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Trump In UN Address: We Will ‘Totally Destroy North Korea’ if ‘Rocket Man’ Forces Us to Defend Ourselves
Post Date: 2017-09-19 12:03:38 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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Trump In UN Address: We Will ‘Totally Destroy North Korea’ if ‘Rocket Man’ Forces Us to Defend Ourselves Via Free Beacon: President Donald Trump said the U.S. will “totally destroy North Korea” if forced to defend itself during a speech before the United Nations on Tuesday. Trump, who recently referred to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un as “Rocket Man” in a tweet, used the term again during his first speech before the U.N. General Assembly. Castigating North Korea’s nuclear ambitions and belligerent behavior, he called on the body to unite against the rogue regime. “No nation on earth has an interest in seeing this band of criminals arm ...
North Korea's core goal is the destruction of the South Korean state
Post Date: 2017-09-18 08:50:49 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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Monday, September 18, 2017North Korea's intentions are clear, says analystAccording to one expert, U.S. policy toward North Korea must be formulated with the understanding of what the rogue regime's ultimate goal is.Gordon Chang, an Asian policy analyst and the author of Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes on the World, recently reiterated on the Fox News Channel his long-held position that the U.S. will not get help from China or Russia on the North Korean problem."Kim Jong Un has understood this dynamic; His father did," Chang points out. "They have developed this pattern of behavior, and they know that the Chinese and the Russians -- either together or one-by-one ...
SK President Threatens To Destroy North "Beyond Recovery", Warns Of War
Post Date: 2017-09-15 10:07:26 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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Following the latest ballistic missile launch from North Korea, South Korea's president Moon Jae-in warned that further provocations could result in the complete destruction "beyond recovery" of the northern neighbor. He also repeated tjat the possibility of opening a dialogue with the belligerent North is now gone. “In case North Korea undertakes provocations against us or our ally, we have the power to destroy (the North) beyond recovery,” the South Korean leader said on Friday according to Yonhap. Seoul immediately convened a National Security Council meeting following the latest launch by North Korea, in which Moon condemned the missile test, saying the ...
INTERVENTIONISM PRODUCED THE 9/11 ATTACKS
Post Date: 2017-09-14 08:46:03 by Ada
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One thing is certain about the U.S. mainstream media’s memorialization of the 9/11 attacks. They are not about to mention, much less emphasize, that the attacks were among the rotten fruits of U.S. interventionism, the foreign-policy philosophy that continues to hold the United States in its grip. Given the ongoing debacles of death, destruction, tyranny, torture, ISIS, and refugee crises arising from U.S interventionism in Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Syria, and Afghanistan, the last thing interventionists want Americans to focus on is that interventionism gave us 9/11 as well. The 9/11 attacks were not the first time the World Trade Center came under a terrorist attack. The first attack ...
North Korea Openly Threatens EMP Attack On U.S. For First Time Ever
Post Date: 2017-09-08 09:16:43 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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For the first time ever, North Korea has threatened to strike the U.S. with an EMP (electromagnetic pulse) attack. In an interview with Breitbart News, aurthor Anthony Furey explains why the threat could dramatically increase tensions between North Korea and the U.S. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1493995449995-0'); }); Breibart News reports: According to the Associated Press, shortly after North Korea launched its sixth nuclear test using an H-bomb, the “Hermit Kingdom’s” leader Kim Jong-un issued a statement through its state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) claiming the weapon “is a multi-functional ...
‘Fool’s Errand’: A Guide to the New Forgotten War
Post Date: 2017-09-07 12:53:16 by Ada
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Scott Horton's Afghanistan primer will impress both casual readers and experts. Scott Horton, Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan, The Libertarian Institute, 318 pages. I was one of the first American officials to arrive in Kabul at the end of 2001. The war that seemed to be ending back then is currently in its 16th year with no end in sight, and for those of us who were there at the beginning it now sometimes seems like it was a lifetime ago. President Barack Obama not so long ago referred to Afghanistan as the “necessary war.” But now it might be more appropriate to refer to it as a “forgotten war,” as President Donald Trump has sent a few ...
