Our national security braintrust couldn't connect the dots on a 2 point plot.
Funny how you never hear the bisexual Kenyan socialist call for regime change in North Korea and Iran...
Just a reminder,
Our spooks couldn’t for see the fall of the Soviet Union and they are given what several hundred billion a year!!
.......”We have to look at bigger pictures.”.....
Well...I’m sure all interested parties are and have been doing just that....however it is Kim leading the charge....remember this time sanctions cut off his personal bank accounts in other countrys...He’s a kid without the cash he’s accustomed to.
The North Koreans had sent “observers” to the Iranian nuclear program and I have seen reports that Iranians were at the last North Korean nuke test. Clearly the North Koreans and Iranians are sharing nuclear technology. For all we know the last North Korean nuclear test might have been an Iranian device. It was rumored that the Israelis similarly secretly cooperated with the South Africans with a nuclear test in the far south Atlantic in 1979.
People are trying to over analyze North Korea’s behavior. This tantrum is pretty much par for the course. This is how they do internal politics, it’s part of how they brainwash their own people, it’s how they whip up nationalist feelings, it’s one of the ways they try to get their half starved population to work harder for the Juche cause, etc.
Every year, like clockwork, North Korea throws a tantrum around about the time the US and South Korea hold their annual exercises. Every year North Korea, the media, various geopolitical analysts, etc, tell us this is the worst it’s ever been. After a few weeks the shouting dies down, the Norks declare victory, and we move on.
We can plainly see with the use of satellites and other intelligence gathering that North Korea isn’t really on some war footing. They aren’t moving troops, they aren’t actually doing anything militarily that would indicate an attack is imminent. North Korea is so broke they probably can’t afford an army wide show of force anyway.
It’s possible North Korea might miscalculate and take their bluster campaign a step too far and actually shoot at something, but most likely they will continue stomping their feet for a few weeks and then return to the status-quo.
Kim Jong Un and Barry “Basketball-Jones” Obama.
Two spoiled brat Man-Boys toying with the lives and fortunes of hundreds of millions.
I will posit a theory that I read here on FR; the NKs don't have a large TND. Therefore, their lack of a delivery system for one is not relevant. They have successfully tested some tactical-yield weapons. The Iranians have some pretty sophisticated short-range missile systems (anti-ship) that can deliver the 'small' NK devices.
Put that combo on a fishing or other commercial vessel and move into range of 2 or 3 Eastern Seaboard U.S. cities. You now have the ability to conduct a nuclear missile strike on the U.S. while our anti-missile eyes are trained on the Korean peninsula.
If you add the Central/South American countries into the mix, they frequently have fishing vessels along our coasts. The alliance becomes deadly when you consider who has what in the weapon/delivery system/platform equation.
Iran and NK are cooperating in a technological exchange. No secret, there.
Venezuela has been inviting the Iranians over, and there's been purchases and sharing of military tech, with promises of future further cooperation.
Understand, the hatred these nations have for America is well into the irrational. They would cut their nose off to spite their face--that level of America hatred. To what end?
I'll tell you: I think Venezuela will be the launching pad for Iranian rockets tipped with Nork nuke warheads. Their range is limited, but basing in Venezuela eliminates that. They could hit ALL of CONUS with such positioning. Screw accuracy--the threat would be good enough.
Imagine the consequences: The public outcry? The delight of our adversaries being able to threaten--or carry out--an attack on the American homeland?
Would our policy toward defending South Korea be forced to change? Would we have to leave, or the war comes to the American homeland? (North Korea benefits.)
Would our policy toward Iran--sanctions--have to be lifted? Would our policy to Israel be affected? Would the Iranian regime be strengthened, instead of being unstable, due to this show of weakness by America? (Iran benefits.)
Would the regime in Venezuela be strengthened, due to the humiliation of the gringos at the hands of the Venezolanos? (Venezuela benefits.)
Lastly, and most covertly, the nations of both Russia and China benefit, in that American attention is diverted completely away from whatever they're doing, and even if we're keeping on eye on them, we're beseeching Russia and China for their vote in the U.N. to deal with the ongoing Axis of Evil (NK, Iran, Venezuela) problem.
China has been using NK as a vicious little poodle to do its dirty work. Russia enjoys it because these nations tie up our resources that might otherwise tie up Russia. (And China for the same reason.)
America is hated because it is a force for Good in the world. We need to be strong, vigilant, morally righteous (to give us that inner strength and protection from God), and militarily and economically powerful.
Bing! Heard on the 1 PM news that we were having sit-down negotiations with Iran and it dawned on me that the Norks were the diversion for what was going on. Now I read this article. Fitz
The something else is Obama.
Remember what helped start WWII.
We cut off the Japanese oil, which started a clock running until the point of no return when they would no longer be able to operate.
Maybe these pinheads have finally reached a point where they figure it’s march, or die anyhow.
Totalitarian thugs in bed together? Who woudda thunk it possible?
Totalitarians and their love of 'power and control' trumps the 'feel good bullsh*t' they feed to their enslaved populations?
No, no, it can't be... Tell me it's not true...
Ledeen's right... he understands Iran and Iran's ability to strategically control North Koreans and South American puffed up (but stupid) dictators...