One smart bomb or cruise missile and alot of problems would be solved.
Posted on 09/04/2017 8:18:26 PM PDT by Former Proud Canadian
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It’s NEVER happening
He may have ICBMs. He may have nuclear bombs that will fit on those ICBs. But I don’t think he is any more ACCURATE as to WHERE it goes than the Scud missiles old Whatzhizface Hussein in Iraq used to fire. All they can do is measure the fuel and fire it in a general direction. Depending where it lands it can destroy stuff and hurt people. But he can’t control it.JMHO.
Guam is an American territory and it’s only economy is from the two American bases.
The tree of liberty is parched, for sure.
It cries out to be watered.
He probably is negotiating behind the scenes... and probably the UN is begging Trump to cave in and ship a few billion dollars over to Kim to appease him (for now).
You’re probably right. But a thermonuclear device needn’t use GPS coordinates.
The Tree of Liberty is not a drought-tolerant plant. You avoid it too long...the roots die.
Of course but that doesn’t fit the defeatists talking points.
Interceptions will be done during the post-boost phase so the warhead will have in all probability be past apogee.
Nice reference but I think it’s Xi who has a no-win situation here.
Trump won’t pay China to ‘solve’ the NK problem so Fatboy’s antics just cause China trouble.
They can’t desert their ally and they can’t get any good out of him.
If the Juche-fruit launches first, he and his coterie will be so far below ground when the counter-attack comes, they won’t feel a thing. Then what?
>>We’re still going to have to let him take the first shot at us or one of our allies.<<
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Baaaaaaad mistake on our part.
he wants another round of negotiation with major powers involved, including the usa, in which he ends up with a large, long lasting payoff. This is always how it is with them. We see more and more tests etc because we are not sitting down to ‘negotiate’ and giving him money like he wants. He will continue and perhaps escalate until he gets what he wants. Maybe he will sink another South Korean ship or shell one of their islands. It’s unlikely we would respond militarily in a way that threatens his power. He also knows that the countries in the region and the major powers generally prefer to pay him off to avoid instability and financial market disturbances.
Developing/testing the nukes and the icbms is also ensure that he is never removed from power by an outside force. Dictators noticed what happened when Ghaddafi gave up his program. He developed them for a reason and he’s made sure the world knows he has them and a delivery mechanism. We don’t attack nuclear powers. What he’s doing is rational. What hasn’t happened is a payoff yet so we will get to see some more fireworks until one happens or there’s a miscalculation which leads to war.
One smart bomb or cruise missile and alot of problems would be solved.
Or everyone could just wear hats like his generals, and the world would be a happy place.
I hate those hats. They make me just want to go knock them off their heads.
Maybe we sink the Main again, or Gulf of Tonkin?
Of course, much more craftily done than those were....
He has to know we have a new sheriff in town & getting what he wants, if he gets it at all, won’t be as easy as it used to be.
Also, if I was China, I would be pretty scared of having somebody as unstable as Kim having nuclear weapons in such close proximity. He could just as easily turn the weapons on China as he is turning them on the US.
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