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McMaster Threatens North Korea


By Stephen Lendman
5-1-17

 
Trump, Tillerson and now National Security Advisor McMaster threatened war on North Korea - madness if Washington launches it.

The USS Carl Vinson strike group is conducting military exercises with South Korean and Japanese warships in international waters off the Korean peninsula - a reckless provocation Pyongyang believes is preparation for war.

Given Trump’s rage for waging them, it’s justified in fearing possible US aggression. Last week, Tillerson said “(d)iplomatic and financial leverage or power will be backed up by willingness to counteract North Korean aggression with military action, if necessary.”

No DPRK aggression occurred any time throughout its history. No evidence suggests it plans any now or ahead.

Tillerson and other US officials represent Washington’s rage for unchallenged global dominance - color revolutions and naked aggression its strategies of choice.

Last week, Trump said “we’re taking a strong message to North Korea that we will not tolerate reckless, unsafe threats to the peace and stability to our (sic) region.”

America considers all parts of the its own, how imperial powers think and act.

On Sunday, McMaster threatened North Korea, saying America is “prepared” to take military action. He lied calling the country “a grave threat to the United States, our great allies in the region South Korea and Japan, but also China and others.”

“(I)t’s important…to confront this regime,” he blustered. Trump “made it clear that he is going to resolve this issue one way or another” - including “military operations if necessary.”

On Saturday, Trump said he won’t announce his moves in advance. “It’s a chess game. I just don’t want people to know what my thinking is,” he said.

He delegated militarism and warmaking to hawkish generals. War on North Korea would gravely harm the entire region.

Possible nuclear confrontation could follow a US attack, the ultimate nightmarish scenario.

Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net.

His new book as editor and contributor is titled "Flashpoint in Ukraine: How the US Drive for Hegemony Risks WW III."

http://www.claritypress.com/LendmanIII.html

Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com.

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