According to U.S. Pentagon officials and representatives of South Korea, the North Korean military tested another intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBN).
The ICBM was fired around 7:40 a.m. local time from close to Pyongyang’s Sunan area and is seen as a provocation by the Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and South Korea’s (ROK) Minister of National Defense Lee Jong-sup.
During a Pentagon press conference, no one in media seemed to be puzzled about the timing of North Korea’s ICBM test or the conspicuously convenient ROK Defense Secretary Lee Jon-sup being in Washington DC. Apparently, as the story is told, Jon-sup’s visit was just an odd coincidence, I digress.
The contrast is stark, yet no one in the media will ever point it out. During President Trump’s term in office the Republic of Korea (South) and the Democrat People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK, North), were not in conflict. There was even widespread discussion of a peaceful unification of the Korean peninsula between Chairman Kim Jong-un and President Moon Jae-in.
During the Trump administration, there were no tensions as President Trump brought the two Korea’s together and brokered both sides in the direction of sustainable peace. President Trump leveraged his own position, and the economic strength of the U.S. to weaken the influence of China upon the DPRK and Trump created breathing room for Kim and Jae-in to remove conflict. Fast forward two years later and suddenly they are in conflict again. What changed? Joe Biden.
The DPRK is a proxy province of China, and Beijing leverages their control within North Korea to achieve strategic geopolitical objectives. All other presidents before Donald Trump played an international game of pretending not to know China controls North Korea. Chairman Kim is a hostage to the influence of Chairman Xi. Kim walks a very tenuous tightrope with Xi’s regime constantly over his shoulder and almost certainly in control of the DPRK military.
When you understand this reality, you understand the ridiculous nature of the talking point about North Korea “working toward” nuclear weapons. North Korea has nuclear weapons, because the DPRK nuclear weapons are Chinese. An ICBM does not get fired from North Korea without Beijing giving the order. President Trump understood this dynamic and worked to remove the pressure point from Chairman Kim. By confronting China (economically and geopolitically), Trump provided the peace for both Koreas.
Chairman Xi Jinping knew that President Trump was working to remove his influence over Chairman Kim. However, facing toward the rest of the world Chairman Xi could never do anything publicly to counteract this situation because it is part of the panda mask strategy for China to deny having that influence. President Trump leveraged China’s denials of influence against Beijing by forming a direct relationship with Chairman Kim.
As the game was astutely played by Trump, if China has no influence, then China should welcome peace between the ROK and DPRK. Trump flipped the pretending dynamic and forced Beijing to pretend they had no control. It was amazing to watch how Trump pulled that off, quite remarkable.
North Korea is a proxy province of China in the southeast Asian region the same way Ukraine is a proxy province of the United States in western Europe.
When North Korea fires an ICBM, it’s really China firing a warning shot against the U.S. in Southeast Asia. The U.S. under the Biden administration returns to the era of pretending and pretends publicly not to know this…. because the Biden administration, and previous UniParty administrations’, are enmeshed with the Chinese government.
The individual wealth of U.S. politicians is directly tied to Chinese business interests. China isn’t stupid and maintains this financial dependency, where U.S. politicians make money from Chinese ventures, in order to extend Beijing’s influence and control over larger global initiatives.
If Americans knew that U.S. politicians were purchased by China, more people would start asking questions about this illusion of conflict between China and the USA.
WASHINGTON – North Korea’s use of a nuclear weapon “will” result in the end of Kim Jong Un’s regime, the United States and South Korea warned in a joint statement from the defense leaders of the allied nations.
Republic of Korea Minister of National Defense Lee Jong-sup met with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon on Thursday, and they released a joint communique following the meeting. Their meeting came hours after the North conducted an intercontinental ballistic missile test, in addition to a couple of other missile tests. The day prior, the North Korean military launched roughly two dozen missiles in an unprecedented barrage.
“The secretary and minister strongly condemned the DPRK’s escalatory activities and violations of United Nations Security Council resolutions, including ballistic missile test launches, multiple rocket launches, and firing of coastal artillery and called upon the international community to hold the DPRK responsible for its actions,” the communique said. “Both sides also expressed concern that the DPRK’s ongoing efforts to develop nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities, as well as its escalatory rhetoric regarding the use of tactical nuclear weapons, and its proliferation activities.”
