Oh Oh...North Korea

[Tarne]

All talk, no trousers. 

[Edward Boyes]

War with North Korea within the next five months. This is obviously the horizon of the National Security advisor of President Trump. If you are interested in the details, there is an interview with Jim Rickards, a US government insider. Go to 21:47.

 

[Bobbie Bobster]

(a) It's about 1.618034

(b) I like these inroads

[woody2]

[paswt]

6 minutes ago, woody2 said:

well I suspect we could all direct someone ( on this site perhaps) to one of those rooms 

[Albert Tatlock]

This could be the week it all kicks off.

[Donald Trumps]

It could indeed

[Neil Down]

If it does kick off, I hope Trump leads his troops into battle.

[mojomonkey]

37 minutes ago, Neil Down said:

If it does kick off, I hope Trump leads his troops into battle.

 

[the stinking enigma]

I'd wager he's an even better chess player than golfer. This move should be welcomed with open arms. Tremendous bit of bluff calling. We should now see who really wants peace. And who doesn't

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/554888/

[woody2]

#nodeal

[the stinking enigma]

I'm not sure kim is expecting one. Merely illustrating a point.

[the stinking enigma]

Next the don will take umbrage at how kim treats his people, his human rights abuses and his lack of democracy. The same people he threatened to annihilate a few months ago

[woolley]

Let's hope fatty doesn't study the Ukrainian experience of giving up nuclear weapons in exchange for "security guarantees".

[Freggyragh]

People forget that there three Koreas. The North and South we are familiar with, plus Yanbian Autonomous Prefecture ruled by Communist China. I suspect that when China has its ‘belt and road’ project in place the three Koreas may well unify under Chinese suzerainty. The coming century could also see Taiwan re-unify with China and the Philippines come under Chinese suzerainty too. The US is hanging onto control of the Western Pacific by a thread, the main card it holds is its huge military compound in the middle of Seoul. I suspect that if that were abandoned tomorrow the three Koreas would probably come together under the wing of China. The perceived threat of Kim Jong-Un is crucial to the American military presence in the South. The perceived threat of the US is crucial to the Kim dynasty’s rationale for running NK the way they do. NK could never hope to beat the US in a war, and will never instigate one. If the US were to start a war it would cause horrific casualties in the South. In the recent past you’d say that the best outcome for the US would be for the North to unify peacefully with the South under the wing of the US. American influence is not what it was, and China’s influence grows daily, so Kim Jong-Un and the US will continue to play this pantomime for as long as it works.