Poll: 62% Of Americans Say North Korea Poses Serious Threat, 50% Say It’s Time For War

The poll was finished on Monday, before Trump promised to retaliate with “fire and fury and…power” – an implicit threat of a nuclear strike.

ZeroHedge.com
By ZeroHedge.com
This image made from video of a news bulletin aired by North Korea's KRT on Tuesday, July 4, 2017, shows what was said to be the launch of a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile, ICBM, in North Korea's northwest. (KRT/AP Video)

It appears the mainstream media propaganda machine is working... Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s assurances this morning may have been in vain: A new poll shows that most Americans believe North Korea poses a serious threat to the US, and an even larger number fear the restive state could pull off a successful nuclear strike. According to

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The Hawks March Lock Step Towards “Fire And Fury”

“Be prepared, there is a small chance that our horrendous leadership could unknowingly lead us into World War III.” – Donald Trump, August 31, 2013

Jonathan Marshall
By Jonathan Marshall
People walk by a TV screen showing a local news program reporting with an image of U.S. President Donald Trump at the Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, Aug. 9, 2017. (AP/Lee Jin-man)

Like some demonic Hollywood director, President Trump keeps finding new ways to make us jump out of our seats, just when we think we’ve seen everything. On Tuesday, he outdid himself by twice pledging to meet any further North Korean threats to the United States “with fire and fury like the world has never seen.” His headline-grabbing comments

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Voiceless and Exploited US Citizens of Guam In North Korea’s Bomb-Sights

With North Korea and the U.S. dramatically amping up the nuclear saber-rattling, the Pacific island of Guam, long a U.S. military outpost, suddenly finds itself under threat of attack. Its history is one of exploitation and mistreatment under more than a century of U.S. control.

Whitney Webb
By Whitney Webb
Guamanians protest the use of their land for military exercises and testing. (Photo: Michael Lujan Bevacqua)

Tensions rose yet again earlier this week between North Korea and the United States as President Donald Trump issued his strongest threat yet to the rogue nation on Tuesday, stating at a press conference that “North Korea best not make any more threats to the U.S. They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen.” However, North

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Demand Grows To Strip Trump Of Nuclear Authority

On anniversary of Nagasaki bombing, calls to end “saber-rattling” and de-escalate tensions with North Korea

Jake Johnson
By Jake Johnson
President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. Donald Trump’s threat to unleash “fire and fury” on North Korea fits the North’s claim that it is a victim of American aggression. (AP/Evan Vucci)

The morning following his "fire and fury" remarks on Tuesday—which promised retaliation if the North Korean regime continues to threaten the United States—President Donald Trump took to Twitter to praise America's "powerful" nuclear arsenal, comments that intensified the groundswell of calls to end the pro-war rhetoric and strip Trump of his

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Catholic Priest Given Prayer As Punishment For Molesting 20 Children

“At that time, when I was that age, I got the impression that kids liked it, so I went ahead. But now of course, I know it’s wrong and I’m paying for it.”

Associated Press
By Associated Press
Rev. Fernando Karadima, Chile’s most infamous pedophile priest, holds a rosary in court before testifying in a case that three of his victims brought against the country’s Catholic Church in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015.

HAGATNA, Guam -- A 95-year-old Catholic priest admitted to sexually abusing boys decades ago on Guam. He said he confessed his sins to other priests on the island at the time but none told him to specifically stop. Instead, the Rev. Louis Brouillard said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press on Saturday morning that the other priests

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After Decades of Tension, U.S. Military Base In Okinawa To Relocate

After having endured several nasty episodes of criminality by U.S. servicemen on its citizens, many residents want the base gone entirely.

Les Neuhaus
By Les Neuhaus

With diplomatic stakes high, the governor of Okinawa approved a measure on Friday that will allow the relocation of a controversial U.S. Marine base -- infamous locally for crimes committed by U.S. serviceman that include rape and gang rape -- to another part of the strategic island. Despite overwhelming sentiment from the island’s 1.4 million

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