Putin meets with S. Korea leader, calls for talks on N. Korea nuke threat
Post Date: 2017-09-06 08:56:13 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, Sept. 6, 2017. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that sanctions are not enough to resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis, urging that dialogue is need to achieve progress.Putin made the comments after meeting with his South Korean counterpart, President Moon Jae-in, on the sidelines of an economic summit in the far eastern Russian city of Vladivostok, Reuters reported.The Russian leader also denounced Sunday's nuclear test by North Korea, its the largest ...
Japan Preps 60,000 Evacuations hould war erupt with North Korea
Post Date: 2017-09-06 00:04:35 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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The Japanese government is putting together an emergency plan to evacuate 60,000 of its citizens from South Korea should war erupt with North Korea.During a Monday meeting with his ministers, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said:"There is a possibility of further provocations. We need to remain extremely vigilant and do everything we can to ensure the safety of our people."But, with the U.S. signaling diplomacy was nearing the end of the road with North Korea, the Japanese are developing contingencies to rapidly remove all of its nationals from the Korean Peninsula. The Nikkei Asian Review is reporting it will involve a four-part plan:Tokyo is working on a four-tier emergency plan based ...
Report: U.S. Not Prepared for Russia in Europe
Post Date: 2017-09-05 09:57:08 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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Report: U.S. Not Prepared for Russia in Europe For years, the 173rd Airborne Brigade has trained for missions in Afghanistan and Iraq, which has dulled some of the skills it needs to effectively respond to any invasion of Europe by Russia, according to a recent assessment. The report, shared Tuesday by POLITICO, says it lacks necessary equipment to face down a potential Russian attack.September 05, 2017 POLITICO reported Tuesday morning on a new assessment report on the U.S. rapid-deployment force stationed in Italy that states it faces a number of “capability gaps” in the event it should be called into combat against Russian forces in Europe.The report, commissioned by then-Army ...
South Korea’s defense minister suggests return of tactical U.S. nuclear weapons to South Korea (permanent positioning)
Post Date: 2017-09-04 16:37:09 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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By Anna Fifield September 4 at 2:38 PM SEOUL — South Korea’s defense minister on Monday said it was worth reviewing the redeployment of American tactical nuclear weapons to the Korean Peninsula to guard against the North, a step that analysts warn would sharply increase the risk of an accidental conflict.As concern over Korea deepened following North Korea’s huge nuclear test Sunday, Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said the regime of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was “begging for war.”Here in Seoul, the defense ministry warned that Pyongyang might be preparing to launch another missile into the Pacific Ocean, perhaps an ...
North Korea’s New Nuke is 10 Times Larger Than Its Last. It Could Devastate U.S. Cities.
Post Date: 2017-09-04 10:15:50 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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NTK looked at potential damage that a miniaturized North Korean nuke could do to U.S. cities. Here’s an updated summary following Kim’s H-Bomb test. About a month ago, reports emerged that North Korea had developed the capability to miniaturize nuclear warheads so that the regime could deliver the weapons via Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM). At the time, Pyongyang’s largest nuclear test had been around 10 kilotons of destructive power, but estimates of this new hydrogen bomb test place the explosive measure close to 100 kilotons. After the miniaturization reports, NTK analyzed the devastation on U.S. cities that are within range of North Korea’s successful ...
THE UNLIKELY JIHADI
Post Date: 2017-09-04 06:21:57 by Ada
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The FBI Pressured a Lonely Young Man Into a Bomb Plot. He Tried to Back Out. Now He’s Serving Life in Prison. Trial and TerrorTrial and Terror Part 6 The U.S. government has prosecuted more than 800 people for terrorism since the 9/11 attacks. Most of them never committed an act of violence. EXPAND ALL PARTS HARLEM SUAREZ WAS an unlikely jihadi. When he was born in Cuba, Suarez had blue skin. His fragile brain had been deprived of oxygen, a tragedy his family points to in explaining his lifelong social and intellectual challenges. As a child, Suarez also suffered several significant head injuries, including being struck by a brick and falling off motorcycles without a helmet on. ...
South Korea holds live-fire drill simulating attack on nuclear site to 'strongly warn' North Korea
Post Date: 2017-09-04 00:09:33 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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Print South Korea’s military conducted a live-fire exercise simulating an attack on a nuclear site, to "strongly warn" North Korea in response to the rogue nation's apparent nuclear test, South Korean officials said early Monday. A surface-to-surface missile and long-range air-to-ground missile "accurately struck" targets in the Sea of Japan, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said. Officials added that the target was set considering the distance to where the North's test site was, and the exercise was aimed at practicing precision strikes, as well as cutting off reinforcements. President ...