The two leaders decided to extend the joint military exercises dubbed Operation Vigilant Storm to “further bolster our readiness and interoperability,” Austin explained. He also called the missile tests “destabilizing to the region” and called on Pyongyang to “cease that type of activity and to begin to engage in serious dialogue.” (read more)
What a difference less than two years makes….
Under President Donald Trump there were direct talks and peace….
Under Joe Biden there is regional conflict and talk of nuclear war….
I have learned that the Globalists need drama, conflict, and uncertainty to keep us in line. The more fearful they make us, the more we turn to government for protection. What an abusive relationship.
Only if and when we ‘accept’ the fear. If you are ‘certain’ in your SELF, then you have little TO fear.
Life has always been uncertain… accept that… and get on with it.
Faith over Fear, and you will be truly free.
It’s not me I’m worried about. But I am certain about them doing something, something we will regret.
Courage is fear hanging around a minute longer.
Not to keep us in line. To keep us off balance and distracted.
Maneuver Warfare.
You cannot out maneuver a nuke.
Said it many times; If Putin or North Korea want to make a positive improvement in the world, any 1st nuke strike that hit DC, Davos and Brussels would certainly push things in that direction. China won’t do it. Why would they take the chance of destroying any of their puppets.
That depends…
– The plane ( and passengers)
that dropped 1 over Nagasaki, maneuvered its way home.
– and, there are various kinetic sizes
-pre-positioning upwind can buy some time
( and yes, weather changes )
Speaking of maneuvering:
– ( silent, non- kinetic) political take overs can be damaging,
or good –
depending upon whether one is looking to grow evils (bad damaging controls, mandates, just us etc)
or
grow peace ( good freedoms. equal justice.. )
There are those that are manuevering evil or peace… ( and many are coy about their evil intents – which takes some instincts to maneuver about.. ).
Imho
IMO, that’s the only thing that will stop this.
I think the core idea is to distract people from what’s happening at home. For libs, it makes them fearful and run to mommy (govt) for cuddles. For conservatives, we were historically happy to have an external enemy to fight. It served the govt either way to distract from the mismanagement, corruption, and shift towards totalitarianism.
Problem is, people aren’t buying it any more. We can see it for what it is — even some libs. Once you see the strings….
Destruction and Creation. “Building snowmobiles,” as Boyd would say.
It only works if you believe the BS… “They and them” isn’t the problem, we’re the problem.
People need quit confusing religious ethics and the OVER emphasis on saviorisum, helplessness and deflection of fault.
Actual conservative principles and personal responsibility are required for self rescue.
“I have learned that the Globalists need drama, conflict, and uncertainty to keep us in line.”
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. – H. L. Mencken.
Also “Divide and Conquer”
Divide us in as many ways possible, get and keep us argueing amongst ourselves, BECAUSE if we unite together, WE can overcome THEM.
Divide and Conquer you say. Hmmmmm. How can we do that? Ohh! I know! Why don’t we divide the people into “teams.” That way they can fight against each other while busying themselves rooting for their own individual team. Let’s call them democrats vs. republicans. Of course, we’ll still be working together for our own, and only our own benefit. We’ll just pretend we’re aligned with only one team that will support us unconditionally. We can get away with all kinds of shit while they’re busy fighting amongst themselves!!
Lougheed Martin and the others dont get richer when everyone gets along
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary (or grossly exaggerated).
– H. L. Mencken
The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.
— H. L. Mencken
Oceana, Eastasia, and Eurasia.
“Us”? Who’s that “us” you are referring to?
Do you have a mouse in your pocket?
I’m past fear. These lunatics think the world belongs to them.
Sheer cold blooded anger is where I am.
Made for TV hysteria. To bamboozle the sheeple.
Wars and rumors of wars.
This is a reminder that there is always at least two ways to do something: Biden’s way and the right way.
So sad what’s happened the last two years.
Unimaginable, yet real.
A finely executed plan is what it is.
An evil parasite executing its host is not a fine plan. What will these wanna-be world leaders do when they don’t have a world to lead?
Sundance, you are so right. I think Trump went to meet Kim to see for himself if he was as much an idiot as he believed. Once he confirmed his suspicions he told Xi he knew North Korea was just a Chinese province and to knock of the stupid games. Funny how they did.
O yes. Burn the entire blasted world down.
