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****BREAKING**** U S PREPARED FOR PRE-EMPTIVE STRIKE ON NORTH KOREA (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2017 OP
Agitprop superpatriotman Apr 2017 #1
CAPS LOCK FTW Renew Deal Apr 2017 #2
This is legitimately yuge, DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2017 #3
Oh. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #4
I started a new business project. I am not following through until I see what happens. DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2017 #6
You could be waiting a long time then, because the odds are this is not going to happen still_one Apr 2017 #21
We have a maniac in the White House. chia Apr 2017 #5
Armageddon to be brought on by two tinpot despots superpatriotman Apr 2017 #7
This is how malignant narcissism can affect millions of people... chia Apr 2017 #12
I'm not sure which one we are talking about superpatriotman Apr 2017 #43
i would have assumed we were prepared for a pre-emptive strike on several countries maxsolomon Apr 2017 #8
me too... stillcool Apr 2017 #49
I wish people had not voted 3rd party Eliot Rosewater Apr 2017 #9
but her emails NightWatcher Apr 2017 #13
Never forget day one of that story, I said to myself Eliot Rosewater Apr 2017 #19
And $200 million in speaking fees superpatriotman Apr 2017 #45
bull shit Eliot Rosewater Apr 2017 #60
But she cackles Hekate Apr 2017 #28
And she was a hawk! (n/t) athena Apr 2017 #35
But...but...Goldman Sachs? workinclasszero Apr 2017 #65
We have to get these fucking maniacs out of office before they get us all killed. Initech Apr 2017 #10
I've said it before Initech MontanaMama Apr 2017 #16
Amen to that! Initech Apr 2017 #25
Yep! The entire herd! n/t RKP5637 Apr 2017 #38
You've said it perfectly. liberalmuse Apr 2017 #55
We need to make that our party platform for the next decade. Initech Apr 2017 #59
Just in time for criminal indictments jeffreyi Apr 2017 #11
Ok so I'm facing heart surgery in two weeks, but this is by far more OldHippieChick Apr 2017 #14
OHC I wonder how many MontanaMama Apr 2017 #20
Thank you. It is actually my own fault. I did not realize the OldHippieChick Apr 2017 #22
Whoa. Didn't know that could happen. jeffreyi Apr 2017 #23
I didn't know either. Duh. Now I must face the OldHippieChick Apr 2017 #26
Best of luck to you---from an old hippie guy. panader0 Apr 2017 #39
Thanks. I will post a winning OP OldHippieChick Apr 2017 #42
You damn well better! liberalmuse Apr 2017 #56
I am sure you are. MontanaMama Apr 2017 #24
. NCTraveler Apr 2017 #31
Seeing you well. mahina Apr 2017 #52
Is this news? I would hope we would have strike plans - adversaries for 60+ years. jmg257 Apr 2017 #15
that was my thought when I read the headline. So much of the media sems to be in war mode. riversedge Apr 2017 #32
Beating the war drums, like they did for Iraq! I guess it gets more viewers and a fatter RKP5637 Apr 2017 #37
CNNMSNBCCBSFOX say it's presidental workinclasszero Apr 2017 #66
We are truly F'ed with this new regime. n/t RKP5637 Apr 2017 #67
umm this has probably always been the case nt msongs Apr 2017 #17
Fuuuuuuuuccccccckkkkk. Squinch Apr 2017 #18
Uh huh. cwydro Apr 2017 #27
There are contingencies for countless possible scenarios... EarthFirst Apr 2017 #29
Somebody needs to get 45 out of the WH now! ananda Apr 2017 #30
Hard to tell WTF will happen. Both are nuts! n/t RKP5637 Apr 2017 #33
Get ready, folks. roamer65 Apr 2017 #34
No. Please. No. Let someone else from inside NK take UN out. I can dream applegrove Apr 2017 #36
This message was self-deleted by its author Kablooie Apr 2017 #40
Trump is protecting our precious bodily fluids. lpbk2713 Apr 2017 #41
O. P. E. or P. O. E.? VOX Apr 2017 #50
The US has been prepared for this since the early 1950's. Nothing new... madinmaryland Apr 2017 #44
Kim Jung Un would do well Turbineguy Apr 2017 #46
He's not afraid to die Horse with no Name Apr 2017 #62
We're prepared for preemptive strikes on just about Codeine Apr 2017 #47
Pure Insanity vs. Psychopathic Cognitive Impairment... VOX Apr 2017 #48
The media/comey/evangelicals/racists/populists/nationalists have done this. Dawson Leery Apr 2017 #51
If this really happens will never get rid of Cheeto head. Lint Head Apr 2017 #53
no fucking way Demonaut Apr 2017 #54
So if I am North Korea I would make a premptive stike first. nt doc03 Apr 2017 #57
That's what trump is doing Horse with no Name Apr 2017 #63
Kim Jong Un is going to do just that by making a MineralMan Apr 2017 #64
Whaaaa heew jpak Apr 2017 #58
I was thinking more like this snooper2 Apr 2017 #61

superpatriotman

(6,247 posts)
7. Armageddon to be brought on by two tinpot despots
Thu Apr 13, 2017, 06:49 PM
Apr 2017

Delusional phonies with bad hair and fat bellies on both sides.

chia

(2,244 posts)
12. This is how malignant narcissism can affect millions of people...
Thu Apr 13, 2017, 06:55 PM
Apr 2017

He just has to be the first, the biggest, the baddest - and he is - only not in the ways he thinks he is.