Pentagon Admits Far More Troops in Afghanistan Than Official Figure
Post Date: 2017-08-31 08:22:51 by Ada
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Confirms That They've Been Lying About Troop Levels for Years Confirming long-standing speculations to that effect, the Pentagon today admitted that the 8,400 US troops that are in Afghanistan according to all official documents is not an accurate count, and that there are actually 11,000 US troops in the country. Officials were quick to insist that the new higher figure did not represent any escalations of the sort that President Trump promised in last week’s speech, but rather was just meant to correct the 8,400 number that had long been put forward. Pentagon officials admitted that they have routinely “lowballed” their troop levels across multiple wars, and ...
Afghanistan and the CIA Heroin Ratline
Post Date: 2017-08-29 06:40:09 by Ada
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The Persian Gulf harbors an array of extremely compromising secrets. Near the top is the Afghan heroin ratline – with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) positioned as the golden node of a transnational, trillion dollar heroin money laundering operation. In this 21st century Opium War, crops harvested in Afghanistan are essentially feeding the heroin market not only in Russia and Iran but especially in the US. Up to 93% of the world’s opium comes from Afghanistan. Contrary to predominant Western perception, this is not an Afghan Taliban operation. The key questions — never asked by Atlanticist circles — are who buys the opium harvests; refines them into heroin; controls ...
Military Leaders, Congress Praise Trump’s ‘Inspiring’ Afghanistan Speech
Post Date: 2017-08-27 19:50:46 by BTP Holdings
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Military Leaders, Congress Praise Trump’s ‘Inspiring’ Afghanistan Speech By Rusty | Featured Contributor | August 22, 2017 9:00AM If you had forgotten what a true commander-in-chief looks and sounds like over the past eight years, you could reasonably be forgiven. Former president Obama used a military strategy in Afghanistan that involved arbitrary timelines, ignoring generals on the ground, choosing politics over wise strategy, and leading from behind. President Trump, however, delivered a speech addressing a new strategy in Afghanistan that military leaders and members of Congress alike have universally praised. Trump outlined a comprehensive new military strategy ...
More American Troops to Afghanistan, To Keep the Chinese Out? Lithium and the Battle for Afghanistan’s Mineral Riches
Post Date: 2017-08-26 05:38:39 by Ada
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Trump calls for escalation of the war in Afghanistan. Why? Is it part of the “Global War on Terrorism”, going after the bad guys, or is it something else? Unknown to the broader public, Afghanistan has significant oil, natural gas and strategic raw material resources, not to mention opium, a multibillion dollar industry which feeds America’s illegal heroin market. These mineral reserves include huge veins of iron, copper, cobalt, gold and lithium, which is a strategic raw material used in the production of high tech batteries for laptops, cell phones and electric cars. The implication of Trump’s resolve is to plunder and steal Afghanistan’s mineral riches to ...
TGIF: Operation CYA – Afghanistan
Post Date: 2017-08-26 05:20:01 by Ada
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Steve Bannon’s Brietbart and others notwithstanding, that was Trump being Trump when he announced he would not be quitting Afghanistan, despite the manifest futility and counterproductivity — that is, idiocy — of America’s 16-year war there. He is not a captive of “my generals,” bad as they are. He is his own man. Just look at the attitude toward military power he displayed throughout his presidential campaign and young presidency. He boasted of being the most “militaristic” candidate in the large Republican field — and that was saying something. He promised to “bomb the shit” out of ISIS, torture terrorist suspects, and kill their ...
It’s the opium, stupid: ‘Afghan surge guarantees CIA black-ops budget boost’
Post Date: 2017-08-24 06:14:37 by Ada
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The CIA is also overjoyed because its black-ops budget - which is tied to the exponential growth of opium production in Afghanistan - is now secured possibly for another 20-50 years, claims Mike Raddie, co-editor of online site BSNews. The announcement on US strategy in Afghanistan comes as Donald Trump shakes up his inner circle: chief strategist, Steve Bannon, has become the latest to head for the exit. The US military said that in a matter of days additional US troops could be deployed to Afghanistan, following President Trump’s speech on a new strategy for the region. The first new deployments of American military personnel will happen "pretty quickly," Gen. Joseph ...
