North Korea is constantly expressing concern about the growing number of US military drills along their border, and while US officials have insisted such drills are routine, it’s hard not to see the nature of them as inherently hostile toward the North Korean government.
The most recent drill, entitled “Warrior Strike,” was a four day simulation of a joint US-South Korea ground invasion of North Korea involving locating and seizing all of North Korea’s nuclear weapons.
Such an operation would be seen as the threat of all threats by North Korea, which has developed its nuclear arsenal specifically to try to deter a US invasion. If the US believes they can successfully invade and take those weapons, their deterrent value is greatly reduced.
The drill also underscores Defense Secretary James Mattis’ recently issued letter on Congress, which said the only way to ensure North Korea’s disarmament is with a ground invasion. Given President Trump’s long-standing threats to “totally destroy” North Korea, and his very public distaste for diplomacy, the US starting a disastrous war on the Korean Peninsula still seems to be a realistic threat.
A major problem between the US and the Soviets was “use it or lose it” thinking. We went to great expense to break away from that, so we were not so much on a hair trigger for nuclear war.
Now we are doing that to North Korea, even while we say we fear them responding in the same way everyone else does to use it or lose it.
Smarter to de-escalate. We don’t want that war.
What about Kim? Well, sending help to North Korean people and opening up the country to the world would undermine him far more than anything else we could do. Once they see what everyone else sees, it is game over. And no war needed.
If a psychopath incessantly, constantly, waves a gun in your face threatening to shoot like he did years ago, it would be prudent to take such threats seriously and take defensive measures…
That’s exactly what North Korea is doing while faced with President F Moron’s bluff.
Who are you referring to? The DPRK is hoping its nukes and its huge army are deterrents, while the USA has no defense, only offensive weapons and bluster.
Nuclear weapons will be easy to find. Just look for expanding globes of plasma turning into mushroom clouds.
You’re the black-painter, aren’t you?
USA actually did invade North Korea back in 1950. Things sort of fell apart at the Chosin Reservoir.
It’s the Iraq War all over again. NK is no threat to the US even with nukes.
What it’s really about is 6-10 trillion dollars in undeveloped mineral resources. It’s all about the “land grab” for Trump. And putting US military bases on China’s borders.