north korea nuclear weapon crisis: a rhetorical analysis - nate craner lyrics
article 1: “republican congressman says the us should preemptively strike north korea”
republican congressman duncan hunter of california told a san diego news station on thursday that he wants the u.s. to launch a preemptive strike on north korea, according to the san diego union-tribune
“i -ssume the north koreans can reach mainland us with an icbm with an entry vehicle that has a nuclear bomb in it — they can now nuke the united states,” hunter, a member of the house armed services committee, told kusi television
“from my perspective, why would i not hit you first? why would we not do a preemptive strike when you have icbms leveled at the us, and you’re not a logical player on the world stage?”
“i would preemptively strike them,” hunter added
“kim jong un needs to realize we’re not playing games here, we’re not posturing. he needs to think about whether he likes his wine, women and caviar or whether he wants to have the devil blown out of him by the united states,” adding that he thinks kim jong un “has some mental issues.”
in an address to the un on tuesday, president donald trump called for more north korea sanctions, labeled kim jong un “rocket man,” and said if pyongyang continues its provocations, the us would “have no choice but to totally destroy” the country
pyongyang responded on tuesday by saying that the us would meet its “final ruin” if it chose to defy the north, and on thursday, kim said trump’s un rhetoric was “unprecedented rude nonsense one has never heard from any of his predecessors.”
north korean foreign minister ri yong ho also said on thursday that kim was considering testing “an unprecedented scale hydrogen bomb” over the pacific in response trump’s un speech
trump then tweeted friday morning that kim was “obviously a madman” and that he “will be tested like never before.”
tweet 1:
donald j. trump✔
@realdonaldtrump
“kim jong un of north korea, who is obviously a madman who doesn’t mind starving or k!lling his people, will be tested like never before!”
“it was great,” hunter told kusi when asked about his thoughts on trump’s un speech. “it’s great seeing america lead for a change.”
hunter also said, after calling for a preemptive strike, that the us has not shot down the north’s previous missile launches, including the one that recently flew over j-pan, because “we can tell the trajectory of a missile as soon as it launches.”
article 2: “democrats critical of trump on north korea: he ‘fails to understand’ what war would be like”
tweet 1:
adam schiff✔
@repadamschiff
“if tillerson is wasting his time, it’s only because his boss fails to understand the catastrophic consequences of war on korean peninsula.”
tweet 2:
david axelrod✔
@davidaxelrod
“or maybe @potus just didn’t have rex’s phone number so decided instead to have what should have been a private discussion in public!”
tweet 3:
ed markey✔
@senmarkey
“direct talks w/#northkorea are our best chance to freeze missile, #nuclear tests. leave the bad cop routine in the movies, mr. president.”
tweet 4:
ed markey✔
@senmarkey
“how about you do what has to be done to help #puertorico and let the diplomats negotiate in #northkorea to avoid a disaster there. ”
democrats started hitting back at president trump’s tweets about north korea on sunday with tweets of their own questioning his judgment on matters of national security
“if [rex] tillerson is wasting his time, it’s only because his boss fails to understand the catastrophic consequences of war on korean peninsula,” said rep. adam schiff of california, the top democrat on the house intelligence committee
schiff was responding to trump’s first wave of tweets on sunday that said secretary of state tillerson should not concern himself with negotiations with north korea over its ballistic missile development, and that he would take care of the situation
“i told rex tillerson, our wonderful secretary of state, that he is wasting his time trying to negotiate with little rocket man,” trump tweeted
david axelrod, a senior adviser to former president barack obama, said trump tweeted about north korea to distract from the situation in puerto rico
“did @potus decide to undercut tillerson on north korea with tweets just now to change subject from puerto rico story? it’s the way he works,” axelrod tweeted. “or maybe @potus just didn’t have rex’s phone number so decided instead to have what should have been a private discussion in public!”
sen. ed markey, d-m-ss., jumped into the fray, tweeting out that trump should drop the bad cop routine
“direct talks w/#northkorea are our best chance to freeze missile, #nuclear tests. leave the bad cop routine in the movies, mr. president,” markey said, who is a stalwart in the senate on climate change and consumer rights
he followed in another tweet saying trump should focus on puerto rico and leave the situation in north korea up to the diplomats
“how about you do what has to be done to help #puertorico and let the diplomats negotiate in #northkorea to avoid a disaster there,” markey tweeted
still, most democrats were still criticizing trump over his 20 tweets from sat-rday directed at critics of his response to the puerto rico hurricane disaster. many in the leadership like house democratic whip steny hoyer, d-md., had only caught up to the tweet storm of 24-hours ago, commenting on unrelated local topics by sunday afternoon
senate minority leader chuck schumer, d-n.y., was on the sunday talk shows to respond to the gop’s tax reform proposal and the puerto rico tweetstorm. but that was just before trump began sending tweets on north korea and tillerson
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