McCain: U.S. Should Board North Korean Ship

WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain says the U.S. should board a North Korean ship it is tracking if hard evidence shows it is carrying missiles or other cargo in violation of U.N. resolutions.

McCain says that such cargo would contribute to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction to nations that pose a direct threat to the United States.

South Korean media reported Sunday that the ship was sailing toward Myanmar via Singapore.

The Obama administration has said it's prepared to confront ships believed to be carrying contraband materials to North Korea, but would not try to forcibly board them.

McCain appeared Sunday on CBS' "Face the Nation."

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Sen. John McCain says the U.S. should board a North Korean ship it is tracking if hard evidence shows it is carrying missiles or other cargo in violation of U.N. resolutions.

McCain says that such cargo would contribute to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction to nations that pose a direct threat to the United States.

South Korean media reported Sunday that the ship was sailing toward Myanmar via Singapore.

The Obama administration has said it's prepared to confront ships believed to be carrying contraband materials to North Korea, but would not try to forcibly board them.

McCain appeared Sunday on CBS' "Face the Nation."

Comments

[Martha12]

By the way.......­..........­......McCa­in said he knew how to find Bin Laden.....­.........w­ell.......­.......whe­re is he Johnny?

Why don't you get all busy with that and forget about starting another war with the North Koreans.

[Martha12]

McCain needs to board the good ship Alzheimer's Ward. He just won't be happy unless there's another war!

[NPA]

McCain's answer to the healthcare problem...EVERYONE ENLISTS IN THE U.S. MILITARY SO WE CAN POLICE THE ENTIRE GLOBE! Free healthcare military style.

[pfc1369]

Ole John government­-health-ca­re -is-Socialism, except-when the taxpayers-­pay-for-mi­ne (for life, with dental) McCain!

[bigsioux]

What's important here is no one gives a sh*t what McCain thinks about North Korea.

[Horus45]

Thank God that this man is not our President!

[dayala]

AMEN!!!

[tomasedison]

I think Johnny Boy might just be right. Happens twice a day to every broken clock.

[Jason Hollis]

Sure, if you're willing to pretend that N. Korea hasn't specifically declared such an action to be an act of war.

And if you're willing to pretend that N. Korea doesn't have enough artillery aimed at Seoul to pound it into kimchi at a moments notice.

If it were as simple as Grampa McCain makes it out to be, just barge in like Rambo, rest assured the Chimperor would have already done so.

[Suzanne525]

Headline should have the "IF" in it. Otherwise, it was designed to get everyone riled up.

[oscartucker]

Here he goes again! This is Mr. "I-know-ho­w-to-catch­-Bin-Ladin­" but would not tell anyone and still has not told anyone how to do it, and Mr. "I-know-ho­w-to-fix-t­he-economy­" but would not tell anyone and still has not told anyone how to do it. Now, here he is "Mr. I-know-wha­t-to-do-ab­out-N. Korea-and-Iran, too". I thought Mc would show more leadership and less partisanship on these issues, for after all, he could have been in the top leadership role for this nation; however, what we see now is that if he had been in the leadership position, we would be in a MESS.

[thundermummy]

'Ol John is shooting from his artificial hip.

[isolow]

isn't it about time for pepaw to take his meds....

[Billar]

Note to McCain: You lost the election big time. So go back to being that old guy who yells at kids who are on his lawn. In otherwords shut up.

[MountainPenelope]

Go away John. We voted against "more of the same."

We have an able, intelligent president who believes in the Constitution. He is handling the Iran situation admirably. He will do the same with North Korea.

[tailgateshirts]

McCain would have us in 3 new wars by now and Palin would be going on a christian crusade, glad they aint win

[raop]

Sen. McCain....are you talking about the sort of "hard evidence" that led us into the Iraq war?

[RobtBrock]

It's a "slam dunk" that NK is transporting WMD.

[DEvans1]

Really? I heard it was also a "slam dunk" that Sadaam Hussein was involved in 9-11. How'd that turn out?

[thegreatgiginthesky]

A slam dunk without the ball in your hands leads to 0 points.