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US/NK tension: White House Pressures Pentagon For North Korea Attack Plan, by heendrix(m): 8:23pm On Feb 02, 2018
The White House is butting heads with the Pentagon on North Korea as senior military officials appear apprehensive about presenting President Donald Trump with military options against the rogue state, The New York Times reported Friday.

white House National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster is reportedly concerned drawing up a specific military plan as it might reinforce Trump's various threats to the reclusive nation. Unnamed Pentagon officials are seemingly concerned the president is moving toward the use of force too quickly and worry that additional options will increase the probability Trump will move forward with an attack

This comes amid reports the Trump administration is mulling over conducting a
"bloody nose" strike against North Korea. An attack of this sort would aim to be significant enough to pressure Kim Jong Un's regime to give up on its nuclear ambitions, but not strong enough to spark a full-blown conflict. The White House reportedly would not move forward with the nomination of Victor Cha for South Korea ambassador after he voiced opposition to such a strike.

Cha outlined his position in a recent op-ed for The Washington Post , stating, "While our population in Japan might be protected by U.S. missile defenses, the U.S. population in South Korea, let alone millions of South Koreans, has no similar active defenses against a barrage of North Korean artillery (aside from counterfire artillery) "To be clear: The president would be putting at risk an American population the size of a medium-size U.S. city—Pittsburgh, say, or Cincinnati—on the assumption that a crazy and undeterrable dictator will be rationally cowed by a demonstration of U.S. kinetic power," he added.

Former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel also expressed opposition to a "bloody nose" strike in a recent interview with Military Times , describing it as a major "gamble" that could lead to millions of deaths. "If you want to bet that if you are going to attack North Korea, however you going to do that, and think that Kim Jong Un and the North Koreans are not going to retaliate—it’s a pretty big gamble. I wouldn’t want to take that gamble," Hagel said

source: http://www.newsweek.com/white-house-wants-north-korea-attack-plan-pressuring-pentagon-provide-options-798353?amp=1

c, c: Lalasticlala mynd44

Re: US/NK tension: White House Pressures Pentagon For North Korea Attack Plan, by HOLYDICK(m): 8:28pm On Feb 02, 2018
Just an advice to president trump ..don't mess with rocket man..
Period

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Re: US/NK tension: White House Pressures Pentagon For North Korea Attack Plan, by tinkinjow: 8:42pm On Feb 02, 2018
Oo that write up is a piece from the anti Trump media. It's only naive observers that will bliv it'll take a Trump request for the US to have a war plan for North Korea. What do u think the decades of military exercises are meant for!

...on the whole damn issue, the north korean leader knows where his rhetoric ends. Trust that America is just waiting for him to make one mistake and that'll be it....forget the noise...even Trump is goading him towards committing that fatal error so theycan hv an excuse

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Re: US/NK tension: White House Pressures Pentagon For North Korea Attack Plan, by Blakjewelry(m): 9:01pm On Feb 02, 2018
Trump hair looks like an atomic explosion

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Re: US/NK tension: White House Pressures Pentagon For North Korea Attack Plan, by troublemakea(m): 9:32pm On Feb 02, 2018
tinkinjow:
Oo that write up is a piece from the anti Trump media. It's only naive observers that will bliv it'll take a Trump request for the US to have a war plan for North Korea. What do u think the decades of military exercises are meant for!

...on the whole damn issue, the north korean leader knows where his rhetoric ends. Trust that America is just waiting for him to make one mistake and that'll be it....forget the noise...even Trump is goading him towards committing that fatal error so theycan hv an excuse

.

you do hv a good point tho...but looking at the UN sanctions on NK with news n pictures of Russia n China violating the sanctions I do belief it might be tough for US since Russia n China back NK. watching on aljazeera lately on Russia n China's N.W development mehn the war is gonna be deadly. now the questions are
can US defeat both Russia n china
if No. would Russia n china watch US invade NK without steering a bigger fight?


Lalasticlala n mynd44 fp let's have more opinions from Nairalanders
Re: US/NK tension: White House Pressures Pentagon For North Korea Attack Plan, by Lipscomb(m): 10:00pm On Feb 02, 2018
grin the two pigs will cause another third world war.
Re: US/NK tension: White House Pressures Pentagon For North Korea Attack Plan, by Nobody: 8:10am On Feb 03, 2018
When Amerika pushed the South into the Civil War, she expected a conflict that might be over in 24hours, not 4 years with at least 650,000 dead.

When Germany began WW1, she expected a swift lunge into Paris, not 4 years of hideously bloody static war followed by unconditional surrender.

When the Japanese Army pushed for attacking Pearl Harbour, she did not foresee G.Is marching in Tokyo & a couple of cities glowing at night.

When Hitler invaded Poland, utter defeat & occupation of Germany was not among his war aims.

When Amerika invaded Vietnam, she did not expect to be outfought & outsmarted by a bush-world country. grin

When Russia invaded Afghanistan, she did not expect…

nor when Amerika invaded Afghanistan,

nor when she attacked Iraq, nor….

Is there a pattern here? grin

Now, our history books is about to be updated with - when Amerika decided to give North Korea a swift “Bloody Nose” strike, she never expected New York, California, Illinois, Washington, Virginia, Colorado & Florida would be wiped out by North Korea's SLBMs overnight. grin

The standard Amerikan approach to war is to underestimate the enemy, overestimate Amerikan capacities, and misunderstand the kind of war she enters.

This is particularly true when the war is a manhood ritual for masculine inadequates to save face - by the Pentagon perfumed military Generals - and that pvssy-grabbing bastard, Trump, who has the military grasp of an Ijebu antelope.

I pray Amerika attacks North Korea so that her end can come very quickly.

The United Snakes of Amerika was built on foreign plunder and will eventually return to a pre-plunder republic - Ase!

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Re: US/NK tension: White House Pressures Pentagon For North Korea Attack Plan, by troublemakea(m): 9:12am On Feb 03, 2018
mynd44 seun lalasticlala need ur opinions tyup
Re: US/NK tension: White House Pressures Pentagon For North Korea Attack Plan, by Elpacino481(m): 5:20pm On Feb 03, 2018
America is definitely gonna regret ever having to bomb even 1 military facility in NK. underestimate KIM at your own peril.

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Re: US/NK tension: White House Pressures Pentagon For North Korea Attack Plan, by LordReed(m): 6:05pm On Feb 03, 2018
Zoharariel:


The United Snakes of Amerika was built on foreign plunder labour

FTFY

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