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Gates: U.S. in Good Position if North Korea Launches Missile Toward Hawaii

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JUNE 5, 2009, THE DAY PAST THE NORTH KOREAN MISSILE THREAT. Regardless
whether it was only a passing idle threat or, if Hawaii, Alaska or Southren California is
no longer on the map, this situation will never be over from this day and time on. North
Korea has nuclear weapons, it is only a matter of time before Iran has them, if they don't
already. And as each year goes by, it seems that more countries are attempting to
develope their own nuclear weapons...including those countries who sponsor terrorist
organizations. It's becoming very clear, to anyone who is willing to see things as they
are, that this world we live in gets more dangerous as time goes on. If you really want to
be honest with yourself, consider in your own mind, do you suppose it is only a matter
of time before a nuclear war breaks loose on this planet? I wouldn't want to be a
nonbeliever when it happens. Earlier this year, I made a sincere decission to call upon
the Lord for forgiviness of the sins in my life, and repented from sin for the remission of
sins. (No one in this life will ever be perfect...you still try) I'm now 55 years old, and for
years I fooled myself with the notion that everything will work out fine as it was. If you
have never became a christian, YOU ARE PLAYING THE FOOL, AS I WAS FOR THE
PAST 54 YEARS...AND PLAYING THE FOOL WITH YOUR OWN SOUL. Have you
ever considered whether you will have advanced warning if your hometown became the
target for an approaching nuclear missile. Most likely not. Do you think your government
is willing to panic it's people who they cannot save anyway? Television shows will
not be interupted by "special news bulletins". The Emergancy Broadcast System will
not air on radio. You'll hear no air raid sirens. No hysterical people in the streets. There
will be no mass of people killing and running over each other in a mad rush to get away
from town as far and as fast as they possibly can. And no one who is not already a
christian will be making last minute decissions to call upon the Lord...No one will know
what's coming. When the initial nuclear flash hits, this life is over in a billointh of a
second. Those who are not saved will suddenly be in Hell, wondering what happened
and how they got there so quickly, while the thurmosphere explosion is still scortching
away the ground where their hometown was only seconds before. If you go to Hell lost,
and someday stand before God in judgement before you and the rest of Hell are cast
into the Lake of Fire for eternity, you will remember each time someone spoke to you
about your spiritual condition...including what you've just read.
Some people believe the Lake of Fire is the molten core of the Earth. Would you bet
your soul it's not?

Harry of AR 4:37PM July 02, 2009

Brett,
You are truely a fool. Yes we have an armament of of nukes. LOTS of nukes that we will never use. We have used them in anger. We used them in WW2 to end the war of wars. We laid to waste two cities and tramatized a nation so badly they laid down their weapon in a war that woudl have continued for years.
However though we are the only country in the world to have used nukes in anger. We DO NOT threaten a large protion of the free world with sabre rattling and false claims of laying to waste our enemies with said weapons. We have not used them for over 60+ years and will probably never use them again unless we have been struck with them.
If we wanted to we could lay to waste the military of North Korea. We dont. we maintain a deterent force in South Korea to take out these "threats".
It is stupid people like you that think laying down our arms and think how can we not let them have them if we have them. We are a stable government that has a huge system of checks and balances before such a weapon is used. These governments do not have these checks or balances to keep the use of these WMD's from being used. That is the flaw in your thinking. Get a clue man.

joe joe 3:22PM June 27, 2009

If a chemical weapon were intercepted over the pacific, the weapon would not cause much damage. Much of the warhead will be burned in the interception, what survives won't be dispersed properly(hit the water in chunks), and what does get into the air will be too spread out to kill anyone. There are a lot of factors here that can make a missle more or less effective, but I can just say I have full faith in our military to protect us from anything North Korea can throw at us.

Eric of IN 11:34AM June 23, 2009

My Hawaiian Vacation is July 2 - July 10! I thought it would be wonderful to celebrate the 4th of July in Oahu! Looks like I may get more fireworks than I thought................

Victoria of AR 9:17PM June 22, 2009

Isnt America also nuclear armed? what makes them any different to north korea apart from not being a dictatorship? All im saying is that noone should have the right to have nuclear weapons.
But think to yourself. if your enemies had nuclear weapons, wouldnt you aswell try to even the scale. Just because there a rogue nation it doesnt mean they cannot equally arm themselves.
Im not saying what they are doing is right but you cant blame em if everyone else is doing or has done the same thing?

Brett 9:34PM June 20, 2009

Of course he gets the gravity of it all. The problem is...he doesn't call the shots. This is really just the U.S. government controlled media putting your attention exactly where they want it. The next part of the formula is: have the same government controlled media start talking about North Korean and Iranian sleeper cells in America. Why?? For the same reason the real powers that be allowed the Japanese to bomb Pearl Harbor, allowed the destruction of the twin towers and building #7, So they can either declare marshall law, or pass even more legeslation like Presidential Diorective 51, the "Patriot Act" or the new "Homegrown terrorist" thought crime stuff. Wake Up!!!! Obama is just a puppet. Bush was the bad cop and Obama is the good cop.

Rick Don of CA 6:45PM June 20, 2009

What if rather than a nuclear weapon it ends up being a chemical weapon that we shoot down. The weather, as I understand it moves from west to east. Exploding a chemical weapon over the Pacific could lead to far more problems than a explosion over open water. I'm not sure how all of that stuff works but it's a thought.

David of FL 10:25PM June 19, 2009

The US should use whatever anti-missle system it has to down the next N. Korean launch as soon as it leaves N. Korean air space. It should then take out the next one after that right on the launch pad as it lifts off, and the one after that should be hit with a "small" precision nuclear strike on the launch site. That SHOULD get their attention.
These guys don't understand anything else. It would also send a message to Iran that they need to negotiate seriously, and stop their nuclear program immediately.
Failure to act decisively against rogues, tyrants and madmen will only encourage countries like Japan and other modern economies in the region with the wherewithall to also go nuclear to protect themselves from this outlaw state led by a madman in the face of a weak, inexperienced, indecisive and pacifist U.S. president. Continually threatening them with meaningless "sanctions" is like a mother continually threatening a 5 year-old with "you're gonna get it if you don't stop hitting your sister", and doing absolutely nothing.
Unfortunately, I'm afraid Obama will appease them all the way to our shores, and by then it will be too late with the horses already out of the barn. I don't think he gets the gravity of allowing regional bully states to go fully nuclear.

slgam 7:50PM June 19, 2009