What is it about Commie/Dem Presidents and war? They love to involve the USA in conflict. Except for GW and Lincoln I don’t recall a Republican President shoving us into a world conflict. The Biden Regime wants WWIII and seems to be eager to create a nuclear war.
Not ONE Democrat on Mt. Rushmore, and theres a reason.
Sum Ting Wong with Xiden Administrtation.
Thanks for the reminder pictures, Sundance.
Looking to manufacture another Crisis. The conflict itself is staged.
I believe their a lot of truth to this.
I miss my President.
Am thnkin’ much of the entire world misses him!
Well, at least the ones paying attention do. The rest have their noses buried in their cell phones watching Tic-Tok videos.
I picture a future of idiot leftists sitting around a campfire during a nuclear winter saying “Thankfully we don’t have to put up with orange man’s tweets anymore.”
Just as most of them would be thinking “It would have been worse if I had not taken the COVID-19 mRNA injections” while they are in the ICU hooked up to a ventilator and being given remdesivir.
Can’t the Demented Fraud just send that fruitcake that dresses like a woman in the Navy uniform over there to smooth things out?
Gosh that’s funny
Better than that high tech looking traffic cone, Lloyd Austin.
Girth Vader.
Seriosly, has any military leader of any country, kingdom, empire or tribe ever look more grotesquely ridiculous than Lloyd Austin in that picture
He looks like a drunk with a lampshade over his head .. and dont get me started on that Medal of Gayness he’s sporting
And low IQ
Affirmative promotion has consequences.
I am still dumbfounded when looking at that picture. He should have just worn a propeller beany with a “kick me” sign taped to his back.
It would scare the hell out of me if I were deployed into a not-very-friendly country knowing this oaf was in charge.
Disgusting to see this photo. Looking at that pompous phony Austin makes me sick.
Darth Vader (in his more transparent days) not yet under the complete influence of the Dark Side of the Force.
I see you’re comments are getting held up again. Did you read my reply to your comment last night….about changing your email addy?
While that Traffic Cone is absolutely a disgrace, the Cackling Ho, that Pete Buttlick, Modern Milley and that totally ignorant White House press drooler are all every bit as bad.
Ha
Pete Buttlick…
So gross, yet so hilariously accurate
This administration is clown-show AF
I guess that is why some toad named Blinken is running foreign policy for this country.
The others you mentioned have always been worthless politicians.
One would think Milley and Austin had known better at one time before they became worthless politicians.
I have a better idea.
Send “twinkle toes” over to the Middle East and tell her/him/it to climb to the highest roof and display that “gay flag” they love.
Smoothing out will happen when she/he/it hits the pavement.
Timing with the elections and all.
Globalists will claim to be tough on the PRK/CCP. Reality is them fulfilling the CCP’s goals by proxy. Leaving the Panda Mask “clean”.
Useful idiots.
Big Stupid Government!!!
Anyone notice that every single day there is another threat coming from the White House
A threat to a person, corporate CEO, country….it does not matter
Military option is on the table if needed to prevent Iranian nuclear weapon: Malley
https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2022/10/31/Military-option-is-on-the-table-if-needed-to-prevent-Iranian-nuclear-weapon-Malley
Military option is on the table if needed to prevent Iranian nuclear weapon: Malley
The big US military hasn’t won a war since 1776 and they would have never won that war if the French didn’t come to their rescue. If your questioning WW II, the Russians won that one for the world. They lost 25M souls. US 400,000 UK 440,00. The US military is filled w trannies, purple haired libbies, and pedo generals. Yea they not going to kick anybody’s behind unless they use WMDs .
Thing is about that, the Soviets could never have pulled that off without the logistical support from America.
Ordinance, food, fuel, uniforms, vehicles, etc.
Manpower is one thing. Logistics another.
And that’s what the Russians have always used in war…Millions and millions of people… Without proper arms, boots, coats, supplies, food, etc. Millions and millions.
Stupid tactic. Barely trained and ill-equipped against modern weapons or conditions.
See lessons of World War I.
Ruling psychopaths consolidating their power by unconscionably sending other people to die for them: why do we accept this as normal, credible statecraft?
Propaganda is the most efficient weapon ambitious, greedy crazies have for whipping populations into a frenzy of fear so hysterical that they will sacrifice themselves in combat to protect against the lies and mistakes of corrupt leaders.
