The Telegraph and The Wall Street Journal report that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis have been urging President Trump not to strike North Korea, while National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster is reportedly in favor of a "bloody nose" strategy
http://www.businessinsider.com/tillerson-mattis-trump-north-korea-strike-2018-1
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So it seems like the only thing between a madman and nuclear war is a coup by Trump’s own cabinet.
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In short, yes.
Although I can see how this story makes for an interesting headline, since it is solely based on what may be happening about what we may imagine is going on in the president's mind, it's really just a fluff piece. I fully expect these types of political soap opera scripts to continue from outlets like WSJ and The Telegraph, in support of the fruitless attempts to bring notions of invoking the 25th Amendment, especially since the failed year-long Russian fable is finally being abandoned for more creative story lines. Can't blame these trends under the new standards for mainstream media reporting in favor of siding against this president, he really is an easy target.
The underlying reason that the United States has extended protection to South Korea really has nothing to do with Korea. It's all about showing the Japanese that the US is serious about protecting Japan in the Asian Pacific theater. The thinking goes that if we had allowed Kim to take North Korea in the 1950s, Japan would have had no choice but to militarize. The Japanese-American relationship has for some time been seen as the most important bilateral relationship in the world. This relationship, which includes the US defense umbrella, allows Japan to observe its constitution (which prohibits militarization) and to promote trade between the US and Japan. The thinking goes that if Japan becomes militarized (out of a lack of steadfastness by the United States) it could lead to massive conflicts in the region (i.e., with China) which would threaten US dominance in the region and which would disrupt global trade. I do not see how rattling the sabers with North Korea advances this longstanding bipartisan strategy of protecting the relationship between Japan and the US. If we turn up the heat too high in the region, Japan may feel compelled to abandon its constitution and take up arms. This in turn would set the Chinese off. This is a situation that requires consistent pressure and skilled diplomacy. Not hystrionics. Unfortunately, we have Trump in the White House, surrounded in large part by a bunch of neophytes.
It's amazing how a lot of lay people know this, but our president has not the foggiest idea about the doctrines that have been the underpinnings of US policy for decades. He's stepping into a movie halfway through and critiquing all the actors without a clue as to what has gone on before.
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The "rocket man" seems not perturbed at all, but he will, the day reality dawns on him. Don't mess with America.
Fight between these two countries can lead to a world war.
Hahahaha ! Of corse he wants a war , it would take the attention off his troubles with Muller ! When a president is in a bad posture and has a low IQ ... His only way out is war .....
This is what happens when we allow young minded spoilt children to play with our planet.
Trump will not just attack North Korea out of no where. It would be in response to an attack. Nobody is holding him back from a nuclear strike, because he doesn’t want to strike them yet. There is no reason to. So the idea that he is being stopped from attacking by cabinet members is ridiculous
Watching it now. It is as you say though: How unlikely is it that the people who would eventually come to stop a military advance are a man known as Mad Dog and Rex Tillerson?
It's incredible how the presennce of a sort of voice of wisdom can change the course of an action that would so massively influence the entire world, starting from the are in which the first strikes are deployed. We are living interesting times indeed...
I hope they keep pulling his hand back... No need to go there, in my opinion. Humble as it may be... maybe deadly, but I think that's too far.