Posted on 10/10/2017 1:36:08 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
DONALD Trump has held a meeting on the growing North Korea crisis in the White House's famous "situation room" along with the US Generals, reports say.
Trump is reported to have held a briefing on North Korea at the White House along with US National Security Council.
The situation room often hosts "war councils" during times of conflict, and was famously where Barack Obama monitored the mission to kill Osama bin Laden.
Tensions between the US and North Korea have been worsening as Kim refuses to give up his quest for nuclear capable ICBMs.
Yesterday, General James Mattis warned the US Army to "stand ready" for war with North Korea – and he was in today's major meeting.
However, the US have repeatedly said diplomacy is the preferred sol
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Truman got the UN to send our troops. The UN in its bureaucratic way declared war.
I would hope so. We have had many caught trying. dead now.
That is not current.
I think it was back at the end of the Obama administration.
Relax. Not good, but not terrible.
I am of the same opinion.
If we could return to “gender” sanity, a universal male draft at age 18 would be just right, and I do mean universal Only actually disabled people would be exempt. It would be three or 6 months of basic infantry training after which none would be allowed to actually enlist for some period of time, say, a year or a month. Then we would have a population of young men who know what it is all about and there would be no lack of enlistments when they are needed. All the riots and resistance in the sixties was because it was not a universal draft and most feared it. If it is universal without any duty assignment than there is nothing to fear and young men become familiarized with it. If it is universal then some young men don’t get the educational jump on others by getting to go to school while others are drafted.
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Thanks. You also.
How about sending in drones to drop acid down the barrels of all their artillery by cover of dark?
Yes. One of the first clauses in the UN Charter is that UN members are prohibited from declaring war on another UN member.
so we have a series of battles against each other and not call it a war good stuff
They changed to script from “Dallas” to “Las Vegas” because of the Kennedy assassination.
Or - it didn’t happen...
A possible third option. I like the way you think.
The longest war in the history of the United States was started by a Republican....two of them actually and the costs are staggering in blood and treasure.
An infinitesimal one.
Pinned to the couch?
Had to pick up his payoff from Harvey Weinstein.
Harvey doesn’t look like he’s walked many golf courses.
It's a slippery slope.
Probably.
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