North Korea, Ballistic missles, and us

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by nailer

Picked nit acknowledged.

Hilarious that you of all people would complain about nit picking, Bob.

[nailer]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Hilarious that you of all people would complain about nit picking, Bob.

Not a complaint on my part.

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by nailer

and the British were guarantor of Belgium neutrality

Some arrogance!

[Oerets]

Let no one forget the times. Colonial expansion industrial expansion the race for resources exploitation across the globe all feed the great war's start.


There was enough blame to go around! The war did not happen in a vacuum.



Barney

[icenine]

All this arguing about whether the sun rises in the East, Trump and the Russians, and Paul Ryan's destruction of health care as we know it has only one solution. Everclear and water.

[donquixote99]

"Strategic patience at an end, all options are on the table!' says our Secretary of State, re N. Korea. Certainly strikes a tough, and probably provocative note. Exchanges of provocations are a path to war, of course.

Coincidentally, NPR ran an interview with Zbigniew Brzezinski this morning. It's too soon for a transcript (if they do post one) but it's very worth a listen. He calls the Trump foreighn policy stance "chaotic, unclear, unfocused." He scoffs at the idea of the destruction of ISIS as a central, major policy goal--he acknowledges ISIS as a threat, but doesn't see them as a "central strategic issue." After stressing the necessity of top-down leadership, he laments Trump's statements, saying 'some are entertaining,' but 'none are strategically substantive.' Instead he says they seem to come from a "wonder-wonder-wonder-land."

I don't think he'd believe Secretary Tillerson's remarks on North Korea are based on deep analysis and a well-planned policy. He paints a picture, instead, of an administration well-set to impulsively rush into war.

http://www.npr.org/2017/03/17/520498...foreign-policy

[JCricket]

I saw this as well. I think we are pretty close to an armed conflict with Korea. I don't think we will fire the first shot. I wonder how Trump will respond when we actually need a real President?

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

"Strategic patience at an end, all options are on the table!' says our Secretary of State, re N. Korea. Certainly strikes a tough, and probably provocative note. Exchanges of provocations are a path to war, of course.

Nothing provocative in the note.

[nailer]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

Nothing provocative in the note.

Deep Establishment rhetoric. Very Cold Warish. The Trump administration isn't going to alter the empire's basic foreign policy, but will give it a GOP slant. And The Donald will continue to tweet ...

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

Nothing provocative in the note.

That's for the recipients to decide.