North Korea was decimated by the US during the Korean War. The US hegemonic ambitions for regime change in NK and their stupid 'up the ante' continuous war games on the peninsular as well as surrounding NK with military offensive bases and their stupid insistence of not signing an armistice with NK is the only reason NK is continuing to build nuclear weapons and missile technology.

The US is the aggressor, not NK.

Additionally, the US is the perpetrator of war crimes and crimes against humanity with their covert support and arming of ISIS in Syria and Iraq and AK in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen and beyond. The MSM are full of shite and any reporting they do is blatant propaganda.

The Russians and Chinese are no threat to the US yet it demonises them on utter false pretences.

If the Russians hacked the US elections, show everyone the evidence, oh that's right there is none, 17 US intelligence agencies have not found a scrap of evidence. Go figure.

As for 911 Pete, if you believe the story put forward by the US government and their vassals then more fool you.

The US is the greatest threat to peace on this planet, if you haven't worked that out yet, you would be a mug.

Part of the point of putting NK on the state sponsor of terrorists watch list is that a whole range of new sanctions kick in. NK after bombing a civilian jet was already on this watch list and was only removed when it appeared that they were negotiating in good faith.

Great nations are like big ships which don't quickly change course.
Little Donald changes from tweet to tweet which is not great and is only matched by Kim's fury at being called "short and fat" in the pre-school yard . The US is shrinking .

Geoff of Perth

You're a voice of reason, while the rest of the US-led Western world is spoiling for war. The main target is Russia, but any country that falls outside of US control is also an easy target. North Korea is seen as a weak link in the 'pivot to Asia'. The real endgame is the destruction of China.

What really baffles me is that the European states seem to be going along with this madness, even though they will almost certainly be destroyed (yet again) by an all-out US war with Russia.

All I can assume is that they are locked into the NATO alliance, even though this alliance should (legally) have dismantled itself at the same time that the Warsaw Pact did. Instead, NATO has embarked on an aggressive military expansion eastwards right up to the Russian border.

Russia is now on full military alert to defend itself. Lord knows, it's had plenty of precedents. I have a creepy feeling that I have fallen asleep and woken up in 1914.

Thanks Killarney.

Now I hear rumours Trump is looking to sideline Rex Tillerson, just what we don't need as he is one of the lesser evils in the current US.

All the world will need is another neocon, Warhawk or military veteran as Secretary of State and the war drums will sound and Drumpf will act, a very scary scenario.

Cheers
Geoff

Conditions are perfect as in WWI . Loonies in US and NK , criminal desperado Russia and born-to-rule Chinese supremacy. Star Wars 9.