Posted on 02/15/2018 6:49:17 AM PST by Kaslin
There have been wild reports that the United States is considering a "bloody nose" preemptive attack of some sort on North Korea's nuclear arsenal. Such rumors are unlikely to prove true. Preemptive attacks usually are based on the idea that things will so worsen that hitting first is the only chance to decapitate a regime before it can do greater damage.
But in the struggle between Pyongyang and Washington, who really has gotten the upper hand?
With its false happy face in the current Winter Olympics, North Korea thinks it is winning the war of nerves. Yet its new nuclear missile strategy is pretty transparent. It wants to separate South Korea's strategic interests from those of the United States, with boasts -- backed by occasional missile nuclear tests -- that it can take out West Coast cities.
Pyongyang could then warn its new frenemy, Seoul, that the United States would never risk its own homeland to keep protecting South Korea. Thus it would supposedly be wiser for Koreans themselves, in the spirit of Olympic brotherhood, to settle their own differences. A failed but nuclear North Korea ultimately would dictate the terms of the relationship to a successful but non-nuclear South Korea.
North Korea might even insincerely offer to dismantle some of its nuclear assets, if the United States would just pull out its forces from the demilitarized zone at the 38th parallel. This strategy would also send the message to the United States that it should have little interest risking a nuclear exchange over a distant and largely internal Korean matter.
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The problem isn’t NK having nukes. The problem is who are they going to sell them to.
“The explosion from the Sept. 3 test had such power that the existing tunnels within the underground testing site might have caved in,” said Kim So-gu, head researcher at the Korea Seismological Institute.
When was the last time the public has the leading engineers from North Korea nuclear testing program? Hmmmmm . . . coincidence? I don't know . . . jus sayin
If the truth gets into North Korea, it will be the end of Kim. The power of truth is why our media carefully filters what we see and hear.
Actually, I think they’re both a problem.
It is welfare for reporters.
Much to do about pretty much nothing
First we got the bomb, and that was good,
'Cause we love peace and motherhood.
Then Russia got the bomb, but that's okay,
'Cause the balance of power's maintained that way.
Who's next?
France got the bomb, but don't you grieve,
'Cause they're on our side (I believe).
China got the bomb, but have no fears,
They can't wipe us out for at least five years.
Who's next?
Then Indonesia claimed that they
Were gonna get one any day.
South Africa wants two, that's right:
One for the black and one for the white.
Who's next?
Egypt's gonna get one too,
Just to use on you know who.
So Israel's getting tense.
Wants one in self defense.
"The Lord's our shepherd," says the psalm,
But just in case, we better get a bomb.
Who's next?
Luxembourg is next to go,
And (who knows?) maybe Monaco.
We'll try to stay serene and calm
When Alabama gets the bomb.
Who's next?
Who's next?
Who's next?
Who's next?
He obviously pushed for proliferation of nukes.....
Lets see. 1) He launches dangerous missiles and no one does anything to him. 2) His sister was the darling of the Olympics. It looks like he’s winning.
No one likes us
I don't know why
We may not be perfect
But heaven knows we try
But all around
Even our old friends put us down
Let's drop the big one
And see what happens
We give them money
But are they grateful
No, they're spiteful
And they're hateful
They don't respect us
So let's surprise them
We'll drop the big one
And pulverize them
Asia's crowded
And Europe's too old
Africa's far too hot
And Canada's too cold
And South America stole our name
Let's drop the big one
There'll be no one left to blame us
We'll save Australia
Don't want to hurt no kangaroo
We'll build an all American amusement park there
They've got surfing, too
Boom goes London
And boom Paris
More room for you
And more room for me
And every city the whole world round
Will just be another American town
Oh, how peaceful it'll be
We'll set everybody free
You'll have Japanese kimonos, baby
There'll be Italian shoes for me
They all hate us anyhow
So let's drop the big one now
Let's drop the big one now
One word...Prius!! Just saying.
Tom Lehrer did another ditty in 1965 about NATO going multilateral nuclear, to include West Germany:
“Once all the Germans were warlike and mean,
“But that couldn’t happen again.
“We taught them a lesson in 1918,
“And they’ve hardly bothered us since then!
;^)
Another good one....thanks
I have some of his songs "That Was the Year That Was" on the computer for when I want to reminisce and smile.
Looked up That Was The Week That Was. Kinda sad, there are no archives of the U.S. version of TW3 because video tape was reused with no thought for posterity. I still have some of it on audio tape.
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What North Korea Standoff?
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I did some searches on news groups and found the album “That was the year that was” but couldn’t find anything else...he was a bright spot.
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