Category: North Korea

…The Risk of Nuclear War with North Korea…

  ........parsing our way ever closer to justifying a first strike............begs the question............. On the ground in Pyongyang: Could Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump goad each other into a devastating confrontation? By Evan Osnos The New Yorker A guard at the D.M.Z. This summer, the prospect of a nuclear confrontation between the United States and … Continue reading …The Risk of Nuclear War with North Korea… →

…..Who? What? When? Where? How? and Why?…………

.......serious history being written these days........ many issues in dispute.....facts are facts.....try some of these......w It was a breezy, surprisingly pleasant summer week in Washington as the frenzy around potential Trump-Russia revelations reached near-carnival levels. On Thursday, brightly clad groups scattered across the lawns of Capitol Hill could almost have been picnickers — if not … Continue reading …..Who? What? When? Where? How? and Why?………… →

……of horseshoes and hand grenades…….

HOLY CRAP KIDS!.... On the day of North Korea’s first atomic test in 2006, aides to President George W. Bush began phoning foreign capitals to reassure allies startled by Pyongyang’s surprising feat. The test, aides said, had been mostly a failure: a botched, 1-kiloton cry for attention from a regime that had no warheads or … Continue reading ……of horseshoes and hand grenades……. →