Pentagon Dismisses As ‘Silliness’ North Korea’s Threat To Wipe Out U.S.

Pyongyang, A handout picture dated 25 April 1992 shows a North Korean military unit of missile during a military parade in Pyongyang. PHOTO JAPAN OUT, AFP

From FOX News:

The isolated regime made the threat as a U.S. destroyer shadows a North Korean ship suspected of transporting illicit weapons to Myanmar in what could be the first test of U.N. sanctions passed to punish the nation for an underground nuclear test last month.

The Pentagon shrugged off a threat from North Korea Wednesday to wipe the United States off the map.

"I don't even know how to respond to that. It's silliness," said Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell."For what and with what?"

But even as the spokesman discounted the threat from the communist nation, which reportedly may fire a Taepodong-2 toward Hawaii in early July, he defended Defense Secretary Robert Gate's decision to move the THAAD system to Hawaii along with the massive SBX radar system.

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My Comment: Of course it is silliness .... so why are 3-4 aircraft carrier task forces within range of North Korea. Why are we positioning anti-missile systems in Hawaii. Why are South Korean and Japanese forces on high alert. Why is our latest talks with China involving a good part of the discussion on North Korea. Why is the USS John McCain stalking a small North Korean freighter in the South China Sea.

Is there really a threat, or is all of this being done to make our new President look tough?

I hope not, because in the eyes of many in Asia it is the U.S. who is acting silly.