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North Korea is purportedly considering an attack on the U.S. territory of Guam. The Trump administration is right to take that threat seriously and to respond proportionally. Indeed, Pyongyang’s announcement that it is “carefully examining” whether to strike Guam is just the latest manifestation of Kim Jong Un’s escalating jingoism.
Guam is a crucial strategic outpost for the United States. The island hosts key U.S. military installations, thereby anchoring U.S. power in the western Pacific. Guam is also home to approximately 160,000 American citizens, mostly civilians. Hence, to Pyongyang, Guam is on the frontline of U.S.-North Korea tensions, one and the same as the U.S. mainland.
Training for the mission has been ongoing, and there have been 11 practice runs for a similar mission since May when the training was accelerated.
originally posted by: scojak
a reply to: Skywatcher2011
Fortune cookie for Kim Jong Un -
"You mess with the bull, you get the horns."
originally posted by: carewemust
What intrigued me was his statement that something new "that world has never seen before" will be deployed. Maybe we'll get that laser from space... and Kim Jong is TOAST.
originally posted by: Hazardous1408
originally posted by: carewemust
What intrigued me was his statement that something new "that world has never seen before" will be deployed. Maybe we'll get that laser from space... and Kim Jong is TOAST.
Maybe...
Or maybe he is a bloviating idiot.
originally posted by: markosity1973
Got to give it to Trump. He's got balls of steel.
North Korea in its own can be slapped down in no time.
What worries me is whether China and Russia feel obliged to come to Lil Fatty's defense. If that happens, we're looking at WW3.
Trumpy boy #FAILED to impress Russia with his last round of Congress passed sanctions, so Putin is unlikely to be impressed if USA bombers start dumping on Pyongyang. (Remember, both China AND Russia share a border with NK)
originally posted by: 3NL1GHT3N3D1
Trump must not know the consequences of war or maybe he doesn't care. I hope he doesn't mean an atomic bomb or anything like it.
originally posted by: carewemust
What intrigued me was his statement that something new "that world has never seen before" will be deployed. Maybe we'll get that laser from space... and Kim Jong is TOAST.
originally posted by: carewemust
a reply to: Hazardous1408
The President is briefed on these issues more frequently than you or me. Well, maybe you are kept in the loop with the President of the United States. I'm not.
originally posted by: UnBreakable
We won't hit NK first. China would kick our ass.