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Mattis: ‘Storm clouds gathering’ over Korean Peninsula...
AP ^ | Dec. 22, 2017 | ROBERT BURNS

Posted on 12/23/2017 12:59:48 AM PST by caww

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — “Storm clouds are gathering” over the Korean Peninsula, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis declared Friday. And as diplomats try to resolve the nuclear standoff, he told soldiers that the U.S. military must do its part by being ready for war.

Without forecasting a conflict, Mattis emphasized that diplomacy stands the best chance of preventing a war if America’s words are backed up by strong and prepared armed forces.

“My fine young soldiers, the only way our diplomats can speak with authority and be believed is if you’re ready to go,” Mattis told several dozen soldiers and airmen at the 82nd Airborne Division’s Hall of Heroes, his last stop on a two-day pre-holiday tour of bases to greet troops.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: mattis; nknukes; nkoutofcontrol; secdefmattis; trumpasia; trumpnk
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To: usconservative

I remember the “studies” that showed if you drank more than two or three cups of coffee a day, your life expectancy would be cut short by years; then a few years later a new
“study” showed that drinking two or three cups a day was good for you.

I preferred a less “scientific approach.” I looked at all the Norwegian coffee drinkers I grew up with in North Dakota and they all drank 3 to 4 cups a day at a minimum and lived a long time!


21 posted on 12/23/2017 3:42:24 AM PST by Maine Mariner
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To: dp0622

I don’t know if China or Russia will give NK a heads up.
I have a sneaky suspicion, they want the fat boy gone.
A booming NK would benefit both countries.


22 posted on 12/23/2017 3:44:21 AM PST by Maine Mariner
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To: Maine Mariner

Up first should be the south Koreans, japan and whom ever else has a lot to lose in the area we should be bringing up the rear if needed


23 posted on 12/23/2017 3:48:56 AM PST by ronnie raygun (Trump plays chess the rest are still playing checkers)
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To: Maine Mariner; caww
I preferred a less “scientific approach.” I looked at all the Norwegian coffee drinkers I grew up with in North Dakota and they all drank 3 to 4 cups a day at a minimum and lived a long time!

I grew up in Grand Forks. I can assure you that is correct. 👍

24 posted on 12/23/2017 3:49:20 AM PST by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
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To: Maine Mariner

Great point.

I definitely believe that with China.

Putin is harder to read. Helping Iran, which helped NK advance this far, puts him in a suspect spot.

But aiding NK with a warning would be akin to an act of war against the US, no?

I KNOW nOTHiNG of these topics, FYI :)


25 posted on 12/23/2017 3:54:54 AM PST by dp0622 (The Left should know that if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: TigerClaws

“Estimates are 15-20k American lives will be lost from this war - assuming no nukes are used.”......

You failed to add the number of NOKs that will no longer be rattling their rockets or “goose step” marching. War casualties do not come to one side or the other.


26 posted on 12/23/2017 3:55:13 AM PST by DaveA37
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To: caww

But not bringing dependents home, so not serious, just talk why North Korea continues developing nukes.


27 posted on 12/23/2017 3:56:09 AM PST by Reno89519 (PRESIDENT TRUMP, KEEP YOUR PROMISES! NO AMNESTY AND BUILD THAT WALL.)
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To: bagster
"coffee makes you live forever so now I'm up to two cups a day. "

Twice forever is actually half as long.
28 posted on 12/23/2017 3:56:27 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Jemian

He said there is a secret plan for quick evac. But how many tens of thousands will be dead, how many soldiers dead to defend dependents that have no business being in the area. They are hostages. Shame on Mattis for not bringing them home now, when they can be without injury or risk to anyone.


29 posted on 12/23/2017 3:57:53 AM PST by Reno89519 (PRESIDENT TRUMP, KEEP YOUR PROMISES! NO AMNESTY AND BUILD THAT WALL.)
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To: Telepathic Intruder
Twice forever is actually half as long.

Whoa.

You just blew my mind.

30 posted on 12/23/2017 3:58:27 AM PST by bagster (Even bad men love their mamas.)
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To: Mark17
The four cups a day was really just a way to put off going back out into the

1) swarms of mosquitoes, or

2) -25 degree weather!

lol

31 posted on 12/23/2017 4:01:20 AM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: caww

I am firing up the morning with a Monster.

Nothing will happen till after the Olympics. But the words are making it clear that the big ultimatum is coming. If the Chinese massed a couple of million soldiers on the border, it could be over without a shot. Or Rocket Man could be stupid (a real possibility). Then an ass kicking, the likes of, the world has never before seen will ensue.


32 posted on 12/23/2017 4:19:45 AM PST by Revolutionary ("Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!")
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To: bagster

Yes, you are.


33 posted on 12/23/2017 4:20:36 AM PST by sauropod (I am His and He is mine.)
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To: Fightin Whitey

You are right. The weather is EXTREMELY COLD and the mosquitoes are REALLY bad. I was young and didn’t know a whole lot. I thought the mosquitoes everywhere, were as bad as North Dakota, but not even in the Philippines, are the mosquitoes that bad.


34 posted on 12/23/2017 4:21:21 AM PST by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
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To: sauropod
Yes, you are.

Well, good thing I'm so pretty.

35 posted on 12/23/2017 4:23:26 AM PST by bagster (Even bad men love their mamas.)
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To: no-to-illegals

Norks. Israel can take the lead with the Iranians. BiBi is itching to let loose his dogs, just waiting for the ok.


36 posted on 12/23/2017 4:23:30 AM PST by TallahasseeConservative
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To: Mark17

Maybe it’s the Lutefisk..


37 posted on 12/23/2017 4:24:45 AM PST by TallahasseeConservative
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To: Jemian
Asked about recent reports that families of U.S. service members in South Korea might be evacuated, Mattis stressed his belief that diplomacy could still avert a crisis. He said there is no plan now for an evacuation.

“I don’t think it’s at that point yet,” he said, adding that an evacuation of American civilians would hurt the South Korean economy. He said there is a contingency plan that would get U.S. service members’ families out “on very short notice.”

Wow, so the South Korean economy hinges on a few thousand military dependents?

38 posted on 12/23/2017 4:25:12 AM PST by TADSLOS (Reset Underway!)
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To: caww

Heard it before. Nothing ever happens. NK will continue as is and another little country will get nukes and so on...


39 posted on 12/23/2017 4:35:15 AM PST by Dallas59 (Only a fool stumbles on things behind him.)
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To: usconservative
I think this is my one vice or "addiction."

My worst addiction is young Asian spinners.
That has cost me a lot of grief over the past 50+ years.

40 posted on 12/23/2017 4:36:07 AM PST by ASA Vet (Make American Intelligence Great Again.)
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