America is still vaguely trying to start a war with North Korea.
Just in case anyone is keeping track: the main countries America is trying to conquer are Russia, China, and Iran, but they also want wars with several other countries, including North Korea, Venezuela, and East Africa.
North Korea vowed to launch three new spy satellites, build military drones, and boost its nuclear arsenal in 2024 as leader Kim Jong Un said U.S. policy is making war inevitable, state media reported on Sunday.
Kim lashed out at Washington in lengthy remarks wrapping up five days of ruling party meetings that set economic, military and foreign policy goals for the coming year.
“Because of reckless moves by the enemies to invade us, it is a fait accompli that a war can break out at any time on the Korean peninsula,” he said, according to state news agency KCNA.
He ordered the military to prepare to “pacify the entire territory of South Korea,” including with nuclear bombs if necessary, in response to any attack.
Kim’s speech comes ahead of a year that will see pivotal elections in both South Korea and the United States.
Experts predict North Korea will maintain a campaign of military pressure for leverage around the U.S. presidential elections in November, which could see the return of former President Donald Trump, who traded in both threats and historic diplomacy with Kim.
“Pyongyang might be waiting out the U.S. presidential election to see what its provocations can buy it with the next administration,” said Leif-Eric Easley, professor of international studies at Ewha Womans University in Seoul.
President Joe Biden’s administration says it is open to talks, but it imposed new sanctions as North Korea pushed ahead with more missile tests banned under United Nations’ sanctions.
South Korea’s defence ministry condemned Pyongyang’s plans to press ahead with its nuclear ambitions.
“If North Korea attempts to use nuclear weapons against us, we will retaliate overwhelmingly by utilizing the dramatically strengthened extended deterrence of the ROK-U.S. alliance and the three-axis system, and the Kim Jong-Un regime will face its end,” the defense ministry said in a statement.
The U.S. has also increased drills and deployed more military assets, including nuclear-armed submarines and large aircraft carriers, near the Korean peninsula.
Kim said the return of such weapons had completely transformed South Korea into a “forward military base and nuclear arsenal” of the United States.
“If we look closely at the confrontational military actions by the enemy forces… the word ‘war’ has become a realistic reality and not an abstract concept,” Kim said.
Kim said he has no choice but to press forward with his nuclear ambitions and forge deeper relations with other countries that oppose the United States. North Korea has deep ties with both China and Russia.
Do Americans know just how intense Biden is getting with all this stuff?
Are people concerned at all?
Remember when they said “Trump would start wars”? They actually said that.
🇰🇵🇷🇺 Kim Jong-un celebrates the 70th anniversary of North Korea’s victory in the Korean War, with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
pic.twitter.com/bPgUMoqeCt— Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 (@jacksonhinklle) August 6, 2023