McMaster: Potential of war with North Korea 'increasing every day'

[donttread]

I don't think the US would invade. Perhaps some raids into the North.

Bomb their nuclear sites, artillery, and command and control centers. Leave the North in ruins.

Yeah, because leaving somewhere we've made war with is our "strength" , right?

[pjohns]

Yeah, because leaving somewhere we've made war with is our "strength" , right?

Leaving North Korea "in ruins" would pretty much satisfy our objective, I think. (At least, providing that we totally destroyed all their nuclear facilities. And therein lies the catch: Even if every square inch of North Korea were laid to waste, it does seem possible that the DPRK might have some nuclear missiles aboard submarines.)

[pjohns]

And if we deal with them who's next?

Perhaps Iran...

[donttread]

Perhaps Iran...

Bush mentioned them back in 2003 and we haven't got around to invading them yet either.

[Peter1469]

And if we deal with them who's next? Never ending boggiemen that help hide our gross level of under employment

North Korea is a threat to the US. It is not a "boogieman".

[Peter1469]

Yeah, because leaving somewhere we've made war with is our "strength" , right?

I certainly hope we would never consider occupying NK. They have nothing we need.

[Common]

I certainly hope we would never consider occupying NK. They have nothing we need.

Or want, let SK occupy them

[Peter1469]

Or want, let SK occupy them

Break their nuclear program and contain them. If they starve, they starve.

[Peter1469]

North Korea missile didn’t survive re-entry

A commercial aircraft flight crew reported that the missile broke up on re-entry.

A commercial airline crew witnessed the flight of an enormous North Korean missile believed capable of reaching Washington, D.C., Cathay Pacific officials confirmed Monday.

“Be advised, we witnessed the DPRK missile blow up and fall apart near our current location,” the crew of Cathay Pacific Flight 893 reported Wednesday, according to a company message obtained by the South China Morning Post. The company referred to North Korea by the abbreviation of its official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.


On Monday, the company said in a statement that the San Francisco-to-Hong Kong flight was “far from the event location” and continued flying normally after the missile reentered the atmosphere.


The airline said it does not plan to change its flight routes, even as North Korea seems intent on testing ever more technologically advanced missiles while it trades threats with the United States about a possible nuclear conflict.

[Peter1469]

US families urged to EVACUATE military bases near Seoul amid fears North Korea WAR 'close'

When they make it mandatory, it will be serious.

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has warned that the rising tensions between the the US and Kim Jong-un’s corrupt regime means preparations for war need to be taken.

The member of the Senate Armed Services Committee warned the US was “running out of time” to prepare itself for war when speaking on CBS yesterday.


He said: “I want the Pentagon to stop sending dependents and I think it’s now time to start moving American dependents out of South Korea.


“We're getting close to a military conflict because North Korea is marching toward marrying up the technology of an ICBM with a nuclear weapon on top that can not only get to America, but deliver the weapon.