How to Degrade the Growing Power of North Korea

By Ted Cruz Ted Cruz, a Republican, represents Texas in the U.S. Senate.  Four years ago, North Korea’s Rodong newspaper released a photograph of Kim Jong Un sitting in front of an intercontinental-ballistic-missile targeting map depicting Washington, Los Angeles and Austin. What once may have sparked laughter is no longer a joke. Kim’s latest successful ICBM test, last week, could […]

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North Korea to be met with ‘Fire And Fury’

You have heard by now that President Trump threatened to unleash “fire and fury” on North Korea if it doesn’t back down. Read Noah Rothman’s analysis of the terrible choices facing the US. Excerpts: We have reached the tipping point. Last month, according to the Washington Post, the Defense Intelligence Agency completed an analysis that concluded North Korea […]

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Shall We Fight Them All?

Saturday, Kim Jong Un tested an ICBM of sufficient range to hit the U.S. mainland. He is now working on its accuracy, and a nuclear warhead small enough to fit atop that missile that can survive re-entry. Unless we believe Kim is a suicidal madman, his goal seems clear. He wants what every nuclear power […]

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Russia Blocks UN Condemnation of North Korea

Russia on Thursday objected to a United Nations Security Council condemnation of North Korea’s latest rocket launch, Reuters reported. The reason for Russia’s objection, diplomats said, was the fact the U.S.-drafted statement labeled the rocket that was tested an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and Moscow disagrees. Security Council statements have to be agreed upon by […]

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John Bolton at ‘Free Iran’ Rally: 1979 Revolution Should Not Reach 40th Birthday

Paris (CNSNews.com) – The outcome of the Trump administration’s review of Iran policy should be that the Islamic revolution ushered in under the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini should not reach its 40th birthday in two years’ time, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton said at the weekend. Addressing a mass annual rally in […]

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North Korea claims sub nuclear missiles bring US within range

North Korea’s nuclear capabilities took a giant step forward on Saturday, state media reported, with the successful underwater launch of a ballistic missile. KCNA, the country’s official news agency, reported that the KN-11 ballistic missile system was successfully launched in a test fire from a submerged submarine. Saturday’s test, which marks the first successful launch […]

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North Korea’s Missile Launch Shows It Could Target US Homeland

North Korea has again successfully put a satellite into orbit, demonstrating the same technology needed to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and showing that its long-range missile program is becoming increasingly reliable. In 2015, the U.S. commanders of U.S. Forces Korea, Pacific Command, and North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) publicly assessed that North Korea […]

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Iran’s Nuclear Buildup and American Irrelevance

by Daniel Pipes Feb 22, 2014 Cross-posted from National Review Online, The Corner The Menendez-Kirk “Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2013” (S. 1881) threatens the Iranian regime with additional sanctions and appears to be the only way to counter the Obama administration’s flaccidity vis-à-vis Tehran. I am skeptical, however, that it can do much […]

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