We’ve known for quite a while that mad men have run North
Korea for many years now. None worse than the present boy wonder with a self
destruction gene rattling around that head of his.
What’s worse, that mad man targets the USA for fun and
games. Not a good thing in normal times when the occupant of the White House is
prepared, intelligent and alert. More than that, he or she is supported by a
crack team of international specialists and diplomats ready to analyze precise
threats. They help the President sort out the nonsense from the serious stuff.
And then military advisors and national security analysts pore forth their
study and advice.
But these are not normal times. With the donald sitting in
the White House we are vulnerable to capricious acts of retribution for slights
real or imagined. Will this lead us to war or just the brink of war? Does it
matter which? Isn’t the damage done in either case? To view the US as
vulnerable at all provides opportunity to anybody else who fancies an expansion
of their own power.
I’d say this suggests Russia’s Putin; not for Russia’s sake
but for his own. It would swell public adulation for him if he took decisive
power to consolidate even more nations under the Russian tutelage, just like
the old Soviet era. He misses that. He wants it back. And he despises the
western bloc nations for its demise. The US is his special target.
So Putin sees North Korea and mad boy dictator as an
opportunity. A choice opportunity. He could play that circumstance in a number
of ways and win an international chess game of high stakes. With America
involved in a skirmish or all out war with North Korea, Russia could do a lot
of damage elsewhere. They’ve been hinting at it now for 3 years. Looking for
the opportunity is all.
Is this it?
China does not want this. It prefers peace and balance.
Always has. But she will be resolved against any super power that enters its
neighborhood. Its work with North Korea is to maintain peace and calm. It does
not want disruption. It has economic goals to meet in order to feed a 1.4
billion population. It is making huge progress on its technological
manufacturing base and a broadly expanding standard of living for its
citizenry. It would hate any kind of wasteful delay like a war in its backyard.
But China shares a very long border with Russia and it does
not want troubles with any part of that. However, Russia beware; China is no
pushover. You would be irking the wrong frenemy if you did.
That may be donald’s saving grace at the moment. Not because
of him, but because of circumstances.
In any case this is not an American problem; it is a UN
problem. It is a global community problem. Nuclear arms should be removed from
the planet. Military solutions to diplomatic impasses should be removed from
our thinking. Only defensive maneuvers should be prepared and at ready.
Defensive only! Not offensive. The difference is huge.
In the meantime, however, we have a sitting President who is
in full authority of the military might of the USA. He is not in full control
of his own emotions or thinking, however. That is the larger problem. He is
goadable. By a boy wonder brat in North Korea. Two kids playing in the school
yard with toys that kill millions per shot.
Not a good thing. It is a catastrophe of the highest order.
And we need to do something about it. The elected leaders of
the American Federal Government need to come together to determine what can be
done to remove the donald at least temporarily until it is learned if he has
any capability remaining to serve out his term of office. If not, he should be
removed by all legal means at hand.
Not to do this places the world in peril. We best not
explore that!
September 5, 2017
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