December 23, 2017
THE GREAT PARADOX OF THE NUCLEAR AGE...:
Mattis: U.S. Ready for War With N. Korea (Robert Burns, 12/22/17, AP)
"Storm clouds are gathering" over the Korean Peninsula, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis declared on Friday. And as diplomats try to resolve the nuclear standoff, he told soldiers that the U.S. military must do its part by being ready for war. [...]Mattis' comments came as the U.N. Security Council unanimously approved tough new sanctions against North Korea, compelling nations to sharply reduce their sales of oil to the reclusive country and send home all North Korean expatriate workers within two years.Such workers are seen as a key source of revenue for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's cash-strapped government.
...is that the "humanitarian" course is always to starve millions of innocent victims rather than resort to the "barbarity" of destroying the oppressors.
Posted by Orrin Judd at December 23, 2017 9:49 AM