they are trying to test our new president.Yes. Obama should take North Korea's threat seriously.
Is this just saber rattling or is there a real threat here? That's the real question. When NK sends a ship out into international waters possibly holding a missile (nuclear-tipped) and tells the US that if they stop the ship, there will be a retaliation 100 times, you can't just ignore it and HOPE they're just talking out of their butts. If Obama ignores NK, there's a possibility that NK is serious and will launch a missile at either Hawaii, Israel, or anywhere else the want. There are certainly more pressing issues than health care reform or spending massive amounts of money. National security should be at the very TOP of his list.Damn, sometimes I miss Reagan and his no-nonsense international policies.
Yes. Obama should take North Korea's threat seriously.
id rather be safe then sorry they dont like us we have a long history of war with them....many years and no trading etc. they are communist country and would love to be able to hurt the USA anyway they can ...Yes. Obama should take North Korea's threat seriously.
GAWD !! Why isnt there any peace here ?! What did we do against North Korea ?Yes. Obama should take North Korea's threat seriously.
...but I'm sure he won't.Yes. Obama should take North Korea's threat seriously.
North Korea is as serious a threat as a heart attack you better believe that !!! Obama better think long and hard about his stance on a missile defense system.Yes. Obama should take North Korea's threat seriously.
The best thing to do,is take out the leader of n.k. and your worries would be over..This leader has a sick mind,he wonts to start a war be fore he turns it over to his son !Yes. Obama should take North Korea's threat seriously.
if he doesn't then he is a bigger fool than i thought he was and if they fire that missle at Hawaii we need to blow them back to the stone ageYes. Obama should take North Korea's threat seriously.
"North Korea has abandoned its own commitments and violated international law," Obama said. "Its nuclear and ballistic missile programs post a grave threat to peace and security of Asia and to the world."Obama said that North Korea's record of threatening other countries and spreading nuclear technology around the world means it should not be recognized as a legitimate nuclear power.
At a missile defense hearing on Capitol Hill, Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn pointed to North Korea's recent steps to speed up its long-range weapons program and agreed with Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., that the U.S. should be prepared for a "worst-case scenario."
We and the rest of the world should be concerned.
Yes. Obama should take North Korea's threat seriously.
Obama is an idiot, and wouldn't know what to do anyway. Maybe he should call his cronies in Acorn and ask them. Leave it all to our military machine, and there won't be any problems. NUKE THEM TILL THEY GLOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Yes. Obama should take North Korea's threat seriously.
Seems to me he dosen;t take anything seriously enough...Yes. Obama should take North Korea's threat seriously.
South Korea is the most likely target of this nut job,for now.God Bless.are in Honalulu. I have faith in the USA.
Yes. Obama should take North Korea's threat seriously.
you better belive it . Watch it accidently hit hawai I can hear it now that kim is a phyco if you mess with the bull you get the horn.No. Obama should not take North Korea's threat seriously.
north K has yet to get a rocket to go any further then the sea of japan so it reminds me of the scud missiles that Iraq hadYes. Obama should take North Korea's threat seriously.
Fire 1st damnit.Yes. Obama should take North Korea's threat seriously.
This is where his lack of experience is very evident. It's as if he doesn't know what to do. I am thinking of the Cuban Missle Crisis.....JFK jumped on it right away.USN RET
Yes. Obama should take North Korea's threat seriously.
Better with the instability of their leadershipYes. Obama should take North Korea's threat seriously.
President Obama is taking North Korea seriously.And let them fire a missile specifically targeting Hawaii and you will see just how seriously.
And for all you haters of the President, are you ready to go, or send your children and grandchildren, to fight in North Korea?