thanks to a missile defense system vehemently opposed by democrats in the 80´s

Yes we are capable of defending ourselves, but will we? Or, will our own Dear Leader let us suffer a bit first? Maybe a small nuke on a west coast city.

Dismissed this threat at OUR peril!

Sending that twerp out to convey the message surely had NK shaking in their boots.

North Korea, ultimately, is controlled by China. Does anyone seriously think that China would let them pursue this? China is letting Jong Un huff and puff but that´s all it is - hot air.

Maybe instead of muttering about defensive strategies that could very easily fail and allow a nuclear tipped missile to reach the US mainland, the USA should reflect an offensive posture and flat tell the world, China, and specifically North Korea, what awaits them if they attempt a nuclear attack on the USA, complete and utter national suicide. If the North Korean regime is allowed to continue as is, what kind of nuclear arsenal are they going to have in another fifty years?

We weren´t fully capable of defending ourselves at Benghazi, 911, or Fort Hood. Only a fool would make such a claim.

As much as this resident wants to see WTP suffer, US would not be surprised if he allowed NK to nuke a part of our country (just so long as his family was no where in the area)
Petty little man; but he does have big ears!

The Bedford Incident ( film from the 60´s) had the wacky Captain of the ship get his crew so riled up for war that a missile was launched by accident. Human error caused the start of WW 3. Seeing how Obama and company react to spontaneous attacks (Bengazi s/o) I would not sleep well if I lived on the West Coast.

But, I thought once the Won was elected president all of our enemies were going to love us. I´m confused.

Why is there an almost universal assumption that N. Korea can only deliver a nuclear device to a US city on the tip of a missile? Our ports are still very porous, not to mention our land borders.

Obama is a fool. Missile Defense is still in its infancy, it´s capabilities have grown a little to be sure, but not enough to stop an attack if the preparations for such an attack were masked and not advertised.

I´m with you poster #11. Don´t you think the North Koreans have already planted nuclear devices around the U.S.?

I find it of concern that only the Brit papers are covering this story.

Well, that settles it then. When nerdlet Carney speaks, I feel so reassured.

The putrid progeny of Pyongyang´s pygmy pedophile must be hallucinating. What he characterizes as preparedness to defend themselves is, in reality, just a precocious propensity to provoke the rest of the world.

A few years before 9-11 happened, a small foreign ship, I believe it was named the "Golden Venture" was able to sail into New York harbor at night. It was only noticed when it was putting ashore 150 or so Chinese illegal aliens. If that vessel had been carrying a nuclear weapon in it´s hold, a suicide crew could have pulling into a pier someplace in lower Manhattan and detonated the nuclear weapon. It that had happened, they still would have been trying to figure out what happened and who was behind it.

Once the North Koreans perfect a nuclear device, don´t ever believe that a recurrence of the "Golden Venture" could not happen sometime in the future, the next time with a ship carrying a nuclear weapon instead of a load of illegal aliens.

To assume a strictly defensive posture in the face of what the North Koreans are doing and saying in getting ready to strike the USA with a nuclear weapon is not a good thing in the long-run.

With the rules of engagement promulgated by this administration, I am not sure we can beat this tin pot dictator in a war. Look at Afghanistan. It is delusional to think we are winning there and they do not have the weapons that the NORKS do.