‘North Korea Becoming Increasingly Hilarious’ Warns American Defense Secretary

US DEFENSE Secretary Leon Panetta warned today that North Korea is becoming increasingly hilarious and represented a substantial threat to the seriousness of global conflict.

The comment came following news that the Democratic People’s Republic threatened the United States with a preemptive nuclear strike earlier.

“They are making a mockery out of cold wars!” said Mr. Panetta. “Threatening the United States with a nuclear attack has got to be the funniest God damn thing I have ever heard.

“They can’t even build a rocket that flies for Christ sake!”

Supreme leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un, accused the United States of using military drills in South Korea as a launch pad for a nuclear war and defended last years alleged rocket failure, stating: “It was meant to disintegrate over the Yellow sea anyway – to keep its superior technology a state secret from the hands of the American military.”

Meanwhile, Foreign secretary Hillary Clinton admitted at a pentagon press conference earlier that her decision to send basketball superstar Dennis Rodman to broker a peace deal was ‘not one of her better moves’.

“I think we should have stuck to our original plan to send Ronald McDonald over.” she said. “We sent the child the wrong clown and now he’s pissed.”