The U.S. Is Inches From A War With North Korea In Which Millions Could Die

Freedom Outpost ^ | July 31, 2017 | Michael Snyder

[Mozilla]

We are just inches away from the outbreak of World War III, and yet most Americans seem completely oblivious to what is happening. On Friday, North Korea conducted a missile test which proved that it now has the capability of hitting major U.S. cities in the western half of the country.

Every diplomatic effort to end North Korea’s nuclear program has completely failed, the Chinese have shown that they do not intend to do much of anything to intervene in this crisis, and the United Nations is a dead end. Given enough time, the North Koreans will build hundreds of ICBMs capable of delivering nukes to cities all over America, and the Trump administration has already indicated that they will never accept this.

If no other way can be found to derail North Korea’s nuclear program, President Trump will almost certainly order a military strike, and that could set off a war in which millions could die.

Personally, I am stunned that North Korea’s missile test on Friday didn’t receive more attention from the mainstream media, because the truth is that this was the biggest step toward war on the Korean peninsula since 1953…

After North Korea’s missile launch on Friday, the US-based Union of Concerned Scientists shared its fears that the country’s latest weapon had the capacity to reach major US cities.

When it launched the missile on Friday, North Korea aimed it on a high trajectory which allowed the weapon to crash in to the Sea of Japan.

The ground range of the test was 6,500 miles, according to multiple agencies, and it had a flight time of around 47 minutes.

If the missile had been fired at a standard trajectory, it could have easily reached Los Angeles, Denver or Chicago.

In other words, more than half the continental United States is now within range of North Korean missiles…

Preliminary data from the launch reveals that half, if not most, of the continental U.S. would be in range of the missile tested Friday.

“Looks like it pretty much can get to New York, Boston and probably falls just short of Washington,” David Wright, co-director and senior scientist for the Global Security Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, told CNBC.

This is supposed to be a red line for President Trump, and it will be extremely interesting to see how he responds in the days ahead.

On Twitter, Trump sounded like a man that is completely out of patience with North Korea…

“Our foolish past leaders have allowed them to make hundreds of billions of dollars a year in trade, yet they do NOTHING for us with North Korea, just talk. We will no longer allow this to continue. China could easily solve this problem!”

In addition to Trump, UN Ambassador Nikki Haley is also indicating that time for diplomatic maneuvering has run out…

“The time for talk is over. The danger the North Korean regime poses to international peace is now clear to all.”

The Trump administration has already made it very clear that they will not be going to the UN Security Council with this matter because they believe that would be a dead end.

At this point, the available options for dealing with North Korea are narrowing rapidly, and direct military action appears to be gaining favor.

In fact, General Terrence J. O’Shaughnessy released a statement on Saturday night warning that the U.S. is ready to use “rapid, lethal and overwhelming force”…

The U.S. and its allies are prepared to use “rapid, lethal and overwhelming force,” if necessary, against North Korea, the commander of the U.S. Pacific Air Forces warned Saturday night.

The statement from Gen. Terrence J. O’Shaughnessy, U.S. Pacific Air Forces commander, came after the militaries of the U.S., South Korea and Japan spent 10 hours conducting bomber-jet drills over the Korean Peninsula.

Earlier this month, the Trump administration announced that American citizens are now banned from traveling to North Korea. That is the kind of action that you would take just prior to a war.

But an attack on North Korea would not be easy. We don’t even know exactly how many nuclear weapons they actually have, and they are promising to start launching nukes if we choose to strike them…

“If the Yankees . . . dare brandish the nuclear stick on this land again . . . the DPRK will clearly teach them manners with the nuclear strategic force,” the spokesman said.

North Korea is honeycombed with underground tunnels and bunkers. There is no possible way that we could hit all of their nukes on a first strike, and if the North Koreans even get off a single nuke in response it is going to be an unprecedented disaster.

Could you imagine what would happen if a North Korean nuke hit Tokyo or Seoul?

Even one nuke could kill millions in those densely populated cities, and financial markets all over the world would almost instantly implode.

And North Korea also has some of the largest chemical and biological weapons stockpiles on the entire planet.

Within moments of an attack, thousands of North Korean artillery pieces and rockets would start raining fire on Seoul, and even just a few chemical or biological warheads would cause immense devastation in that city of about 10 million people.

In addition, North Korean forces are poised to invade South Korea at literally any moment, and the only way that South Korea could survive such an invasion would be direct intervention by U.S. forces.

On top of everything else, what if the North Koreans were able to successfully launch a nuke or two toward our major cities?

Or what if they already have the technology to set off an EMP blast high in the atmosphere above the continental United States?

Or what if their agents that are already embedded here start releasing biological agents in our major cities?

These are nightmare scenarios that most Americans never even consider, but they would be very real possibilities in the event that we go to war with North Korea.

I just don’t see how a direct military conflict with North Korea could possibly end well. For those that still doubt this, please consider the words of General Mark Milley…

“A war in the Korean Peninsula would be highly deadly. It would be horrific,”warned Gen. Milley. “The United States military along with the South Korean military would utterly destroy the North Korean military — but that would be done at high cost.”

