Obama Admin knew of NK's miniaturized nukes in 2013, downplayed significance

[Timmy]

NK was under control . Trump can't handle it because he is just like Kim . Two over their heads wanna be tough guys .

So, at what point of time was NK under control.

Well they weren't exactly chucking missles around every week and sendning Americans back in comas until Kim saw Dopey Don was in charge .

Yup, NK must be extremely bright, developing nukes in only 6 months. And threating the U.S., really bright.

You are proving my point . NK has been NK for a long time now . Suddenly we are talking war!? Why ?!

Hardly proving your point. I'm sure it took years for them to develop the weapons. As far as talking war, guess we now have a president that won't be doing any butt kissing and paying them off.

Yeah. Why use diplomacy. Let's just send a bunch of troops to their deaths .

 

[Thinker101]

So, at what point of time was NK under control.

Well they weren't exactly chucking missles around every week and sendning Americans back in comas until Kim saw Dopey Don was in charge .

Yup, NK must be extremely bright, developing nukes in only 6 months. And threating the U.S., really bright.

You are proving my point . NK has been NK for a long time now . Suddenly we are talking war!? Why ?!

Hardly proving your point. I'm sure it took years for them to develop the weapons. As far as talking war, guess we now have a president that won't be doing any butt kissing and paying them off.

Yeah. Why use diplomacy. Let's just send a bunch of troops to their deaths .

Yea, why use diplomacy, just buy them off as Carter, Clinton, Bush and Obama did.

 

[Ted Frazier]

Well, well, who are we going to blame this on? Russia?

Tuesday's bombshell Washington Post story that the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has determined North Korea is capable of constructing miniaturized nuclear weapons that could be used as warheads for missiles – possibly ICBMs – left out a crucial fact: DIA actually concluded this in 2013. The Post also failed to mention that the Obama administration tried to downplay and discredit this report at the time.

During an April 11, 2013, House Armed Services Committee hearing, Congressman Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., inadvertently revealed several unclassified sentences from a DIA report that said DIA had determined with “moderate confidence” that North Korea has the capability to make a nuclear weapon small enough to be launched with a ballistic missile.

The Director of National Intelligence and Obama officials subsequently tried to dismiss Lamborn’s disclosure by claiming the DIA assessment was an outlier that did not reflect the views of the rest of the U.S. Intelligence Community.

Obama administration knew about North Korea's miniaturized nukes

So you wanted Obama to invade North Korea? Moron.

 

[toobfreak]

Interesting. I think it explains a few important points.

This is why when Obama left office he told Trump that N Korea was the greatest threat to America. Basically he was protecting his own behind from any future fallout, he can say "hey, I let the next administration know". Meanwhile, he did not want to upset China by actually addressing the North Korea problem while he was in power, instead, catering to his lobbyist friends who were shipping jobs out to China.

Imagine how his debt record would have looked if he had been the one who actually addressed this massive threat?

Barry Obama pulled the ultimate scam on his own party; he is the perfect confidence man / community organizer and delivered on nothing he promised while making them all think they were getting almost everything they wanted in spades! While being the greatest ass-clown in presidential history, he kept his personal popularity high. And like the best Democrats, in the end, what he accomplished most was to build and maintain his political legacy within the cloisters of his own Leftist community even though in reality it was a disaster, all the while creating a massive mess in his wake that he then shoved onto the next president to deal with free and clear. The perfect politician.

 

[TemplarKormac]

Well, well, who are we going to blame this on? Russia?

Tuesday's bombshell Washington Post story that the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has determined North Korea is capable of constructing miniaturized nuclear weapons that could be used as warheads for missiles – possibly ICBMs – left out a crucial fact: DIA actually concluded this in 2013. The Post also failed to mention that the Obama administration tried to downplay and discredit this report at the time.

During an April 11, 2013, House Armed Services Committee hearing, Congressman Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., inadvertently revealed several unclassified sentences from a DIA report that said DIA had determined with “moderate confidence” that North Korea has the capability to make a nuclear weapon small enough to be launched with a ballistic missile.

The Director of National Intelligence and Obama officials subsequently tried to dismiss Lamborn’s disclosure by claiming the DIA assessment was an outlier that did not reflect the views of the rest of the U.S. Intelligence Community.

Obama administration knew about North Korea's miniaturized nukes

So you wanted Obama to invade North Korea? Moron.

LOL

Where did I say such a thing? Even so, if they do something that warrants an invasion it will be the end of them.

(Haha, I'm a moron? Nice touch. Not.)

 

[TemplarKormac]

2002
January 29 - US President George W. Bush labels North Korea, Iran and Iraq an "axis of evil" in his State of the Union address. "By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes pose a grave and growing danger," he says.
October - The Bush Administration reveals that North Korea has admitted operating a secret nuclear weapons program in violation of the 1994 agreement.
2003
January 10 - North Korea withdraws from the NPT.
February - The United States confirms North Korea has reactivated a five-megawatt nuclear reactor at its Yongbyon facility, capable of producing plutonium for weapons.
April - Declares it has nuclear weapons.
2005
North Korea tentatively agrees to give up its entire nuclear program, including weapons. In exchange, the United States, China, Japan, Russia and South Korea say they will provide energy assistance to North Korea, as well as promote economic cooperation.
2006
July - After North Korea test fires long range missiles, the UN Security Council passes a resolution demanding that North Korea suspend the program.
October - North Korea claims to have successfully tested its first nuclear weapon. The test prompts the UN Security Council to impose a broad array of sanctions.
2007
February 13 - North Korea agrees to close its main nuclear reactor in exchange for an aid package worth $400 million.
September 30 - At six-party talks in Beijing, North Korea signs an agreement stating it will begin disabling its nuclear weapons facilities.
December 31 - North Korea misses the deadline to disable its weapons facilities by the end of the year.
2008
June 27 - North Korea destroys a water cooling tower at the Yongbyon nuclear facility.
October 11 - North Korea is removed from the US list of states that sponsor terrorism.
December - Six-party talks are held in Beijing. The talks break down over North Korea's refusal to allow international inspectors unfettered access to suspected nuclear sites.

Well, well, who are we going to blame this on? Russia?

Tuesday's bombshell Washington Post story that the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has determined North Korea is capable of constructing miniaturized nuclear weapons that could be used as warheads for missiles – possibly ICBMs – left out a crucial fact: DIA actually concluded this in 2013. The Post also failed to mention that the Obama administration tried to downplay and discredit this report at the time.

During an April 11, 2013, House Armed Services Committee hearing, Congressman Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., inadvertently revealed several unclassified sentences from a DIA report that said DIA had determined with “moderate confidence” that North Korea has the capability to make a nuclear weapon small enough to be launched with a ballistic missile.

The Director of National Intelligence and Obama officials subsequently tried to dismiss Lamborn’s disclosure by claiming the DIA assessment was an outlier that did not reflect the views of the rest of the U.S. Intelligence Community.

Obama administration knew about North Korea's miniaturized nukes

gee thanks Obama.

 

[Geaux4it]

surprise !

North Korea made its nuclear break out under George W. Bush – not under Bill Clinton and not under Barack Obama. A key part of that backstory is that over the course of the late 90s the US negotiated a series of agreements called the Agreed Framework which shuttered the North Koreans nuclear weapons program in exchange for a combination of commitments and aid.

Kind of like Obama's crappy deal with Iran eh?

-Geaux