We also, along with Britain, siphoned off about 0ne and a half million Germans, especialkt after D-Day. But even before, half a million Germans along with tens of thousands of 88’s (their best artillery piece) were needed to defend German cities
As for logistics, the most important thing were the military trucks. For one thing it allowed the USSR to focus on the thing they really did well .. Produce formidable tanks by the tens of thousands
We won that war with our industrial might. Russia may have ultimately prevailed had we not been involved, but it would have come at a much higher price to them.
Nope. Without US involvement Russia would have folded as early as 1942 and most certainly would have folded by January 1943. Without U.S. material support there would have been NOTHING left by fall 1942 in the Red Army. The three offensives launched in November 1942 – Feb 1943 would have never happened. Uranus – the encirclement of Stalingrad (success) Operation Mars – Rzhev Offfense(complete failure) and Operation Spark – to lift the Siege of Leningrad (complete failure). There would not have been enough, food, ammunition, trucks, fuel, spare parts etc. There would have been total capitulation by spring 1943. Game over. War over.
I agree with your points Melnics but I would say it is Britains victory just as much for holding out when all seemed lost and before the Soviets and Americans were openly involved.
Ummmmm…no. The US Navy/USMC fought and won the Pacific War. The Army helped!
LOL…..USA “helped?”….not a student of history I see….the USMC/USN arm under Adm Nimitz swung in a Northern arc towards the heart of Japan while the Army pincer under Gen Douglas MacArthur swung to the West on PNG and then Northward into the Philippines….this 2 arm approach was strategized even before the landing at Guadacanal and helped to keep the Japanese off balance during the whole effort
You didn’t get the inter-service jab…perhaps?
Pac theatre was divided into two halves from a C2 perspective: one under the supreme egoist; one under Nimitz. Carrier/Naval Aviation, USMC amphib and submarines were the difference makers….with an Army Air Corps big bang drawing it all to a close.
The balance of the fighting was fought by the Navy/USMC team.
In the event, the point still stands. Soviet Union did not win the Pac portion of WWII. That was a clear American victory. As was, in the end, the combination of American power and logistics in the European theatre. The original poster, if one must go down this road, got it wrong. That theatre would not have been won without the American commitment and leadership. Ergo, they both mattered.
Ian, Ivan has a “v” in it.
Ouch!
War of 1812, Mexican- American War 1846-48, American Civil War, Spanish – American War 1898 if you are just talking about the declared wars…..I know you are probably a product of the modern public school system so are deficient but those are some pretty biggies
Yes!
We can both agree, I bet, that after WWII it’s a different story. One with roots located outside the troops but inside the beltway.
Two years ago… a GREAT PRESIDENT began the end of the Korean War. That great man also created prosperity and global stability. His name was Donald J. Trump.
Two years later, a Liar, a Hack, a Plagiarist, a Pedophile, a THIEF and a terrible Father is attempting to create a SEQUEL to the nightmare that was the Korean War. This sack of fecal matter doesn’t deserve his name being said… as his accomplishments were always exaggerated. The only name he deserves is the insult “Let’s Go Brandon”.
China will use NK to launch the promised nukes at Japan and SK when they move on Taiwan. That way retaliation will fall on NK. Kim knows this and is terrified, thus his motivation to make nice with Trump. Biden did indeed change all that.
/onemansopinion
If you read about the history of Korea, China, Japan, and Mongolia, you will find that the Koreans are formidable foes.
South Korea knows their own history. They are some of the fiercest fighters of all time.
Biden knows nothing of the history of the Korean peninsula. He’s a moron. If he starts a conflict in the Koreas, China will get involved, Russia will donate nukes, and everybody will lose.
Lots of people, over thousands of years, have tried to subjugate Korea. All have failed. Only a divided armistice stopped the slaughter in Korea. Open up that history to a hot war, and nobody controls the outcome. If anyone thinks South Korea has no nukes of their own, they are insane and terminally mistaken. If you want WWIII, go ahead and destabilize the Koreas. Nobody in their right mind wants to open up the wounds between the North and South Koreas unless open nuclear war is the goal.
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary.” H. L. Mencken
The world is run by arrested adolescents raised by absent parents plus no positive role models. They spent no time in Sunday School or church. Unfortunately for us they make poor decisions that affect us.