“But we are at a point in time where tough choices will have to be made,” he continued. “We are going to have to make conscious decisions that are going to have significant consequences and I will just stop there. It’s not going to be a pretty picture — I can tell you that. It’s going to be very violent.“

A war with North Korea would be the most disastrous event for our planet since World War II, and it is something that we want to avoid at all costs.

Unfortunately, events are moving us in the direction of such a war very rapidly now, and it is very difficult to see how we are going to avoid such a scenario.

Article posted with permission from The Economic Collapse Blog

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[blueunicorn6]

North Korea wouldn’t dare attack us.

Why?

3 words.

Class Action Lawsuit.

“Have you or a loved one been injured or died because North Korea dropped a missile on you? Call us today and we’ll sue the shirt outta them.”

They may have all this artillery, but we got lawyers!

Millions of em!

And they’ll take North Korea apart looking for money!

They’ll grab Kim Jong Illmanneredjackass and turn him upside down and shake every last dime out of his pockets!

[Menehune56]

I don’t care. I just want us out of it. We have spent enough money on wars to last a life time. Thanks to Bush, we are so in debt it is not even funny and got nothing out of it. Let NK bomb California, Oregon or Washington.....do we really care??????

I hope you are just being sarcastic, my FRiend.

[Bobalu]

We should blanket all NK population centers with neutron weapons.

If we have none in stock BiBi will loan us a few dozen I'm sure.

B2 stealth bombers on a moonless night.

Take out the crews manning the artillery near the border.

Kill 'em all in a few minutes....better that than lose Tokyo to a nuke.

China, Russia and everyone else would be scared $hitless and unlikely to do anything about it.

Solves all the problems at once, including the refugee problem for SK....no refugees, no re-educating the brainwashed NK masses....and zero fallout from neutron weapons

We need Curtis Lemay!

[Rurudyne]

EMP would affect an actual friend on the peninsula too.

Don’t need nukes to take out what needs to be taken out. Just backbone.

[SgtHooper]

Bull!

[Paleo Conservative]

Did the missile have a ballast dummy warhead? If not, the ranges might be overstated.

[napscoordinator]

Mostly....California makes it difficult sometimes I must admit. lol. No matter what we do, I just want to get in and out and get it done. None of this 15 year business. I would send all 300 Navy ships to North Korea and just bomb the hell out of the entire country? Not good?????? I don’t know. I am grateful not to be President that is for sure.

[Lurker]

“World War III centers around Jerusalem.”

That’s supposedly where it ends. Not much word in where it begins.

L

[SkyDancer]

And out of Afghanistan.

[SkyDancer]

Whoops, me and my family live in WA.

[Olog-hai]

There’s the beginning of Zechariah 14. And also Jesus’ prophecies in Matthew 24, Mark 13 and Luke 21, all Jerusalem-centered. Before that, there are “wars and rumors of wars” mentioned, of varying degrees; and of course the big moral downward slide.

[2001convSVT]

If they really want to send a message about how serious this is they should start an evacuation of Seoul.

[KC_Lion]

Every South Korean male has to serve at least 2 years in the Armed Forces, and they are all on reserve, if needed.

Even the Gangnam Style and other K-Pop guys.

At least they have their USO close ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAgZQWA_GLs

[wally_bert]

The wun would have if he had a third term.

[ichabod1]

Media isn’t going to pay attention until one of those missiles has a payload that goes boom. What is the level of provocation that we are prepared to tolerate? The world wonders.

[Captain Peter Blood]

Interesting thing on Curt LeMay. In 1940 he was a Lieutenant and by D-Day 1944 a Major General. What a meteoric rise.

[Olog-hai]

Of course, I do take the word of the Union of Concerned Scientists (big “climate change” alarmists) with a few grains of salt, in addition.

[morphing libertarian]

I don’t think millions would die. i think 100000 or so whatever it takes to send swarms of missiles on a dozen sites and kill the fat diabetic. maybe we should just drop pastries and candy on his house and let him go int a coma.

WE are dealing with fanfics like we are in Iran where they thing they should bring on the Imam and usher in the end of the world.

Million sof Nirth Koreans have been brain washed over decades and they line up for the military to be fed. this is mind numbed robotic behavior. But the destruction of their missiles and their leader may open enough minds for the song[]th and the survivors to form a joint country.

The longer we wait the more likely he will be able to hit Seattle and SF and maybe LA. And soon Iran will be able to hit Europe. WTH are we waiting for?

[DesertRhino]

“and probably falls just short of Washington...”

Dang it,,,

[ichabod1]

That’s the scary part. We are in no state of readiness to mount a ground invasion of the Korean peninsula. Tactical nukes would be our safest and quickest route to victory. If we can take out his missiles.

I wonder what the state of civil defense readiness is in South Korea. They may need to get underground or get out very fast.