Posted on 08/15/2017 1:25:10 PM PDT by davikkm
North Korea has backed off Guam and said that after reviewing plans with top Generals that it will not be going though with its “escalation.” It seems that for now, a combination of US Diplomacy and Chinese Sanctions has won through. But how close were we to actual war, and is this more evidence that President Trump is actually a canny international operator?
The similarities between the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Guam situation are many (although clearly not exact parallels). An isolated country (perhaps with backing from a larger, more powerful nation) threatened the territories of the US and ended up in a face-off over who will blink first. This was not only an opportunity to humiliate America, but one which could have changed the political landscape forever. If NK had actually launched missiles (not at Guam, but within Guam’s waters), the US would have had to react. A reaction would have escalated the situation and lives would have been lost. If however, the US had not reacted, every nation with a beef against the US would be pushing the boundaries.
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Extremely good basic 5 min tutorial of the parameters of the Nork vs. US forces on Guam and how a conflict might play out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIaDW-itf28
This video is not in one of those SUPER ANNOYING computer synth voices in which technical acronyms are totally effed up, confusing viewers.
nice conscice lay-out, there.
I was on my phone trying to transcribe what you typed out, thank you!
Most Americans don’t know that.
Uh no!
The MSMLSD will make Kim-Jun-Fat Boy the hero.
Why the insistance that WE blinked and paid? This is TRUMP, not Klintoon or Soetoro. I think Trump’s announcement of investgation of trade deals with China brought them to their milk. They NEED our market for all their production.
Agreed no comparison. Plus little Kimi still has nukes and icbm’s nothing has changed. This is just the beginning IF we are serious this time around with the norks.
Get back to me on this when schoolkids start hiding under their desks ...
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