North Korea threatens to ‘Wipe out’ the United States

President Obama did not have North Korea on his mind yesterday. Too bad we can’t say the same for North Korea about the US.

Off China’s coast, a U.S. destroyer was tailing a North Korean ship suspected of transporting illicit weapons to Burma in what could be the first test of U.N. sanctions passed to punish the nation for an underground nuclear test last month.

The Kang Nam left the North Korean port of Nampo a week ago with the USS John S. McCain close behind. The ship, accused of transporting banned goods in the past, is believed bound for Burma, according to South Korean and U.S. officials.

The new U.N. Security Council resolution requires member states to seek permission to inspect suspicious cargo. North Korea has said it would consider interception a declaration of war and on Wednesday accused the U.S. of seeking to provoke another Korean War.

“If the U.S. imperialists start another war, the army and people of Korea will … wipe out the aggressors on the globe once and for all,” the official Korean Central News Agency said.

I thought the world was supposed to love us once The One was elected. That’s not going as planned. Here’s a thought: maybe the new aggression coming out of North Korea is a result of The One putting down the big stick. Dove’s are nice and pretty to look at, but when it comes to defending against the rats and the snakes of the world I’ll take a hawk any day.