Satan minions
Pentagon has already decide that they will decide:
Pentagon’s Strategy Won’t Rule Out Nuclear Use Against Non-Nuclear Threats
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-27/us-still-may-use-nuclear-weapons-against-non-nuclear-threats-pentagon-says?leadSource=uverify%20wall
More fear porn from Mattis
What will those CEOs do when they get back to their office??
Trump was a master at implementing Col. John Boyd’s OODA Loop/Maneuver Warfare theories. It is almost instinctive with him–as it was with Boyd.
Melnics: I am a student of Boyd and admire his work.
Never heard of Boyd. Sounds interesting. Can you post a link to more information, please?
Google his name. He has a Wikipedia page.
She was ALWAYS going to be the fake storefront for the FBI and CIA’s direct influence over big tech.
Remember when Jack Dorsey was testifying to congress “we need regulation?” Most people said “it’s a trap! don’t fall for it!” I said “This is a cry for help!!” He wanted out from under 4th branch control.
Mass Phychosis, (mass psychosis)did you spell your screen name wrong?
The whole administration is run by immature children, idiots and buffoons. This is a clown world we live in produced and directed by a potato.
The “immature children, idiots and buffoons” are stage props. The master minds who are plotting totalitarian world government are brilliant machiavellian monsters, cleverly operating anonymously in the shadows.
These are the same idiots who called Trump a war monger.
Remember it well. It was going to start WW3. Idiots is right.
Wait. I thought we were supposed to support whacking Iran for Saudi Arabia this week.
This IMBECILE is going to get us nuked!! Is this his October-November surprise?
Things are getting worse and worse!! 🤦🏻♀️
The JoeBama Regime needs war to keep the economy alive.
apparently he needs us dead too. Then where will he get the money for his crazy spending spree?
The globalists will never cease their evil manipulation of humanity because they are dead souls. The only way to deal with them is to send them to the hell they work for.
There is no profit for the cult in peace.
The older I get, the easier it is to buy me…and my prices are going down too!
Ever wonder when Joe Biden began his game of becoming a sell out to America? Go back 50 years and recall when Nixon opened up China as a reality play to counter the Soviet Union. The Chinese welcomed the western world with open arms as corporations flooded into China making deals faster than Bill Clinton removing his pants!
Politicians stepped up to “facilitate” such interactions…getting benefits from both sides of the fence. The push for lowest prices via cheaper labor (Chinese labor) was going full bore…that’s what happens in capitalism. Some politicians were very good at bringing these international players together with Chinese counterparts. Wealth was made, ask Joe Biden, or Bill Clinton.
Now you have a wonderful new reality: The Global elites going up against the “Hard Working” Chinese. Brain versus muscle, so to speak, only this time Chinese Communist leaders (union bosses) are calling the shots for the workers.
The Global elites want we consumers to stand aside and just consume as they go about changing the rules of the game (capitalism) while begging governments to handle the Chinese expansion into other countries via threats, etc.
A major con job is being attempted as the world changes faster that Bill Clinton leaping out a window as the husband comes home! Seems to me the average citizens are tiring of this manipulation by others. Everyone in politics seem to be constant liars…thanks to the Clintons and of c0urse, Obama.
I’m curious if Rocket man Kim has nuclear release authority in North Korea or do his masters in the PRC maintain tight control of the nukes? Kim got his weapons from China. I suspect they decide if Kim can start WW3.
If Kim has release authority, that makes it far worse. MAD worked because the US or the Soviets would never launch first. We knew that would end life as we know it. Kim is delusional. He may actually think the PRK could survive a nuclear exchange.
Joe would love for us to be in a hot war. He can implement wartime measures, suspend elections, and cement dem control forever.
There is no “Kim”, there is Xi
Just like there is no “Zelenskyy”, there is Biden
Imagine you are the President of Ukraine in Feb 22. What would you do different than Zelensky? Just curious.
Sue. For. Peace.
That is called surrender.
Not at all, they started it anyway.
There is no Biden, there is …
Li’l Kim can’t wipe his own behind without clearance from the PRC overlords. There will be no nuke going of over North Korea. It’s too close to mainland China, they won’t allow it. A conventional war, however, gives excuse for both sides to burn up some ammo and live test the latest weapons systems. Of course those spent systems will need to be replaced = good jobs at good wages on both sides. The elephant in the room here is the constant posting of photos from Trump’s trip to North Korea. Those photos serve as a harsh reminder to the current administration about what our relationship with North Korea was, and could continue to be.