Trump’s Afghanistan Escalation Will Add to Massive War Costs
Post Date: 2017-08-24 05:49:50 by Ada
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Exact Costs of War Are Huge, But Not Well Documented With his Monday speech committing to the US to a continuation and escalation of the Afghan War, an already major increase in military spending for 2018 looks like it might be growing even more to cover the added expenses of a bigger conflict. There is no good figure available on the cost of the first 16 years of the US war in Afghanistan. Estimates are that $1 trillion has been spent so far, between direct spending on the war itself and medical costs for Afghan War veterans. That’s likely to just be a fraction of the overall cost, just for those 16 years, as the cost of caring for those veterans for decades to come will ...
Soft coup success? Wall Street and military-industrial complex run US Presidency
Post Date: 2017-08-23 08:11:32 by Ada
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Business as usual at the office of the US Presidency. Now that Steve Bannon is out, and Trump’s non-interventionist, America first advisors have been picked off one by one, a Goldman Sachs/Military Generals US run White House is gearing up for more war, starting with Afghanistan. Neocons like Lindsey Graham and John McCain are ecstatic… The mainstream liberal media is so happy with the Afghanistan ramp up they refused to lay down any criticism of a “Trump decision”…which is rare indeed, considering the liberal media finds fault in just about anything Trump says or does. To get a better understanding of what is really going on in Washington DC, Mike Krieger ...
Two CIA Contractors Successfully Sued for “Black Site” Torture
Post Date: 2017-08-23 07:44:08 by Ada
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Hired psychologists devised "enhanced interrogation techniques” to break prisoners. Given the intense media coverage over Charlottesville, a recent small headline largely escaped notice, but it could have a major impact on how Americans come to terms with the excesses that developed from the “global war on terror.” For the first time, several individuals closely associated with the CIA torture program were about to become answerable in a court of law for “legally aiding and abetting and/or factually aiding and abetting torture,” forcing the government to intervene and come to a settlement of the case. It is surprising that it has taken this long to reach ...
Trump May Not Finish His Term But the Assassination Complex Will Live On
Post Date: 2017-08-22 12:45:58 by Ada
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Donald Trump’s speech on Afghanistan will briefly turn the media spotlight onto America’s longest war. Much of the media analysis will undoubtedly be about how the speech impacts Trump politically. Given the events of the past week, it seems unlikely that Democratic pundits will repeat their inane praise of the State of the Union address, in which Trump apparently became presidential for the first time. But this speech should serve as a moment to seriously examine the trajectory of the U.S. war machine from 9/11 to the present. Amid the deluge of scandal, incompetence, and bigotry emanating from the Trump White House, the relative calm of the Obama era seems like a far-off ...
Sen. Rand Paul: 16 years on, it's past time to bring our troops home from Afghanistan
Post Date: 2017-08-22 07:25:28 by Ada
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The Trump administration is increasing the number of troops in Afghanistan and, by doing so, keeping us involved even longer in a 16-year-old war that has long since gone past its time. The mission in Afghanistan has lost its purpose, and I think it is a terrible idea to send any more troops into that war. It’s time to come home now. Our war in Afghanistan began in a proper fashion. We were attacked on 9/11. The Taliban, who then controlled Afghanistan, were harboring al Qaeda, and after being warned, and after an authorization from Congress, our military executed a plan to strike back. Had I been in Congress then, I would have voted to authorize this military action. But as is ...
How the Brass Talked Another President into a Losing Strategy
Post Date: 2017-08-22 07:03:32 by Ada
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Despite tough talk, Trump approach on Afghanistan is no different than 2009. The American people don’t like long wars with uncertain outcomes—and never have. That was true in 1953, when the U.S. accepted a stalemate and armistice with the Chinese-backed North Koreans, and it was true again in 1975, when the U.S. suffered an ignominious defeat and 58,000 dead at the hands of pajama-clad guerrillas and the North Vietnamese army. “Never fight a land war in Asia,” General Douglas MacArthur famously said, and for good reason: in both Korea and Vietnam, the enemy could be endlessly supplied and reinforced. The solution, in both cases, was to either widen the war or leave. ...
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