Yes, the U.S. Navy is deploying one of its task forces
to Korean waters.
No, this doesn't mean that WWIII is going to start
anytime soon. What it means is that instead of sending an envoy like
Dennis Rodman – the way Obama did - or trying to bribe North Korea
with military secrets and technology - the way Bill Clinton did - Donald
Trump is doing what a president should do when a 3rd rate
pip-squeak of a dictator threatens you country. He is showing said
dictator just exactly what he will be dealing with if he is foolish enough to try and go mano a mano with Uncle Sam.
It is a show of force, nothing more, nothing less. Unlike Obama, Trump realizes it is always best to negotiate from a position of power. He is reminding Kim Jung Underwear that his 10 nuke warheads don't mean squat against our 4000 plus nukes. Not only that, but our nukes will be sitting right outside his territorial waters. Trump is demonstrating that our nuclear armed cruise missiles can be in Pyongyang, before the little dictator gives the code to launch his ICBMs – if he has any that are armed and operation (which is unlikely).
Teddy Roosevelt call it “Speaking softly and carrying a big stick”.
It is a show of force, nothing more, nothing less. Unlike Obama, Trump realizes it is always best to negotiate from a position of power. He is reminding Kim Jung Underwear that his 10 nuke warheads don't mean squat against our 4000 plus nukes. Not only that, but our nukes will be sitting right outside his territorial waters. Trump is demonstrating that our nuclear armed cruise missiles can be in Pyongyang, before the little dictator gives the code to launch his ICBMs – if he has any that are armed and operation (which is unlikely).
Teddy Roosevelt call it “Speaking softly and carrying a big stick”.
Trump is reminding Kim Jung Underwear, that North Korea is
dangerously close to committing the ultimate faux pax of “bringing
a knife to a gunfight”. And while Kim Jung Underwear may be crazy, he isn't stupid. It's no fun being the dictator of a burned out cinder of a country.
There will be no exchange of nuclear weapons.
There will be no exchange of nuclear weapons.
This is a pattern of behavior that is well documented
about North Korea and its dictators that goes back to the end of the
Korean War. It is their Modus Operandi, if you will. The most
extreme example of it was the capture of the U.S.S. Pueblo by North
Korean gunboats in 1968.
When the people at home start grumbling about starving to death even as they work their fingers to the bone (thanks to the Communist ideology of the ruling class in North Korea) and they start to make noises like they think the Communist Party's is responsible for their plight, Kim Jung Whoever-Is-In-Charge starts rattling his sabers at the West; making outrageous allegations and daring the West to confront him. This rallies the people behind their Dear Leader and they forget about starving while being held in a state of virtual slavery in their “Socialist Utopia”! As long as Kim Jung Underwear can keep his people hating the West more than they hate Communism, he remains in power.
When the people at home start grumbling about starving to death even as they work their fingers to the bone (thanks to the Communist ideology of the ruling class in North Korea) and they start to make noises like they think the Communist Party's is responsible for their plight, Kim Jung Whoever-Is-In-Charge starts rattling his sabers at the West; making outrageous allegations and daring the West to confront him. This rallies the people behind their Dear Leader and they forget about starving while being held in a state of virtual slavery in their “Socialist Utopia”! As long as Kim Jung Underwear can keep his people hating the West more than they hate Communism, he remains in power.
So, you see, it is not in North Korea's interest to
actually start a war with the West (a war it would almost certainly
lose). And these little temper tantrums by North Korea are nearly as
annoying to China as they are to the U.S. and Russia so Kim Jung
Underwear can't look to China for help if the nukes start flying.
No, it is his sole ambition and motivation to simply whip up enough anti-U.S. sentiment to keep him in power (and, apparently, well supplied with Twinkies) for the next decade or so. Or, until the next time his people start grumbling about conditions in their "Worker's Paradise".
So, no, Virginia. We are not going to war with North Korea.
No, it is his sole ambition and motivation to simply whip up enough anti-U.S. sentiment to keep him in power (and, apparently, well supplied with Twinkies) for the next decade or so. Or, until the next time his people start grumbling about conditions in their "Worker's Paradise".
So, no, Virginia. We are not going to war with North Korea.
