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In reply to the discussion: Why Republicans Are Opposed to Supporting the Poor - An Open Secret [View all]MineralMan
(146,286 posts)I just read that Trump had sent a nuclear-armed B-52 to South Korea. Something is brewing in his fevered little brain, and it's a very ugly thing. Nobody likes North Korea and its leader. Nobody. Not the Chinese. Not the Russians. Nobody.
An attack on Pyongyang would not surprise me at all. Not a nuclear attack, I think. The B-52 is more of a provocation than real threat. But an attack on military and missile bases and on the center of government seems likely to me.
However, our intelligence on North Korea is short on details, like the exact location of Kim Jung Un at any given time. That would make decapitation a difficult thing. However, we do know where NK keeps its stuff, thanks to our satellite surveillance. We could probably disable North Korea's ability to attack South Korea pretty effectively, if we chose to do so. Trump may choose to do so, I'm afraid.
It will be a major distraction, of course, and will allow Congress to pass all sorts of awful shit while we're watching that squirrel.