As the rhetoric continues to pick up around North Korea, the talk of military options, or worse the “military solution” increasingly appears to center around the conceit that there is some possibility for a limited war, or some other way that the US could make a quick attack on North Korea and fix everything militarily.
Experts, however, broadly agree that’s simply not the case. North Korea has spent the last 60+ years worrying about a US attack, and preparing to retaliate with everything that they have. This retaliation, even before factoring in North Korea’s nuclear program would destroy much of South Korea, and likely kill upwards of a million people.
That threat of massively destructive retaliation was always the ace up North Korea’s sleeve that kept them from getting attacked in the first place, sort of a mutually-assured destruction build around conventional arms and the fact that the huge, and economically important, city of Seoul is so close by.
The theory that the US could precisely take out North Korea’s small nuclear arsenal and resolve the situation, then, is clearly preposterous on its face, as North Korea’s retaliatory capabilities are substantial and were built long before the nuclear program.
While pretty much any preemptive attack necessarily will provoke retaliation, a US strike on North Korea’s nuclear sites would certainly provoke an even bigger one, as the North Korean government could only interpret it as the start of an American war of regime change.
When an attack becomes imminent the US would tell its nationals, embassadies etc to pull out. We have seen that happening before. So far this is scaremongering which profits the armaments industries . That’s what it is all about
The US already has a travel ban in motion. It starts first week of September. Concerning embassy, there is none.
If the Pentagon or State Department begins pulling out military families and other non-govt functionaries, then it is about to be game time. Other than that, this is just total fear mongering.
But Trump’s adviser told us we have secret weapons, not discussed on tv, that can neutralize North Korea’s entire military. No one has to die, we are that good. I think Ollie North chimed in on that although I’m not sure because I refuse to watch or listen to that imbecile.
The USA does nothing but warmaking, preparing for it, threatening it and getting nowhere but never learning. The “other ” Korean war has not yet officially ended but nobody will follow through on negotiations and REAL decisions to stop the threats of attacks on DPRK, which is all it is asking for.
This is survival of the dollar and the empire. This is what this is all about. China and Russia are decoupling their finances from using the dollar as with Iran and India. If successful, it will be the end of our standard of living and the elite knows this. They cannot take on China and Russia directly for it would be suicide so they go after their proxies like North Korea and Syria.
It’s like the day Obama and Clinton murdered Gadaffi I said this guy did all that was asked, jumped through every hoop, and he died a bad death for it. Nobody is ever playin ball again, chickens are coming home to roost.
If you trust America ?? You’re a MORON !
American Indian have signed many treaties with US Government ??
How many were respected by US Government ?? & that was then ?? Today ?? Humm ??
Saddam didn’t trust us, went to the hangman with that defiant “yeah I knew I would wind up here” look on his face. Live by it die by it, and yeah, smallpox on blankets kind of lets ya know the best interests of the native population was never a priority.
There is no such thing as limited war. One is either at War, or one is not. The U.S. is involved in multiple threats of war at present. Which one is it going to do, or all of them? So much for E Wily Coyote being against war when running for president. He has expanded Nimrod Obama’s wars by four fold. We just can’t seem to win, no matter who we elect. Had the Witch, HRC been elected, we’d have been at war already.I dare say the only thing that is going to stop the U.S. being involved in wars at the drop of a hat, is when massive war, and all of its ills, are spread across the nation itself.
Exactly! Limited war analogy is just Orwellian talk by the establishment.
What is wrong with the picture? It is the statement of China backed by Russia, that in the case of North Korea striking US, US allies or interests — China would remain neutral in the ensuing US retaliation. However, if US attacks North Korea, China would DEFEND Korea. The key issue here is — no preemptive strike on N. Korea. Red lines have been drawn. And while our neocons and their slaves in both houses of Congress may find it very tempting to test China on their threat — it would be wise to assume that preemptive action is out – regardless of pretext. But then, we have so many rogue agencies that work for privatized neocon establishment, it would not shock anyone if they came up with a reason.
But I hope that even the most crazed neocons may think twice before testing this one. After all, their bosses must sell things to China, and their business would take a major tumble. Perhaps even terminal tumble. Japan and South Korea depend on trade with China for their own economic growth. Both would be deep in economic trouble without trade with China. Any, the most limited war with China will bring the world economy down, and harm the most advanced economies more substantially then less integrated economies. The shock of the financial disruption, and ensuing consequences would send the economy into tailspin, with the consequences in the uncharted territory.
A true Warrior General once said do not entangle ourselves with any alliances and do not involve ourselves in the internal squabbles of other nations or it would lead to what we have today. Very smart man for his time and prophetic. Too bad the losers in our establishment did not take this man’s advice. That man was our first President George Washington.
Remember ! There’s such a thing as “Dead Man Trigger” ??
Or maybe a Mexican Stand off ??