[Decky]

Don't knock the peasants fighting qualities Skinster, who do you think shot the evil French down at Agincourt and at Dien Bien Phu? Peasants mean serious business when they get riled up.

[skinster]

I wasn't knocking them.

[Decky]

I'm really disappointed we didn't name the new aircraft carriers Agincourt and Sluys. We always go for some shitty royal name these days.

[skinster]

[Rich]

Savage Americans who love war but won't partake in it, please play video games instead.

I'd love to go and fight with the Lebanese phalangists if they were still a serious force of freedom fighters.

[skinster]

[Crantag]

https://twitter.com/NatCounterPunch/status/946894448448847872

My grandfather was a journalist for the Army Times, and I once found an article of his in a database, in which he characterized the end of the Korean War as America's first real military defeat.

I'm thankful to have such perspective, although I've studied the issue of North Korea (and been to the DMZ, and can read and write Korean) to have my own pretty decent grounding on it all.

[Rich]

No , it was actually the United States and South Korea that was responsible for the Korean War.

No it was the North Korean regime. To some degree even Stalin and Mao were manipulated into the war by Kim. It can certainly be argued that America forced Japan into war in 1941, that was not the case with Korea, where the South Korean regime and the US were totally unprepared.

Of course it it hadn't been for the Commie lover FDR and his unconditional surrender policy we wouldn't have this problem.

[colliric]

http://www.news.com.au/travel/us-advise ... 8bf232ad5c

US Citizens going to NK are being told to prepare for "your possible death", amid a continuous exchange of "if they weren't at brink of war, this would be hilarious" insults.

[ThirdTerm]

Tensions between North Korea and the US remain high - despite a breakthrough with talks between South Korea and their communist neighbours.

According to the reports, General McMaster has been probing support for a sudden blitz on the North Korean state as a way for the US to "reassert itself" on the world stage.

The bloody nose strike would involve a limited US strike on North Korea as a warning shot and a way to damage specific missile sites.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/90 ... strike-WW3

If North Korea keeps firing missiles throughout this year like Hezbollah did during Operation Cast Lead, the UN Security Council may back a military solution. Either way, both China and Russia need to be consulted by the Trump administration before launching a military strike against North Korea, which would prevent an unwanted escalation. President Bush's biggest mistake was going it alone after the UN Security Council refused to endorse the US-UK invasion and occupation of Iraq in March 2003. I really like this limited strike option.

[Crantag]

They had ought to be issuing warnings of potential death for visiting South Korea or Seoul, if they are seriously considering a so-called limited strike on North Korea.

The delusions of UN approval for such an act are well eclipsed by the delusional nature of the idea itself.

[Torus34]

The United States of America would be on shaky legal ground if it engaged in military action against the PRNK because of that nation's nuclear armaments program. The PRNK is one of 5 nations not covered by the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty and has, therefore, no responsibilities under its provisions. The remaining UN provisions which might apply to the PRNK relate to how such weapons are used, not to their existence.

[Rancid]

So... where's the strike on North Korea?

[Bulaba Khan Jones]

There's always a few people who believe the hype every single time the noisy drums of hype are furiously worked on. Conversely, there's always a few people who think regional peace is imminent whenever two opposing, rival nations do something in tandem or work together on something, while ignoring the geopolitical reality of their diametrically opposed positions. Within the last month we've seen both of these scenarios play out, and we've seen people ignore reason and get carried away with emotional nonsense both times.

[skinster]

The Genocide Conspiracy Against North Korea: An Open Letter to the International Criminal Court

If North Korea keeps firing missiles throughout this year like Hezbollah did during Operation Cast Lead, the UN Security Council may back a military solution.

[skinster]

The US doesn't want peace between North and South Korea.

Pence will try to disrupt normalization of North Korea at the Olympics
Vice President Mike Pence will deride any notion of normalizing North Korea's relationships with the outside world while he leads the US delegation at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, this week.

During the games, Pence will "make clear that the maximum pressure of the Kim regime will only intensify," a White House official told reporters, adding that the vice president "will not allow the North Korean regime to highjack messaging of Olympics with propaganda."

"You'll see (Pence) highlight reality of what's happening in North Korea, despite propaganda tactics," the official said.

Axios reported that an aide made similar remarks earlier this week.

North and South Korea agreed to send a North Korean delegation to the Olympics. Both countries' athletes will march under a unified flag during the opening ceremony on Friday, athletes from the two countries will train together before the Olympics begin, and a joint North and South Korean women's ice hockey team will compete during the games.
http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/04/politics/ ... index.html