18-Jan-18 World View -- North Korea's Olympics publicity stunt gains widespread media adoration

[John]

18-Jan-18 World View -- North Korea's Olympics publicity stunt gains widespread media adoration

US, Canada sponsor international North Korea meeting to send signal to China, Russia

** 18-Jan-18 World View -- North Korea's Olympics publicity stunt gains widespread media adoration
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/pg/ ... tm#e180118



Contents:
US, Canada sponsor international North Korea meeting to send signal to China, Russia
North Korea's Olympics publicity stunt gains widespread media adoration


Keys:
Generational Dynamics, Canada, North Korea, Kim Jong-un, South Korea,
China, Xi Jinping, South China Sea, Russia, Vladimir Putin, Crimea,
John Kelly, H.R. McMaster, Steve Bannon, Lindsey Graham

[devorah]

The useful purpose of the Canadian meeting is not patently obvious. Perhaps the session will be known in history as The Hidden Aggression Games Parlay. Just a quick look at the attendees and the names Colombia, France, Italy, Philippines,UK and Turkey scream question marks.
No matter what has been said by whom, I would not count on words from McMasters and Lindsey Graham, the latter being an expert on nothing. A suggestion: require gender testing for NK women's hockey team. They look like sumo wrestlers.

[expat]

I'm an American living in Seoul. A friend showed me you website in December, and I have been reading through it. I am convinced you are on the right track. So, can I stay here for the Olympics an leave at the end of February? Or should I leave now? I wish I had heard of this site years ago. Could a 'bloody nose' NOT lead to regional or world war? Koreans are split 50-50 conservative- liberal.

[WisperingMeadow]

If Poobear has mass surveillance of his own people I have no doubt in my mind he is doing it to America. Question is how and to what extent.

[WisperingMeadow]

High probability general Internet. Medium probability mobile devices specifically apps have been targeted.

[John]

> I'm an American living in Seoul. A friend showed me you website in
> December, and I have been reading through it. I am convinced you
> are on the right track. So, can I stay here for the Olympics an
> leave at the end of February? Or should I leave now? I wish I had
> heard of this site years ago. Could a 'bloody nose' NOT lead to
> regional or world war? Koreans are split 50-50 conservative-
> liberal.

I think you already know that I don't have an answer to your question.

There's no doubt that tensions between North and South Korea are
growing, and there's even a generational backlash among young people
objecting to North and South Korea marching together under a unity
flag.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olym ... SKBN1F716G

There's also no doubt that at some point there will be a war involving
Seoul, and it looks like things are going to be very tense after the
Olympics games end. But that doesn't mean that there'll be a war on
February 24. It's possible that all sides will find a way to "kick
the can down the road" again, despite Kelly saying that we've run out
of road. Maybe China will force Kim to back down rather than have a
war. It's hard to believe that a war will simply begin, but stranger
things have happened, and anyway, throughout history, many wars have
"simply begun."

If it were me, then I would leave, but I'm a total coward. If you
stay, then you probably should think about how you'll handle the
situation where things suddenly change overnight and a war seems
imminent, or the first shots have been fired. At that point, all
flights would be booked up, and people would be in a total panic. For
example, you might have a plan to quickly travel to the south of
Korea, where you'll probably be safer.

I realize that none of the above is much help. What you have to do is
evaluate your situation, how much risk you're willing to tolerate, and
how closely you and your family are tied to Seoul. All I can add is
-- Good luck!

Let us know what you decide.

[Tom Mazanec]

If it were me, then I would leave, but I'm a total coward.
Then why are you at a location you believe to be a prime Ground Zero?

[John]

> "If it were me, then I would leave, but I'm a total coward." Then
> why are you at a location you believe to be a prime Ground
> Zero?

Because my fantasy is that the first Chinese nuclear missile would
kill me immediately while I'm sitting at my computer typing, which is
the coward's way to die. If I lived in Seoul, then an artillery
attack would leave me alive, or worse, non-critically wounded,
possibly a homeless refugee, not something that a coward wants.

[CH86]

Boston is safer than Seoul. Seoul is literally at the front line with North Korea.