As media outlets try to explain away spending weeks hyping up a North
Korean “Christmas gift” action that never actually happened, the
possibility that they were just wrong seems to be a staggering blind
spot, as they seek analysts who will offer an explanation for North
Korea not doing anything.
The Pentagon did some things, so maybe that was related? The Washington Times got quotes
from hawkish analysts who were eager to praise provocative Pentagon
actions as both deliberate, and a wise form of deterrence that may well
have scared North Korea away from the tests that the media was 100% sure
were going to happen.
The Pentagon not only sent multiple surveillance planes into North
Korea’s frontier, a very dangerous provocation, but also leaked a
November drill in which they practiced raiding and assassinating North
Korean leaders.
While North Korea hasn’t responded to either of these incidents, it’s
not hard to see how they would see them. It is vindication for North
Korea’s perception that the US is not genuinely interested in peace
overtures, and still sees military aggression as their go-to solution.
Clearly, the drill was another preparation for a US military attack.
The analysts’ response not just tries to dial back the North Korea
situation to one where only military deterrence is an option, but tries
to credit the military for having the foresight to publicly do so,
ignoring that it undercut the Trump Administration’s stated goal of
diplomacy, and did so with a military drill of the sort President Trump
had long banned explicitly because it was so provocative.
“The analysts’ response not just tries to dial back the North Korea situation to one where only military deterrence is an option, but tries to credit the military for having the foresight to publicly do so, ignoring that it undercut the Trump Administration’s stated goal of diplomacy, and did so with a military drill of the sort President Trump had long banned explicitly because it was so provocative.”
Which means what? Trump doesn’t have a clue of what is going on or Trump was full of sh*t?
and/or that the Pentagon thinks they are in charge of the country for some reason….not sure who gave them the idea that the Pentagon decided on our diplomacy and who we are at war with. We should probably execute the full Junta to remind the rest of the military exactly what the constitution says about war and diplomatic powers, since they seem to have forgotten.
The US Constitution’s explicit in who’s in charge of diplomacy, and that is the State Dept. The Military has only a small part, which is whether to expand operations or to reduce and/or eliminate operations.
The Pentagon has no authority to decide on our authority and whom we’re at war with. We should purge the full Junta to remind the rest of the Military exactly what the Constitution says about war and diplomatic powers, since they’ve totally forgotten.
The Constitution doesn’t even mention a State Department.
the Trump Administration’s stated goal of diplomacy
We cannot trust anything this President and administration says. Trump is a liar, we have know this for years. He is only concerned with what benefits him personally and acts accordingly. Lets recognize this fact.
No, North Korea is not scared of the surveillance planes or the drills….The Xmas present from North Korea is now a new year present, an ICBM test on 01012020….!