American Media Are Getting People at Home Ready for War With North Korea

[tinrobot]

Remember what it felt like a couple of months ago when you, as an American, didn’t give much thought to North Korea? I’d like you to try and remember that feeling over the next couple of weeks, because the US government wants that to change. The past month has shown a tremendous shift in news coverage about North Korea. And that’s no accident.

President Donald Trump continues to beat the drums of war, and the media are going along with him. Trump doesn’t have any particular incentive to bomb North Korea or advocate for regime change in the country. It’s not even clear that Trump knows the leader of North Korea’s name. But Trump is above all a man who likes to be liked. And so far, the actions that have won him the most praise have been when he dropped a bunch of bombs on Syria.

Some talking heads on American TV will insist that we don’t want war. But with a subtle shift in narrative, there comes a sense that “we,” as the world’s police, have no other choice. Once the media talking heads get far enough down that road, constructive criticism of potential war (both at the dinner table and the water cooler) become loaded with questions of “well, if you love North Korea so much, why don’t you move there?”

And just as we saw in the lead up to the second Iraq War in 2003, American military action will begin to feel inevitable. Talks about diplomatic options will be brushed away with “we tried that” and there will be no other course but war.

http://gizmodo.com/american-media-are-getting-people-at-home-ready-for-war-1794620783

[Demtexan]

1. Got enough military to fight it is the issue.

Could get a little messy.

[Historic NY]

2. It will reignite the ceasefire and the entire peninsular again....

South Korea will bear the brunt.

[PdxSean]

3. Trump and his supporters don't care about South Korea.

Mainly because South Koreans don't look like "us" and because Trump doesn't have the mental capacity to understand the implications of "losing" South Korea as a potential staging ground in a regional dispute.

[tinrobot]

6. Maybe his billionaire buddies can talk him off the ledge.

A lot of big corporations do a lot of important business in Korea.

War in the Middle East is good for business because you're not blowing up major electronics and car factories.

War in Korea, not so much. It could get very costly.

[democratisphere]

4. Only an insane person would start a war in the Koreas.

Unfortunately, in this case, we have 2 insane people.

[mwooldri]

5. Only two?

I can add 310 more... 52 in the US Senate, 238 in the House, and 20 Trump appointed cabinet level members.

They're all crazy!

[cbdo2007]

7. Yep, war is big business to the media as we all tune in for updates.

[maryellen99]

8. Too bad Trump probably has no clue that China is bound by treaty to defend NK if attacked

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-North_Korean_Mutual_Aid_and_Cooperation_Friendship_Treaty