Entire U.S. Senate to go to White House for North Korea briefing

[Cybran]

In a movie this would be the perfect chance to get rid of the whole senate! Just saying.

"They will nazi it coming" you say?

[Deleted]

What is the point of all of the military spending if it's just going to rust away? Better rush in now and clear the fallout later.

As history has shown us the best military actions are the ones with the least planning and foresight

[Cerilis]

Isnt that what all the Emperor starwars memes are about?

"They will nazi it coming" you say?

Exactly! Full arch villian stuff!

[Deleted]

I can imagine it now.

Trump: And in this slide you will see, without a shadow of a doubt that in fact. Not a Alt-fact but a real fact. That my Hands are not tiny for my body size and that they are bigger then Kims. I know of another Kim great guy, greatest Kim.

[Deleted]

Whilst North Korea does need dealt with, it shouldn't be at the expense of South Korea and Japan, who will be obliterated if trump attacks

[Mihalik]

Start a war, rally people behind the flag, "refocus" your priorities from infrastructure, healthcare, job creation to the "war effort". How dare you criticize the President!? Support the troops!

[Kathandira]

In a movie this would be the perfect chance to get rid of the whole senate! Just saying.

Totally the first thought that came to mind. I like the cut of your jib.

[Mihalik]

In a movie this would be the perfect chance to get rid of the whole senate! Just saying.

There's a TV show -Designated survivor, that's about the killing of the whole US government bar a couple of people during the State of the Union. Killing the Senators only wouldn't do much, Congress is arguably more important, and more numerous, so you would have to off both Congress and the Senate in the same time.

[GennGreymane]

Start a war, rally people behind the flag, "refocus" your priorities from infrastructure, healthcare, job creation to the "war effort". How dare you criticize the President!? Support the troops!

You dumbass! No one would ever fall for......... oh fuck

[caervek]

Whilst North Korea does need dealt with, it shouldn't be at the expense of South Korea and Japan, who will be obliterated if trump attacks

So to clarify, if Trump attacks NK then the threat of NK ever getting nuclear missiles that can reach America will be eliminated, plus the sales of American electronics and cars will skyrocket? Lets hope he doesn't realise lol.

[Mihalik]

Whilst North Korea does need dealt with, it shouldn't be at the expense of South Korea and Japan, who will be obliterated if trump attacks

Didn't you hear? America first!

[chrykoolaid]

who is the warhawk again, i can't tell if its trump or hillary . might be both

[Azadina]

who is the warhawk again, i can't tell if its trump or hillary . might be both

Well, Hillary was going to play in Syria. So far Trump has bombed Afghanistan, missile striked Syria, raided Yemen, and now wants little wars all over in addition.

People can draw their own conclusions from it.

[The Penguin]

Well, Hillary was going to play in Syria. So far Trump has bombed Afghanistan, missile striked Syria, raided Yemen, and now wants little wars all over in addition.

People can draw their own conclusions from it.

I feel obligated to draw a parallel with Marvin the Martian here and say: "Isn't that lovely?" or some other snark filled post.

Blah bear with me. Need Coffee. Still partially a Zombie. Grr.. rgggh argggh.. brainssss.

[Scooby Dooby Doo]

Potential war aside a unification of North and South Korea similar to the unification of East and West Germany would financially and economically ruin South Korea.

[Vash The Stampede]

"They will nazi it coming" you say?

If Trump gives directions they won't have a problem. He'll tell them to go straight and then take the third reich.

Start a war, rally people behind the flag, "refocus" your priorities from infrastructure, healthcare, job creation to the "war effort". How dare you criticize the President!? Support the troops!

What better way to fix your approval rating by starting a war with everyones most hated country. Iraq was taken by Bush so Trump had to go for the next best thing.

[Kontinuum]

The U.S. military started moving parts of its controversial THAAD anti-missile defense system to a deployment site in South Korea on Wednesday amid high tensions over North Korea's missile and nuclear programs.

The earlier-than-expected move prompted protests by hundreds of local residents and was denounced by the frontrunner in South Korea's presidential election on May 9.

A spokesman for Moon Jae-in said the decision "ignored public opinion and due process" and demanded the deployment be suspended until the next administration was in place and had made its policy decision.

The United States and South Korea last year agreed to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system to counter the threat of missile launches by North Korea. However the move has angered China, which says the advanced system will do little to deter the North while destabilizing the regional security balance.

South Korea's defense ministry said some elements of THAAD were moved to the site on what had been a golf course in the south of the country.

"South Korea and the United States have been working to secure an early operational capability of the THAAD system in response to North Korea's advancing nuclear and missile threat," the ministry said in a statement. The battery is expected to be operational by the end of the year, it added.

Television footage showed military trailers carrying large units including what appeared to be launch canisters being driven into the planned THAAD battery site, about 250 km (155 miles) south of Seoul. Images showed local protesters hurling water bottles at the vehicles and police trying to block them.

The Pentagon said the deployment was a critical measure to defend South Korea and its allies against North Korean missile threats and it would complete it "as soon as feasible".

The U.S. and South Korean militaries have been reluctant to publicly discuss the progress of the deployment ahead of the South Korean presidential election.

Moon, the favorite to win the race, has said the new South Korean administration should decide on whether to deploy the THAAD after gathering public opinions and having further discussions with Washington.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-so...-idUSKBN17R2VA

Chinese Troops at Border with N.Korea Put in High Alert
http://english.chosun.com/site/data/...042601025.html

[Sevyvia]

This, in the end, has nothing more to do with Trump than that he happens to be the US president at this time, though the "hurr, Trump" drones are out in force literally everywhere. What this is about is NK seeing no way to ensure the regime's survival other than ICBM, nuclear survival. The US, or the international community in general, doesn't exactly have a good track record with whatever deals it sets up. So, it's simply about the fact that we're approaching the time where a final decision has to be made regarding whether you want a country like NK to have ICBM nuclear capabilities, and live in that kind of world given how they act, or take action against them before it happens.

Action could be a surgical strike against their R&D, which would be deniable but difficult. It could be precision bombing, which relies on having the right targets, and the targets even being placed so that they can be bombed. The third is full-scale invasion, which would certainly be the end of NK, but also cost a lot of lives.

Again, this has nothing to do with Trump and whatever favorable or unfavorable qualities people might want to associate with him. The situation would be here if Hillary had won, too, or any other candidate.

[Wyrt]

Well, at least the senate is being informed of stuff before Trump goes bombing shit again.

[Breccia]

Well, at least the senate is being informed of stuff before Trump goes bombing shit again.

This is what it's come down to, ladies and gentlemen. The bar has been set so low, that it's now "well at least he's telling the Senate this time".

This smacks of Snake Oil Salesdon trying to get the home court advantage, and forcing the mountain to move to Mohammed to do it. If his plan was really that good, he wouldn't need to sell it.