22-May-17 World View -- North Korea test-fires another ballistic missile / Socialist Venezuela

[John]

> What do you make of this, John?

> https://www.voanews.com/a/third-naval-s ... 73637.html

> Sources: 3rd US Naval Strike Force Deployed to Deter North
> Korea

> The United States is sending a third aircraft carrier strike force
> to the western Pacific region in an apparent warning to North
> Korea to deter its ballistic missile and nuclear programs, two
> sources have told VOA.

> The USS Nimitz, one of the world’s largest warships, will join two
> other supercarriers, the USS Carl Vinson and the USS Ronald
> Reagan, in the western Pacific, the sources told VOA's Steve
> Herman.

> The U.S. military has rarely simultaneously deployed three
> aircraft carriers to the same region.

Well, it's impossible to predict what any individual will do, and that
certainly includes politicians. So Trump may order some kind of
attack on North Korea, and thus trigger a major new Korean war, and
subsequently a world war. My personal belief is that three aircraft
carriers are there to pressure NK politically, and that the actions
are being taken with the cooperation of the Chinese, and possibly even
the Russians.

For example, one scenario short of an attack is that China and the US
are playing good cop / bad cop. Anyway, we'll just have to wait and
see. Probably we'll know by the end of the week.

[Guest]

Why can't the Americans just accept that North Korea is now a nuclear power. The regime is described as 'homicidal but not suicidal'. Why not ignore them?

[John]

> Why can't the Americans just accept that North Korea is now a
> nuclear power. The regime is described as 'homicidal but not
> suicidal'. Why not ignore them?

Why are so many people close to hysteria over climate change?
Irrational panic and hysteria make the world go 'round.

Of course, it IS inevitable that NK will develop a nuclear-tipped
missile capable of delivering a nuclear weapon to the US mainland.