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[Steeped in a Sea of Games]

The Pacific Northwest is going to be the best place in America to survive when climate change puts us in a nationwide drought and heat wave.

You've got to pick where you're ready to die because of Trump, interventionism, and capitalism.

It's all about the Great Lakes. Fresh water for days and days.

 

[MadJackChurchill]

That all makes sense if you think it's worth talking down Kim Jong un again only to have this same shit or worse happen later on down the road when he does have perfected icbm technology? It wouldn't shock me if the world was getting tired of uns shit and want to just make him go away forever.

I think it's much more important to think in realpolitik terms for once. He's the current figure head of a hereditary dictatorship. Yet, he is also bound by the pseudo-philosophy and political rhetoric of his grandfather and father. They progressively built-up and dressed a literal army of generals to secure control over the WPK. You remove him, you get an uncountable amount of factions vying for power, and only a few kilometres away from Seoul; a global trade hub.

Talking to and normalising relations with one figurehead is significantly easier than telling thirty battalions to stop hurling rockets at South Korea, Japan, and each other.


Realistically I can see why Un is desperately seeking nuclear arms, it can put younger people back into work and education; away from older and disgruntled generals.

 

[GoodCoffeeJoey]

What would Douglas MacArthur do?

 

[iRAWRasaurus]

What would Douglas MacArther do?

He would sit down for a nice calm chat.

Spoiler

INVADE!

 

[Seductivpancakes]

What would Douglas MacArthur do?

Antagonize the Chinese till they enter the war.

 

[MadJackChurchill]

What would Douglas MacArthur do?

Present a map with numerous blast radiuses covering the 38th parallel.

 

[McLovin]

This is nuts

 

[Rentahamster]

This is nuts

It's also probably over-exaggerated.

http://www.nbcnews.com/card/are-chinese-troops-massing-north-korean-border-no-n745611

The story spread in bond markets in New York and Asia on Monday. China, according to a rumor that circulated largely via social media, was "massing" 150,000 troops on its border with North Korea. The timing of the alleged troop movements, coupled with reports of possible U.S.-China discussions of what to do about Pyongyang’s nuclear arsenal, was cited by analysts as one reason interest rates on bonds were creeping up.

Was there any substance to the rumor? Not according to senior U.S. military and intelligence officials. There was no "massing." As many as 250,000 Chinese troops are always operating in northeastern China, and the U.S. did not see any sign Beijing had moved them closer to the Yalu River, which separates North Korea from China.

Financial analysts were not surprised. Fake financial news has a longer history that any other kind of false reporting. Some people repeat rumors because they believe them to be fact. Others, however, may be tempted by the knowledge that "news" of impending doom can move markets. There is money to be made before the news is proven true or false. The advent of social media and high-speed trading just adds to the possibilities.

One Pentagon official told NBC News, in language too profane to publish, that that's exactly what he thought happened with the China troop tale.