North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches the test of a new-type anti-aircraft guided weapon system. © KCNA
USA Today: What war? U.S. military not mobilizing despite North Korea threats
For all the war-like rhetoric between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, neither country is taking action on the ground that matches the scary talk.
The Pentagon said it has not deployed additional ships, aircraft or troops in response to North Korea’s announcement this week that it plans to launch four missiles into the waters off the coast of Guam, which has a large U.S. military installation.
Likewise, North Korea has not announced that it was placing its military on heightened alert, as it has at times in the past, or mobilizing reservists in response to Trump's repeated vows to unleash a furious attack of unprecedented proportions on the country should it take any aggressive actions.
Nor has U.S. ally South Korea made any announcements about mobilizing its troops.
“There is little verbal restraint but a great deal of true military restraint,” said Bruce Bennett, an analyst at Rand Corporation, a think tank.
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Update: Despite Rhetoric On North Korea, U.S. Military Posture Hasn't Really Changed (NPR).
WNU Editor: If we see 3 - 4 carrier strike groups deployed near the Korean peninsula, coupled with a massive deployment of F-22s and B-1/B-2 bombers to Guam and Japan .... that is when I will now that the U.S. is mobilising for war.
4 comments:
Yes, that's poker, for now. There will be a time someone has to show its hand.
I think the element of surprise is more important than troop carrier readiness. We're talking mini nukes on troops and decapitation strike with special forces. This is the only way to minimise the likelihood of a nuclear icbm launch by north Korea, as cynical as it is
If Kim launches any missiles test or otherwise towards Guam a u.s counter attack will follow almost immediately.
The build up will continue whilst the war is underway.
South Korea has more than enough to take the fight to the north.
Who Ordered the Construction of the Berlin Wall?
www.spiegel.de/international/germany/the-khrushchev-connection-who-ordered-the-construction-of-the-berlin-wall-a-628052.html
Answer: Nikita Khrushchev
From Der Spiegel by way of Real Clear History
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