Trump (cont): Nothing to see here, nope not a Russian in sight

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Sorry for the rubbish title but I couldn't see a new thread!

Sleep... simply because Japan is geographically near, and easier to hit, and the USA is very far away, possibly outside of the (reliable strike) range of any missiles that NK have.

Sleep I'm not sure that even NK are daft enough to deluberately target US assets in the region. Even in their deluded state they know that any attack on US troops/hardware is an act of war and that they'd be wiped of the face of the map.

It's the poor sods in the general population I feel for, I'm sure many quietly realise that things aren't as they are portrayed, but a large proportion believe the all-conquering NK rhetoric that is spewed out by the regime. The collapse of the regime would be an utter shock to them.

I don't think they have the capability of nuking anywhere further than Japan, SleepFreeZone

And trump won't nuke NK in response to nuclear tests, he'll use conventional (tomahawk?) missiles, I think.

As I understand it, the strike a was to take out the small grip that ISIS had started to gain over that region. The tunnels made it much easier for the terrorists to hide away and plan their next move and they were a trying to seriously ramp up numbers.

I am guessing that the strike was supposed to take out '000s but it sounds like what their end game was and the US have just gone in too soon.

Or maybe it wasn't like that at all and it was just somewhere for Scrotus to play 'my willy's bigger than yours' which we all know is a lie

If this had yielded significant results (as in destroyed a serious number of insurgents as well as crippling their access to Afghanistan), I could almost understand it but right now it seems pretty senseless

He'd better not nuke Japan, if I have to change this year's holiday once more I shall be Very Cross Indeed (already ditched New England as not happy with going to the US, and transferred booking to Japan).

Even if he doesn't nuke NK, that doesn't mean they won't attempt to nuke others. And I don't buy the "nobody will attack the US" thing. It's happened before, it'll likely happen again. And there are always American targets in other countries, like embassies.

Assuming that the US is too militarised to attack or too powerful is foolish indeed and shows a false sense of security.

Jeez, haven't you people SEEN Star Wars?? Remember the Death Star??

Morning

Thanks for new thread cave and DH snorted at your joke Across

I'm not building a shelter. When I read 'The Road' I decided the mother had the right idea. With everything that's going on at the mo, my view has not changed.

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If Trump fired Bannon, would he seek revenge? politi.co/2oGoq5I via @SchreckReports in @POLITICOMag

Trump has funding for just 7 miles of border wall
That may get lower if he keeps bombing places.

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Journalists in Achin waiting to be granted access to the site where US dropped "mother of all bombs" more than 12 hrs ago pic.twitter.com/mqxQN3ZmeI

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The bomb dropped today in the middle of nowhere, Afghanistan, cost $314,000,000. articles.latimes.com/2011/nov/16/business/la-fi-bunker-buster-bomb-20111117 … (credit @thenib)

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Ali M Latifi Retweeted Edward Snowden
Achin is not "the middle of nowhere," it's home to families, many who have suffered under Daesh

Thinks I'll set up a crowd funding page to buy a very deep cave to hide in, anyone else up for a hideaway with no WiFi?

Just don't look to buy near Punggye-ri, any time soon.

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#China warns conflict could erupt ‘any moment’ over North Korea
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Wang Yi: "If a war occurs, the result is a situation in which everybody loses and there can be no winner.”

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Anyone up for international women's peace demonstrations a la Women's marches, is that site still operational?

Depressing but accurate analysis of the purpose of attacks like yesterday's.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/14/donald-trump-afghanistan-bomb-syria-wild-card

That Guardian article is helpful in that it properly defines MOAB: Massive Ordnance Air Blast. I thought Mother of All Bombs was a tad colloquial.

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How a US attack/invasion of Syria and Iran helps various players-got all this?

I know that you all dislike generalisations but the Chinese, in my experience, are surprisingly tolerant of children and children's waywardness.

I expected all of this.

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The list of who is ultimately indicted in #Trumprussia will be longer than most observers expect and will therefore have some surprises.

Bigly - I think you are me, but with more bigly, better, braggadocious words than wot I've got

Oh Dum you flatterer you. OK you can have that special adviser post

I am interested to see how the Easter Egg Hunt goes on Sunday at the WH. It's the biggest event of the year there, and by all accounts, appears to be shaping up to be frighteningly bad. We shall see.

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Flynn wants a deal - no dice
Giuliani wants a deal - no dice

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