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  • Kelly posted an update 8 years, 7 months ago

    North Korea! Any insights welcome, any ideas how the mass of humanity can help this situation. I’m praying.

    • Any country that launches a nooook is nuts………..why……….because sooner or later you are going to get one coming back at you.

    • Perhaps someone with Remote Viewing skills can help. Maybe knowing a few more details can make prayer very specific.

    • Here is a comment from a security blog I read. It paints some context and interpretation:
      “All in all it does not bode well. The current issues to do with North Korea for example can be traced back to the US-v-Russia issues in the late 1940s. Stalin having invaded Korea in the closing days of WWII as a land grab, got the stage set for the later war. Both the north and south claimed to be the legitimate government. The UN supprorted the south for legal reasons set in a 1928 treaty and the US got involved for political reasons.

      Whilst it has been documented that Stalin did not think it a good time for the north to invade the south, he did start supplying them with the arms to do so. Likewise for political reasons China did not want the US on their borders, thus they started supplying the north with arms and manpower. Thus in 1950 the war started, and shortly there after Stalin then dumped it into Mao’s lap and effectively walked away leaving it in Chinese hands. Eventually the north gained an upper hand and it is no secret that the US military commander wanted to use nuclear weapons. Saner heads back home prevailed and an uneasy truce started with contested areas causing continuing problems. Ever since US War Hawks have quite provocatively fired into contested areas and have tried various techniques to provoke the north. In short the US War Hawks have made it clear they regard the north as “unfinished business”. Most US Presidents have tried to keep the leash short on the War Hawks and have tried political dialog. Unfortunatly whilst the US has been long on promises it’s failed to stick with agreaments due to home politics. President Trump does not appear to have a grip on the history, thus he has in effect backed the War Hawks. Which means as far as the north is concerned they believe that the US President will alow the War Hawks “free regin” thus they have a very real fear they are going to get attacked with US nuclear weapons especially after what US President GW Bush said about using them against Iraq. With the President Trump rhetoric in full gear the north clearly think they will be on the receiving end of US nukes any time soon. That vire has been made worse because the US attacks against the centrifuges they see as being directed at them through Iran. A point that was later confirmed.

      Further the north has seen what happens when countries like India and Pakistan get nuclear capabilities and delivery systems. Effectively the US pulls out a chair at the top table. And the north can also clearly see that the MAD principle puts a check on US behaviour. Thus it is a simple matter of logic for the north, they need nuclear weapons and delivery systems to keep the US war hawks away from the door.

      What the north can also see is that it is highly likely there is going to be a new stand off between China and America. Put simply China wants the US military forces out of the South China seas. It’s also been quite clear for atleast a decade this was happening, thus North Korea would see a high probability it was going to yet again be the ground for a super power proxie war. The result of the past few days events is that US alies in and around the South China seas are now quite scared about an attack from North Korea, thus they will now be applying significant political influence on the US Gov to not agrivate North Korea.

      I get the feeling that President Trump may not be good at chess as well as history so we may well see a Cuban Missile Crisis stand off as we did with JFK. The difference is that the Russian’s almost always acted in a rational manner, thus JFK could call them out. I’m not at all certain that although North Korea has behaved in a quite rational way so far, they will continue to do so.

      Thus the lynch pin may well be China in this as they want the US out of what they see as Chinese waters and they certainly do not want them close to any of their land borders. Which means they may well play real hard ball…

      If I was living in Australia or other US friendly countries in that area I would be feeling quite nervous about the near term future…”
      From here: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2017/09/bioluminescent_.html#c6759702

    • All this media hysteria is suspicious, for a few weeks it’s Syria, then NK, then Eastern Europe, then a “terr0rist @tt@ck” and then the round starts again.