HisFirst Posted April 9, 2017 Group: Royal Member Followers: 21 Topic Count: 315 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 3,491 Content Per Day: 1.26 Reputation: 2,582 Days Won: 3 Joined: 09/25/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted April 9, 2017 http://www.9news.com.au/world/2017/04/10/04/21/trump-poised-to-strike-north-korea The diversion of an armada of American warships from port visits in Australia to the waters off North Korea gives US President Donald Trump a "full range of options" against dictator Kim Jong-un's regime. Mr Trump's national security adviser, General HR McMaster, and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, signalled on Sunday the US was preparing to respond to North Korea's aggressive ramp up of its nuclear and ballistic missile programs. The US Navy's Third Fleet forward-deployed strike group, headed by the supercarrier USS Carl Vinson and supported by guided-missile destroyers and cruisers, was scheduled to visit Australia but it was announced on Saturday they had received orders to re-route toward the Korean Peninsula. The president has asked to be prepared to give him a full range of options to remove that threat to the American people and to our allies and partners in the region," General McMaster, in an interview on FOX News Sunday, said. The significant boost of American military power in Asian waters follows meetings in recent days between Mr Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Florida and military action against Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad's regime. US destroyers the USS Porter and USS Ross, from the eastern Mediterranean, fired 59 Tomahawk missiles into a Syrian military airfield in response to the chemical bombing attack on citizens in Syria's Idlib province. General McMaster said North Korea was "a rogue regime that is now a nuclear capable regime" and at the Florida talks "President Xi and President Trump agreed that that is unacceptable, that what must happen is the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula". "Well, it's prudent to do it, isn't it?" General McMaster, when asked about the Third Fleet's ominous presence, responded. "I mean, North Korea has been engaged in a pattern of provocative behaviour." Senior members of the Trump administration appeared on America's Sunday morning TV news programs in a publicity offensive, including the usually media shy Mr Tillerson. Mr Tillerson said Mr Trump and the Chinese president "had extensive discussions around the dangerous situation in North Korea". "President Xi clearly understands, and I think agrees, that the situation has intensified and has reached a certain level of threat that action has to be taken," Mr Tillerson told CBS's Face the Nation. The Third Fleet's forward-deployed strike group was in Singapore and scheduled to sail to Australia for training and port calls. "Third Fleet ships operate forward with a purpose: to safeguard US interests in the Western Pacific," Commander Dave Benham, spokesman for the US Pacific Command, said. "The number one threat in the region continues to be North Korea, due to its reckless, irresponsible, and destabilising program of missile tests and pursuit of a nuclear weapons capability." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorningGlory Posted April 9, 2017 Group: Royal Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1,022 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 39,193 Content Per Day: 6.11 Reputation: 9,977 Days Won: 78 Joined: 10/01/2006 Status: Offline Share Posted April 9, 2017 This whole redeployment thing makes me a little nervous. That is some serious firepower there and that battle group could fight a war by itself. I just hope that doesn't happen. The Chinese are crazy to let N. Korea become nuclear on their doorstep because, if they succeed, japan will be next and the Chinese don't want that for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BacKaran Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Heavenly Father, Please guide those whom you have entrusted to run our nation. No matter what happens, may people respond by clinging to you for their salvation. Amen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneLight Posted April 9, 2017 Group: Royal Member Followers: 22 Topic Count: 1,294 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 31,762 Content Per Day: 5.23 Reputation: 9,762 Days Won: 115 Joined: 09/14/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted April 9, 2017 28 minutes ago, MorningGlory said: This whole redeployment thing makes me a little nervous. That is some serious firepower there and that battle group could fight a war by itself. I just hope that doesn't happen. The Chinese are crazy to let N. Korea become nuclear on their doorstep because, if they succeed, japan will be next and the Chinese don't want that for sure. North Korea already have nuclear weapons, just no real means to deploy them yet. This country needs to be stopped before it does as I question their leaders future plans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shiloh357 Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 34 minutes ago, MorningGlory said: This whole redeployment thing makes me a little nervous. That is some serious firepower there and that battle group could fight a war by itself. I just hope that doesn't happen. The Chinese are crazy to let N. Korea become nuclear on their doorstep because, if they succeed, japan will be next and the Chinese don't want that for sure. Yes, history would condemn us if we did not stop N. Korea before they were able to launch a nuclear tipped IBM capable of hitting the US mainland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Churchmouse Posted April 10, 2017 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 91 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 2,216 Content Per Day: 0.80 Reputation: 1,014 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/29/2016 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/02/1958 Share Posted April 10, 2017 North Korea has been a buffer zone between the East and the West since it's conception. A Chinese premier once said that the teeth would get mighty cold without the lips and that's what North Korea has been to China. I hope they have not let it fester too long and have lost it's power to control their little time bomb. If it goes off we will be dealing with the aftermath for a very long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Churchmouse Posted April 10, 2017 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 91 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 2,216 Content Per Day: 0.80 Reputation: 1,014 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/29/2016 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/02/1958 Share Posted April 10, 2017 32 minutes ago, OneLight said: North Korea already have nuclear weapons, just no real means to deploy them yet. This country needs to be stopped before it does as I question their leaders future plans. By"THIS COUNTRY" Do you mean America or North Korea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HisFirst Posted April 10, 2017 Group: Royal Member Followers: 21 Topic Count: 315 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 3,491 Content Per Day: 1.26 Reputation: 2,582 Days Won: 3 Joined: 09/25/2016 Status: Offline Author Share Posted April 10, 2017 4 minutes ago, Churchmouse said: By"THIS COUNTRY" Do you mean America or North Korea? I think N K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneLight Posted April 10, 2017 Group: Royal Member Followers: 22 Topic Count: 1,294 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 31,762 Content Per Day: 5.23 Reputation: 9,762 Days Won: 115 Joined: 09/14/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted April 10, 2017 6 minutes ago, Churchmouse said: By"THIS COUNTRY" Do you mean America or North Korea? North Korea as that was who I was talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted April 10, 2017 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,991 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,689 Content Per Day: 11.81 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted April 10, 2017 1 hour ago, Cletus said: Shoot down every test missile. Now that would make that little guy very angry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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