Ted Poe: “The saber-rattling rogue regime of North Korea should be back on the state sponsors of terrorism list, and here is why…”

“The saber-rattling rogue regime of North Korea should be back on the state sponsors of terrorism list, and here is why: This year, the North Korean regime kidnapped, tortured, and killed American citizen Otto Warmbier. In 2014, North Korea launched a cyber terrorist attack against Sony Pictures. A U.S. court also found, in 2014, that North Korea materially supported terrorist attacks by Hezbollah in Israel. In 2010, another court found that North Korea provided support for the terrorist organization the Japanese Red Army for their 1972 attack at an Israeli airport. In 2009 alone, there were three weapons shipments from North Korea to terrorist groups like Hezbollah and Hamas. U.S. officials have said North Korea aided Assad the Butcher by setting up a nuclear reactor that was destroyed by Israel in 2007. Mr. Speaker, it is clear, North Korea is a state sponsor of terrorism, so let's let them officially wear the title along with their buddy, Iran. And that is just the way it is. ____________________”