• Support MPN
  • Behind The Headlines
Logo Logo
  • Investigations
  • Opinion & Analysis
  • Cartoons
  • Podcasts
  • Videos
  • Language
    • 中文
    • русский
    • Español
  • Support MPN

Obama Sanctions North Korea, Citing Discredited Sony Allegation

Follow Us

  • Rokfin
  • Telegram
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube

the_interviewEven though the FBI’s allegations that North Korea was behind the hacking of Sony Pictures have long since been discredited, with cybersecurity experts pointing the finger at a group of hackers centered around a disgruntled former employee, President Obama today announced a new round of sanctions against North Korea explicitly in retaliation for this.

White House officials termed the sanctions the “first aspect” of the president’s promised “proportional” retaliation against North Korea for cancelling the release of Sony movie The Interview, a movie which was released at any rate.

The timing of the sanctions suggests there’s more than just a botched FBI investigation behind them, however, as the sanctions were announced just one day after both North and South Korea began talking up a summit designed to improve ties between the two.

Whenever North Korea has suggested any sort of rapprochement with the US, it has been dismissed by President Obama out of hand, and this move may be designed to sabotage any South Korean talks, or to at least send the signal that no matter what the Park government decides, the US will remains hostile to North Korea.

Copyright © Antiwar.com 2015
Comments
Jason Ditz
January 3rd, 2015

What’s Hot

“Top Gun: Maverick” is Military Propaganda. Official Documents Prove It

Elon Musk, Proofpoint, and the Tentacles of the Surveillance State, with Alan MacLeod

A Name-Change Gets Kahane Chai Off US Terror List as US Charitable Donations Keep Flowing

The Frontman of Empire: How Bono’s “Activism” Serves the Powerful

As More Students, Faculty Back BDS, American Universities Maintain Apartheid Ties

 
  • Contact Us
  • Archives
  • About Us
  • Privacy Policy
© 2022 MintPress News