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 Americas 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 youre ready to go, Mattis told several dozen soldiers and airmen at the 82nd Airborne Divisions Hall of Heroes, his last stop on a two-day pre-holiday tour of bases to greet troops.
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The number I gave is from a friend in our military in the know. I didn’t make it up.
Yep - and a North Korea Winter ain’t nothing to sneeze at....
I wonder what my old Pops, who fought in Korea, would say about this current situation.
Gonna be tough on the strike groups. Going in to secure 100 - 200 nuclear warheads with only gas masks for protective gear.
yes but....... does he have a functioning up to the task.
I believe the military has degenerated to 1950 levels and lacks the capacity to endure in real war.
Start stockpiling MOABs all along the DMZ and build up an entire fleet A10s.
Good to know, but I would wait until the weather clears before attacking the Norks.
I used to fill up two hospital 64-ounce water mugs with coffee every day.
Then one day I felt all anxious, like I wanted to claw my way out of my body and explode into the heavens.
I finally understood (after a few of these anxiety-episodes) that it was the coffee.
I slowed way down. 3 cups or so.
“Does NJ have the kind of radar that will no well ahead of time that we are coming?”
If the norks attack us with nukes, hopefully NJ is the first to go. Just leave 440/287 intact so we can get to Nathans.
Have to wait until the olympics are over.
How many more colorful euphemisms will they come up with? Fire and fury was pretty good.
i dont remember drinking :)
I meant NK and not “no”, “know”
How embarrassing.
And I can’t share your enthusiasm with the nuking of NJ as my three sisters live in Southern NJ. Maybe they can strike the northern part..
But believe me, if it wasn’t for them...
“I suspect the Warthogs and the bunker buster bombs
will be used not unsparingly.”
And I suspect that you worded that sentence improperly. The way it is worded, the negation “not unsparingly” necessarily results in “sparingly” (a double negation is a positive). So, the way it is written is such that “...the Warthogs and the bunker buster bombs will be used sparingly.”
Just saying.
If Trump launches the attack, without totally withdrawing US military dependents, non-essentials, civilian DOD, and all US civilian nationals (tourists/residents, numbering in the tens of thousands) in the ROKin addition to letting tens of thousands of Japanese out of there, he will be a one term president and he knows it. As of yet, no evacuations, not a soul. Therefore, IMHO we are not anywhere near actual hostilities, if plannedthats not to say accidental or miscalculation. That changes overnight once they give the order, for it will be then truly on. I see a lot of talk but not much action.
Fat boi meeting his end ...
So nice to have an adult as SecDef.
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Well mattis did say they are prepared to get them out of their fast.
I think you are right. Thank you for pointing out the grammar error!
Korea in the winter is unbearable.
Try Cuban coffee. Think high test espresso
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