blogs.abcnews.com - 4/5/2009
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PRAGUE -- Hours before President Obama is set to give a speech on nuclear non-proliferation – working towards “a world without nuclear weapons,” the White House says – the rogue nation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea launched a...
Newt Gingrich: EMP From One Nuke Could Destroy America
rightsoup.com 3/30/2009 — North Korea has a missile on the launchpad that could reach far western parts of America, but no one here is too worried about Lil’ Kim lighting US up…especially with one nuke. The conventional wisdom is that one nuke launched into America from anywhere wouldn’t be able to bring us to our knees....
Obama Wants a Nuke-Free World
truthdig.com 4/6/2009 — The U.S. led a round of chest-thumping following North Korea’s alleged missile test Sunday, but President Obama also acknowledged that the United States is the only country to have used nuclear weapons against others and, as such, has a ...
Obama’s Europe Tour: A Dutch View —
The Moderate Voice
We have read, heard and seen plenty of reactions—from the left, from the right, from the middle, and from the independents—on President Obama’s seven-day European tour, including his unexpected stop in Iraq.
If interested, here is some reaction from an European source, the ...
U.N. Ambassador Rice: Korean missile launch no 'goofy stunt' —
News
The North Koreans' missile launch was not a "goofy stunt," United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice said Monday.
"It was something serious and we need to take it seriously," Rice said this morning during an appearance on CBS, asserting that the missile launch was a clear provocation despite some ...
Poll: Attack North Korea! —
Outside The Beltway | OTB
An overwhelming majority of Americans want to go to war with North Korea over Sunday’s missile test/satellite launch, a new Rasmussen poll finds.
Fifty-seven percent (57%) of U.S. voters nationwide favor a military response to eliminate North Korea’s missile launching capability. The ...
UN Springs Into Action, Does Nothing —
Little Green Footballs
Susan Rice, our ambassador to the UN, says the most appropriate response to North Korea’s missile launch is to appeal to the UN Security Council .
Good luck with that: UN Security Council Adjourns Without Response to North Korea Rocket Launch .
The U.N. Security Council met in ...
Obama: Risky Regimes Like N. Korea, U.S., Must Disarm —
ScrappleFace
(2009-04-05) — Nuclear weapons in the hands of charismatic leaders with dictatorial powers endanger everyone, said U.S. President Barack Obama today, “which is why North Korea should not be allowed to have them, and why the United States should disarm.”
“I have seen ...
Obama Responds to North Korea Rocket Launch —
TalkLeft
President Obama responded in Prague today to North Korea's rocket launch. "I call on North Korea to honor its commitment to abandon all nuclear weapons programs, to abide by recognized norms of international relations, and to work to promote peace and stability in Northeast Asia," Obama ...
Why North Korea Is Scary —
The Moderate Voice
As many media outlets have reported it appears that North Korea has successfully tested their new rocket which could allow them to eventually send warheads as far away as Alaska or Hawaii. The technology will also allow them to develop larger weapons that could develop into ICBM’s which ...
What Obama's reaction to North Korea's missile says about Iran —
Israel Matzav
For those of you who have been sleeping, North Korea launched a missile early Sunday morning in what is widely regarded as a test of nuclear weapons capabilities. I'd like to look at President Obama's statement on the launch (Hat Tip: Memeorandum), because I believe that it tells us a lot about ...
Did They Launch or Didn't They? —
Little Green Footballs
The world’s news services are stumbling over each other’s feet tonight.
The BBC says: North Korea ‘has launched rocket’ .
But Reuters says: Japan red-faced over mistaken N.Korean rocket report .
We’ll find out who’s right shortly.
UPDATE at 4/4/09 ...
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