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Biden defense secretary warns US forces ready to 'fight tonight' after North Korea warning
Fox News ^ | 18 March 2021 | Audrey Conklin

Posted on 03/18/2021 9:41:11 AM PDT by Magnatron

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday warned North Korea that U.S. forces are ready to "fight tonight" after the dictatorship condemned military drills taking place in South Korea.

The U.S. and South Korean militaries have resumed springtime drills in South Korea after pausing exercises last February due to coronavirus concerns.

Austin discussed the U.S. military's commitment to "denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula" and "the importance of maintaining military readiness" during a press conference Wednesday.

"Our force remains ready to 'fight tonight,' and we continue to make progress toward the eventual transition of wartime Operational Control to a [Republic of Korea]-commanded, future Combined Forces Command," the defense secretary said.

He continued: "While meeting all the conditions for this transition will take more time, I'm confident that this process will strengthen our alliance."

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: asia; korea; lloydaustin; nk; secdef; threat; war; weakness
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To: cdcdawg

Don’t worry, they have no clue this is even going on right now.


21 posted on 03/18/2021 9:49:18 AM PDT by KC_Lion
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To: Magnatron

The US forces would get their butts handed to them....


22 posted on 03/18/2021 9:49:52 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Sir Bangaz Cracka

“Kim Pop was a bad dude!”


23 posted on 03/18/2021 9:49:57 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Sir Bangaz Cracka

Oh, like obxxx claims he broke his buddy’s nose back at Punahoe? Right................


24 posted on 03/18/2021 9:50:05 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this?)
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To: Magnatron

I’m almost thinking that the policy of this administration is to actually pick a fight (or several fights), LOSE, and then with that, we’ll be reduced to our rightful place in world, somewhere between Ecuador and Honduras.


25 posted on 03/18/2021 9:51:46 AM PDT by BobL (TheDonald.win is now Patriots.win)
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To: Magnatron

They made that statement two days too early... On Saturday, they could have used “Saturday Night’s All Right for Fighting” as the background music. :P


26 posted on 03/18/2021 9:52:08 AM PDT by Kriggerel ("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
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To: Magnatron

Liz Cheney will be pleased while blonde.


27 posted on 03/18/2021 9:52:16 AM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey! Publik Skules/Academia -> The Farm team, for more Marxists coming. Infinitum.)
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To: escapefromboston

Hahaha . Please send in the first Tranny battalion to invade North Korea.

I recommend an all-female PMS battalion*. That’ll scare the crap out of anyone.

* original idea by ol’ El Rushbo.


28 posted on 03/18/2021 9:52:18 AM PDT by Flick Lives (“Today we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives.”)
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To: nathanbedford

Because Xi has the Biden info, Hunter raping underage girls on tape, Joe and his sleazy brother involved in illegal activities, they have it all


29 posted on 03/18/2021 9:52:26 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Little Ray

As Ann Coulter once said (and I paraphrase) Neville Chamberlain didn’t have himself to hold up as an example of what not to do.


30 posted on 03/18/2021 9:52:45 AM PDT by rlmorel ("I’d rather enjoy a risky freedom than a safe servitude." Robby Dinero, USMC Veteran, Gym Owner)
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To: Magnatron

Bye, bye, Guam


31 posted on 03/18/2021 9:53:28 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (March comes in like an emu and goes out like a tapir. And they don't even know what that means!)
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To: Magnatron

So President Trump successfully kept us out of war with North Korea, seem to of calm things down, yet now Biden in two months has stirred up a war, threatening it even today. I wonder if this is what Democrats really want, war with North Korea and Russia.


32 posted on 03/18/2021 9:53:42 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Buy American, Hire American! End All Worker Visa Programs. Replace Visa Workers w/ American Worker)
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To: Magnatron

Pissed off Russia/Putin yesterday, the NORKs today. Can Biden hit the trifecta before the weekend and tee off on China tomorrow?

Correct answer— No, they have too much stuff on Hunter. Biden will never tear into China.


33 posted on 03/18/2021 9:54:21 AM PDT by ameribbean expat (Attention! All persons having the corona virus...please report to the nearest IRS office. Thank you.)
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To: Magnatron

When Doctors joined up, did they imagine they’d be forced to desex soldiers? Interesting dilemma. I wonder what the recoup time would be? A year? Two? Or do they automatically go on lifelong disability? Lol


34 posted on 03/18/2021 9:54:26 AM PDT by Dogbert41 (Proud member of the Poor Boy Gang. )
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Does he mean the same military that is standing down to chat about evil white people?


35 posted on 03/18/2021 9:54:50 AM PDT by meowmeow (In Loving Memory of Our Dear Viking Kitty (1987-2006))
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To: Sgt_Schultze

Indeed. She’ll look for an opportunity to prove that she is a tough customer (never mind that she is a gigging airhead).


36 posted on 03/18/2021 9:55:01 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Army Air Corps

Deep Stare presidents want to be “war presidents”. It’s in their DNA. They just can’t help themselves. And it’s not a D or R thing either. (George W. Bush was worse than most D presidents in this regard.)


37 posted on 03/18/2021 9:55:18 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda
The commie left wants endless wars with EVERYONE..to take the focus off of the crap they are pulling on all of us here

We'll always be at war with Eastasia

38 posted on 03/18/2021 9:56:13 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Trump took down ISIS, Biden took down Dr. Seuss)
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To: Bonemaker

....those service members undergoing transgender surguries will certainly be exempt...and the Navy won’t be of much use since the entire service is on some sort of stand-down in order to indoctrinate its members to the dangers of “extremism” within the Navy’s ranks.....my suggestion is that all of us should start learning conversational Mandarin....


39 posted on 03/18/2021 9:56:48 AM PDT by TokarevM57
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To: Magnatron
With what? The "new" army?

That was actually the very first thing that came to mind. Scary.

40 posted on 03/18/2021 9:58:30 AM PDT by Sooth2222 (“Taxation without representation is tyranny.” -James Otis (1761))
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