Saw this elsewhere and thought it made sense…😀
Long before the stolen 2020 election, the late, great Rush Limbaugh noted that:
“When Leftists are in the White House, evil goes on the march acidosis the globe”.
Take a look around folks….. capitulation in Afghanistan, China getting bolder by the day, Lil’ Kim shooting off rockets again, Biden’s buddy Putin invading his neighbors with Iran’s help and now the tyranny in South America is back on the rise.
Rush is right again.
If next week’s electoral results reflect reality, we are entering a very dangerous period.
While a new Congress is unlikely to reverse the UniParty agenda in a substantive way, that agenda will now face some friction… particularly if one or two MAGA candidates win their Senate races. The ideologues currently running the country will be faced with a closing window through which they must rush as much of their agenda as possible, as quickly as possible, at whatever cost.
In order to do so, there is nothing to suggest they have discovered a line which they are unwilling to cross. In fact, their history suggests no such line exists. See above.
While it still can, a lame duck Congress will desire to take full advantage of Joe Biden’s chief asset as COOTUS: his status as a disposable sponge capable of soaking up the toxic political outcomes of the Uniparty agenda. It would also have a vested interest in forcing a poison pill down the throat of the new Congress, most likely in the form of some new international crisis. Again, see above.
Biden layed out their strategy, and RINOS are climbing on board, the FBI Memo exposed by Veritas lays it out.
ANYONE questioning election results where MAGACandidates lost, will be arrested and prosecuted.
Big Tech will rigorously censor anyone posting comments, questioning elections WHERE MAGA Candidates lose.
Where MAGA Candidates WIN, not only will the results be challenged, they will be overturned.
Wonderful metaphor: “… disposable sponge …”. A thing of rhetorical beauty. Thank you.
God help us and PLEASE bring back PDJT. I’m moving in…into the Treehouse…if he doesn’t come back. Only need tiny branch
Anybody having issue on the site today, once I choose the Presidential thread I keep getting a page with no comments and then have to click “view original” to get the usual page?
No problems bananas 😎
“intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBN).”
S/B ICBM.
Biden may be the first world leader to start a nuclear conflict simply by proudly being weak in public.
weakness is an invitation for evil to conduct aggressive measures
Weakness is always provocative.
Meanwhile people are still dying from the the Covid biological weapon released on the planet and the also dying from the killer vaccine. One big extermination effort after another. So many people just don’t care and don’t want to be bothered.
After President Trump was elected in 2016, the US DEFCON level was lowered to 5. Level 4 was achieved in 2017 at the beginning of rocketmans saber rattling, but never went below that.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/732135/donald-trump-election-defcon-reduced-level-5-safest-level
The current DEFCON level is 3 under team biden.
https://www.defconlevel.com/current-level.php
…..but thats OK when a (D) is behind it.
We, the people, know what DEFCON means, but the buffoons in DC probably have no idea. That probably includes Lloyd Austin.
Evil evil-doers who do evil.
And those maniacally provoking others to do it for them are the worst of all.
On one overseas tour of duty I had more than one opportunity to fly in Yellow Sea & Sea of Japan airspace. That whole suite of colors on the map is one big friggin military operating area (MOA). I don’t care who is in power. It’s dangerous at all times.
I was there often when overseas on WestPac….been to Japan, PI, SK, and HK when it was still British all in that operational area…….when the USN operated out of Subic Bay and the USAF was operating at Clark AFB that was an anchor point preventing any further eastern PRC expansion……PI got too greedy when they tried to up their leasing amount per annum after the Pinatubo eruption….US lost the forward basing there and PI lost all that economy that went with it
Thanks for your service! A respectful salute passed your way.
Don’t want to date myself, but I can remember the streets of Pusan smothered with Russians rifling the stores for fridges, washing machines, etc., to fly back to the motherland.
You agree with fol? Wherever the Brits went in the world…..they left a golf course!
HK was a great port of call. Brit installation there had a great bar and welcoming readiness to invite Americans.
That’s because they have exhausted the money grab for the ruling elite on the Ukraine war which is why Zelenskyy is crying foul. He waited to get his cut.
Next money grab for the usual suspects is not N. Korea. Watch these dicks in the gov. line up with their off shore account numbers for deposits.
