Start of WWIII?

[scottspfd82]

Only on wickedfire are military exercises an act of war.

Seriously?

Read "War Is A Racket", written in 1935 by Major General Smedley Butler, the most decorated Marine in history at the time of his death, still one of the most decorated of all time. He predicts the beginning of WW2 with scary accuracy in that book.

It's a 10 minute read, well worth it.

One notable quote...

First of all, they let it be known that America is menaced by a great naval power. Almost any day, these admirals will tell you, the great fleet of this supposed enemy will strike suddenly and annihilate 125,000,000 people. Just like that. Then they begin to cry for a larger navy. For what? To fight the enemy? Oh my, no. Oh, no. For defense purposes only.

Then, incidentally, they announce maneuvers in the Pacific. For defense. Uh, huh.

The Pacific is a great big ocean. We have a tremendous coastline on the Pacific. Will the maneuvers be off the coast, two or three hundred miles? Oh, no. The maneuvers will be two thousand, yes, perhaps even thirty-five hundred miles, off the coast.

The Japanese, a proud people, of course will be pleased beyond expression to see the united States fleet so close to Nippon's shores. Even as pleased as would be the residents of California were they to dimly discern through the morning mist, the Japanese fleet playing at war games off Los Angeles.

Here's a link to the full text if you want to take 5-minutes to read it.

War Is A Racket, by Major General Smedley Butler, 1935

So no, it's not just WickedFire.

Sanctions and "military exercises" that take place at a country's front door have always been provocations that lead to war. And yes, I'd say that sanctions can in almost all cases be defined as an act of war.

But what did Major General Butler know?

It's not like a Major General knows shit about what's really going on.

Try visiting a country impacted by international sanctions sometime. I was in Iraq in 2004. The sanctions killed a lot more people than the war did, especially in regards to women and children.

If shit does go down we'll have bigger problems on our hands than just North Korea.

 

[hellblazer]

HUFFPO:

Following a report that North Korea was placing its rocket units on standby to attack U.S. military bases, South Korea's Yonhap news agency announced that South Korea had detected increased activity at the north's missile sites.

 

[mattseh]

scottspfd82,

Any country is free to conduct military exercises in their own country, in international waters, or in an allied country that has given them permission.

 

[Kiopa_Matt]

I don't really get it, why is NK doing this? Were the recent round of sanctions so crippling to them, they're now so cornered in, they have no choice but to act in this way? Or is the new leader just simply bat-shit insane?

Don't they realize what they're up against if they follow through with any of their threats? Or is NK just totally delusional with anger?

 

[hellblazer]

Or is the new leader just simply bat-shit insane?

Possibly. Or maybe there's a greater plan. Remember China is calling the shots for NK.

Either way, I can't remember a time when NK made such specific threats about striking bases or the mainland.

And now there's supposedly increased activity at their missile sites.

It seems too early to me. I don't expect the real strike to come until the economic crash has happened first. Plus their agent Obama has so much more time to weaken the U.S., I can't imagine them wasting that.

But at the same time, Kim will look like a pussy if he does nothing after all this talk. Perhaps the game is to draw the U.S. into another front and drain their military that way. Perhaps that is China and Russia's aim here.

 

[lukep]

I don't expect the real strike to come until the economic crash has happened first.

Just wait a second here... Back up the phone.

-You mean you actually expect them to strike us someday? For realz?

This brat's father rattled his saber for decades at us to make himself look like a fearless leader to his enslaved people and now you think when his son does the same damn thing, (while kissing dennis rodman's ass) he actually means to go through with it?

But at the same time, Kim will look like a pussy if he does nothing after all this talk.

Have you learned nothing about state-controlled media?

Even in this country, they make communist, murdering, foreign-born muslims look like the best hero in the nation to champion freedom...

Why do you assume he doesn't look like the most powerful leader that the north koreans could ever ask for to his own people?

He cares nothing at all for how he looks to americans and europeans... Just to the Best Koreans.

Perhaps the game is to draw the U.S. into another front and drain their military that way. Perhaps that is China and Russia's aim here.

LOLOLOL... If china or russia wanted to do this to us, don't you think they could send a more threatening pawn our way?

It's just kinda sad seeing how worked up the media can get your little mind.

 

[dreamscape]

Uh ohs...

US sends B-2s to South Korea for military drills

North Korea readies rockets after U.S. show of force

And look at all the warmongerers in the comments sections go!