Here's where he goes from national embarrassment to global destabilizer.

maxsolomon

(33,327 posts)
8. i would have assumed we were prepared for a pre-emptive strike on several countries
Thu Apr 13, 2017, 06:50 PM
Apr 2017

NK
Iran
Russia
China

so what is new?

Initech

(100,068 posts)
10. We have to get these fucking maniacs out of office before they get us all killed.
Thu Apr 13, 2017, 06:52 PM
Apr 2017

And that includes Trump, Ryan, McConnell, Gorsuch, and the rest of these fucking assholes. I hate these fucking assholes.

MontanaMama

(23,313 posts)
16. I've said it before Initech
Thu Apr 13, 2017, 06:57 PM
Apr 2017

And I'll say it again. I hate these assholes too and I hate them for making me hate them.

Initech

(100,068 posts)
59. We need to make that our party platform for the next decade.
Thu Apr 13, 2017, 08:40 PM
Apr 2017

Never in my life have I been this scared of what's happening. Trump is going to get us killed, and Putin is plotting to take over the world. Brexit and Trump were just the beginning. Next comes the dismantling of NATO and the UN.

jeffreyi

(1,939 posts)
11. Just in time for criminal indictments
Thu Apr 13, 2017, 06:53 PM
Apr 2017

Lots of rumors flying. Any astrologers out there? Are we in a planetary intergalactic 3D square vortex? Wierd doesn't begin to describe.

MontanaMama

(23,313 posts)
20. OHC I wonder how many
Thu Apr 13, 2017, 07:01 PM
Apr 2017

Of us are sick from all this stress? Heart surgery??? I hope all goes well for you. I was sitting here feeling mad because these motherfuckers have given me a bleeding ulcer and I am pissed off about it which does nothing for the ulcer. Heart surgery gives me pause. Well wishes to you. Peace.

OldHippieChick

(2,434 posts)
22. Thank you. It is actually my own fault. I did not realize the
Thu Apr 13, 2017, 07:04 PM
Apr 2017

ramifications of not using my oxygen for a few months. This created a tumor on my heart. That tumor must now be removed. I am a little scared.

OldHippieChick

(2,434 posts)
26. I didn't know either. Duh. Now I must face the
Thu Apr 13, 2017, 07:14 PM
Apr 2017

ramifications of being incurious. In other words, when doctors tell you to stay on oxygen therapy at night, do so!!! I am now facing the consequences and it is not pleasant.

liberalmuse

(18,672 posts)
56. You damn well better!
Thu Apr 13, 2017, 08:23 PM
Apr 2017

And I'll be watching for you. Well wishes - we all make mistakes. I'm going to believe you'll be fine!

MontanaMama

(23,313 posts)
24. I am sure you are.
Thu Apr 13, 2017, 07:11 PM
Apr 2017

Taking care of ourselves is sometimes the last thing we do, isn't it? The older I get the more I realize how important it is. Take good care. We need you in the resistance. 💜



RKP5637

(67,107 posts)
37. Beating the war drums, like they did for Iraq! I guess it gets more viewers and a fatter
Thu Apr 13, 2017, 07:27 PM
Apr 2017

bottom line for M$M. Disgusting.

EarthFirst

(2,900 posts)
29. There are contingencies for countless possible scenarios...
Thu Apr 13, 2017, 07:20 PM
Apr 2017

Why is any network speculating anything rather than reporting news; facts?

roamer65

(36,745 posts)
34. Get ready, folks.
Thu Apr 13, 2017, 07:25 PM
Apr 2017

Things are going to get very interesting. Dump is trying to deflect the true story of today. GCHQ has him by the privates.

Response to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

madinmaryland

(64,931 posts)
44. The US has been prepared for this since the early 1950's. Nothing new...
Thu Apr 13, 2017, 07:37 PM
Apr 2017

What is new, is that there is a So Called Ruler of the United States who is hellbent on ending the planet as we know it.

 

Codeine

(25,586 posts)
47. We're prepared for preemptive strikes on just about
Thu Apr 13, 2017, 07:50 PM
Apr 2017

every potential adversary out there. Basic military planning.

Scare tactic headlines make DU suck.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
48. Pure Insanity vs. Psychopathic Cognitive Impairment...
Thu Apr 13, 2017, 07:58 PM
Apr 2017

Which is stronger? Which will kick the other's ASS? Which one will be reduced to a cinder?

Tune in, you won't want to miss it!

Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)
51. The media/comey/evangelicals/racists/populists/nationalists have done this.
Thu Apr 13, 2017, 08:05 PM
Apr 2017

Should anything bad come of this, THEY OWN IT!

Horse with no Name

(33,956 posts)
63. That's what trump is doing
Fri Apr 14, 2017, 01:34 PM
Apr 2017

Baiting him so he fired first and then trump has "no choice" but to retaliate.

MineralMan

(146,288 posts)
64. Kim Jong Un is going to do just that by making a
Fri Apr 14, 2017, 01:38 PM
Apr 2017

big banging noise with a nuke shortly. It's almost inevitable.

However, given North Korea's ineptness, it also may be a big fizzle, which has happened before. Premature evacuation, so to speak.

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