Create a crisis and solve the crisis just instigated … the residents of la la land love it.
Memory time horizons stop at the last news broadcast, 4 hours ago.
Actually they only create problems. They don’t solve them.
Biden can draw red lines in the sand like Obama did or simply ignore this.
If he were wise he would do the latter and concentrate on fixing up his mess at home.
“,…if he were wise,..” ???
HA, HA, HA!
If he were wise? No tht isn’t the case. This is an exceptional case of pure evil and stupidity, he is the worst President we hv ever had. Evil produces more evil. Does anyone know much about his Father and Mother. Wd like to know about them because they sure produced evil Children. Also……just a question? When the friend of Polosie broke in, he would hv had to turn on a lot of lights to look for old sleepy Paul. Tiny possibility he has been in tht house before
Maybe the US Generals are simply looking for a war they can win after being defeated by the now, thanks to them, $85 BILLION rich Taliban.
I have been re-reading the Korean War 1950-present.
Sundance makes a great point about China Inc. dominating the North Korean Military as well as North Korean Economy. Some historical context is needed to support his point .
By 1951-52, UN (primarily US and South Korean) Forces had all but obliterated and ousted the entire North Korean Military from the Korean Peninsula. The PLA and elements of the Russian Air Force were the enemy forces for the 2nd phase of the conflict, with a few scattered North Korean Units putting in cameo appearances. Granted that was 75 years ago but those very deep roots are still there. The PLA never really went home after the DMZ was established.
Then add in that fact that the North Korean Government has isolated itself over those same 75 years with China Inc. as their primary economic life line.
These are the seeds for control exerted by China Inc.
My dad was a combat surgeon in the Korean War.
My mother asked him how close was he was to the front lines. He told her he was in front of the front lines. It was brutal.
When he returned, he never ever spoke of his experiences trying to put together men who had been blown apart. Some they saved, some were past saving…but they tried with them all. My mother said that the man who came back was not the man who left for that hideous war.
Just like Vietnam, a completely useless bloody war.
Hi Betsy,
Your dad’s generation was truly “ the golden one”
My Great Granma whom I visited regularly lost two husbands in the WW 2.
She was a tough old bird, and died in her late eighties.
She was a pedestrian crossing the street when hit by a lorry.
Cheers!
Two…awful. One never knew when saying good bye if it would be the last time…different times and a different war even from WWI, when a whole generation was lost in Britain. It changed the face of your country, Dekester. And of course now, I don’t recognize it at all.
This is why I revered Remembrance Sunday so much. It will seem odd knowing it will be the first without the Queen.
And for your great gran to be hit by a lorry. I find that incredibly sad.
Good to catch up with you, my friend. Blessings.
Growing up I knew several who participated in Truman’s all expense paid involuntary trip to the Korean Peninsula. The talk was never about facing North Korean troops, it was always about their fighting Chinese solders that were supplied with Russian equipment.
My Dad was one.
Some of the soldiers my dad operated upon were Chinese. And Turks.
He told my mother that no matter how badly injured, if a post op Turkish soldier were placed next to a post op Chinese soldier, the next day, the Turk would have undone all my dad’s and his fellow surgeons’ intricate stitch work…if you take my meaning. Such was the hatred.
an estimated 2M PRC soldiers fought in the Korean War with over 600k reported dead…..US Army and Marines gave better than they got but they were always vastly outnumbered sometimes 8:1 or 10:1 at the point of contact
VP Harris, looking through binoculars, into North Korea;
“Wow, its SO CLOSE!”
Soldier, trying to keep a straight face “They’re binoculars m’am!” as in THATS what binoculars DO, they make things appear closer than they are.
PDJT’s visit INTO North Korea, he steps across,,and INTO North Korea.
Yeah, pretty stark difference, in just two years!
Not content with threatening “regime change” in Moscow, now they are threatening regime change in Pyong Yang,….and yet nothing in Tehran.
Get him out of the White House before he gets us all killed!
Stupid senile Joe may be the Last Man Standing. By the way. What has happened to his senile dog the one he pulled the tail and fell in his hallway and ….well it just goes on. Lie after lie.
oh how I’m sickened by this man
I was sickened by him when he was a younger man.
” Everyone is nice till the cow gets in the garden”
Irish Proverb
Just a reminder