With all other signs of tensions on the Korean Peninsula on the decline, the US is stepping up its deployment of nuclear-capable bombers and general firepower to the airbase at Guam.
This is further fueling speculation that the US is preparing itself for the long-speculated sneak attack on North Korea, and that such a sneak attack could involve B-61 gravity bombs as part of a tactical nuclear strike.
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https://news.antiwar.com/2018/01/26/us-bombers-in-guam-seen-readying-for-tactical-nuclear-strike-on-north-korea/
If he does, he should immediately be impeached and put in jail ... or the nut house.
The US needs DIPLOMATS, not more nutty generals. This tiff with NK would solve itself if the US would just get out of the way.
... there is another reason to be concerned about a bloody nose strategy. Except in the narrowest of circumstances (which are not foreseeable here), it would be unlawful. Our best assessment is that it would amount to a violation of the prohibition on the use of force set forth in Article 2(4) of the UN Charter and customary international law. It would also likely fit the definition of a crime of aggression.
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https://www.justsecurity.org/51320/advice-policymakers-bloody-nose-strike-north-korea-illegal/