Is Provoking a Nuclear War With North Korea Grounds for Impeachment?

 People watch North Korea's KRT television show as a presenter announces North Korea has test-launched its first intercontinental ballistic missile at the Seoul Railway Station on July 4, 2017 in Seoul, South Korea.  (Photo: Chung Sung-Jun / Getty Images) People watch North Korea’s KRT television show as a presenter announces North Korea has test-launched its first intercontinental ballistic missile at the Seoul Railway Station on July 4, 2017, in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo: Chung Sung-Jun / Getty Images)

Tension between the US and North Korea escalated sharply Tuesday after President Trump suggested he was prepared to start a nuclear war, threatening to unleash “fire and fury” against North Korea. Hours later, North Korea threatened to strike the US territory of Guam in the western Pacific. Guam is home to 163,000 people as well as major US military bases. For more, we speak with longtime investigative journalist Allan Nairn.

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AMY GOODMAN: We begin today’s show looking at North Korea. Tension between the US and North Korea escalated sharply Tuesday, after President Trump suggested he’s preparing to start a nuclear war, threatening to unleash “fire and fury” against North Korea.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: North Korea best not make any more threats to the United States. They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. He has been very threatening, beyond a normal statement. And as I said, they will be met with fire, fury and, frankly, power, the likes of which this world has never seen before. Thank you.

AMY GOODMAN: President Trump was speaking from his golf resort in Bedminster, New Jersey, where he’s on vacation for 17 days.

Hours after he spoke, North Korea threatened to strike the US territory of Guam in the western Pacific. Guam is home to 163,000 people as well as several major US military bases.

Tension has been rising over North Korea in recent weeks. The U.N. Security Council recently imposed a new round of sanctions against North Korea over its test launches of two intercontinental ballistic missiles last month. The sanctions ban North Korean exports of coal, iron, lead and seafood, which could slash up to one-third of the country’s export revenue. Then, on Tuesday, The Washington…

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