Scary headline of the day: Self Restraint Is Only Thing Stopping War in Korea, U.S. General Says

[spanone]

this is something we know trump does not possess

SEOUL, South Korea — The top American general in South Korea said Wednesday that self-restraint was all that kept the United States and South Korea from going to war with North Korea, as the South’s defense minister indicated that the North’s first intercontinental ballistic missile had the potential to reach Hawaii.

The unusually blunt warning, from Gen. Vincent K. Brooks, the commander of American troops based in Seoul, came a day after North Korea said it successfully tested the Hwasong-14, its first intercontinental ballistic missile.

Washington and its allies confirmed that the weapon was an ICBM and condemned the test as a violation of United Nations resolutions and a dangerous escalation of tensions.

Although doubt remained whether North Korea had cleared all the technical hurdles to make the Hwasong-14 a fully functional ICBM, the launch prompted the United States and South Korea to conduct a rare joint missile exercise off the east coast of South Korea on Wednesday. The drill involved firing an undisclosed number of ballistic missiles into the sea.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/05/world/asia/north-korea-war-us-icbm.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region

[Amishman]

1. In this era of globally reaching weapons systems, isn't that what prevents war everywhere?

With the end of the cold war, it became easier to forget, but we live in a world where the leaders of many countries have the abilities at their fingertips to kick the world's teeth in.

And every day it gets worse as technology advances

We live in frightening times and have for decades. The current wave of jingoism has just opened our eyes again

[H2O Man]

2. Recommended.

Be prepared.

[spanone]

3. scary times, sir.

two reactionary 'leaders' with nuclear weapons