This year we could face our greatest security challenge/threat since WWII.

[BigRedChief]

If you are paying attention, it's going to happen.

Take your pick from below. They are just waiting to blow up. We will not be able to keep all these threats/challenges from exploding.

• Iran on the verge of nuclear weapon. We or Israel attacks. Shit can spiral out of control quick. Iran attacks the USA in the continental USA.
• North Korea has nuclear weapons. They have paid unemployed Russian ballistic engineers to help them. They are now making progress. The kid needs to prove to the military he is as loco as they are. Shit can spiral out of control quick.
• Pakistan has a coup or political instability and terrorists get a hold of one of their nuclear weapons. Shit can spiral out of control quick.
• Syria draws us into a renewal of the cold war. Shit can spiral out of control quick.
• The Saudi or Jordanian Kings get thrown out by their people.
• Egypt turns to civil war and the hard liners win and disavow the Israeli/Egyptian treaty. Shit can spiral out of control quick.

[BigRedChief]

Israel attacks Syria and takes out a convey of anti-aircraft missiles heading to Hezbollah in Lebanon paid for with Iranian money. For good measure the Israeli's took out the manufacturing plant inside in Syria.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/busine...ba8_story.html

On Thursday, Syria threatened to retaliate, while Hezbollah condemned the attack as “barbaric aggression.” Iran, which supplies arms to Syria, Hezbollah and the Hamas militant group in Gaza, said the airstrike would have significant implications for Israel. Syrian ally Russia said it appeared to be an unprovoked attack on a sovereign nation.

[LiveSteam]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Israel attacks Syria and takes out a convey of anti-aircraft missiles heading to Hezbollah in Lebanon paid for with Iranian money. For good measure the Israeli's took out the manufacturing plant inside in Syria.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/busine...ba8_story.html

On Thursday, Syria threatened to retaliate, while Hezbollah condemned the attack as “barbaric aggression.” Iran, which supplies arms to Syria, Hezbollah and the Hamas militant group in Gaza, said the airstrike would have significant implications for Israel. Syrian ally Russia said it appeared to be an unprovoked attack on a sovereign nation.

I read a story about an hour ago,about N Korea issuing martial law (Kinda thought that place was always under some form of ML) & telling its population to prepare for war.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by LiveSteam

I read a story about an hour ago,about N Korea issuing martial law (Kinda thought that place was always under some form of ML) & telling its population to prepare for war.

North Korea is always releasing flamatory statments but they have ramped up the rhetoric. Basically threatning up with a nuclear weapon.

North Korea says it plans rocket and nuclear tests directly targeting the United States.


"In the new phase of our century-long struggle against the United States, we do not hide the fact that various satellites, long-range missiles that we will continue to launch and high-level nuclear test we will conduct will target our sworn enemy, the United States," said a statement Thursday from the North's National Defense Commission.


Earlier this week, the UN Security Council members unanimously condemned Pyongyang’s rocket launch in December and expanded current sanctions. The US followed up with sanctions of its own yesterday, prompting North Korea to threaten additional rocket launches and nuclear tests against the US, its “sworn enemy.”

"Sanctions mean a war and a declaration of war against us,” the North's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea said today, according to Reuters. "If the puppet group of traitors takes a direct part in the UN 'sanctions,' the DPRK will take strong physical counter-measures against it.”

[Dayze]

Wars are not winnable any more. There is too much politicizing. And we're too quick to label some bullshit occupation as a "war". In a no shit war, you ****ing destroy the enemy

People in general should place the label of war on so many of these things.

If you go to war, you go all in and don't stop until you win. It can be argued that an absolute destruction of a country or government would save more lives.

Rant off

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by Dayze

If you go to war, you go all in and don't stop until you win.

This is been a fact since war has existed.

Originally Posted by Dayze

It can be argued that an absolute destruction of a country or government would save more lives.
Rant off

No, thats not necessary or applicable to every situation. Afghanistan is already a shithole of a destructed country. How do we ever "win"?

We can't do shit to NK without China's permission and corporation If we act alone North Korea will nuke the 30K American soldiers in Korea. And then we wipe them off the face of the earth. It won't being back the 30K Americans and 100K South Koreans that died in the initial part of the war.

[stonedstooge]

Thought I read somewhere that the North Korean's rockets can't reach the US, but can come close enough to do real damage to New York City, I think it said. Anyone else know?

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by stonedstooge

Thought I read somewhere that the North Korean's rockets can't reach the US, but can come close enough to do real damage to New York City, I think it said. Anyone else know?

In the last 6 months they have got outside help. They will get it done sooner than later.

[stonedstooge]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

In the last 6 months they have got outside help. They will get it done sooner than later.

Thanks

[Otter]

Originally Posted by stonedstooge

Thought I read somewhere that the North Korean's rockets can't reach the US, but can come close enough to do real damage to New York City, I think it said. Anyone else know?

New York City is probably one of the furthest points in the US from a launch in North Korea. Why wouldn't they target the west coast shipping yards or oil refineries? Or the missile silos in the mid west? Or a couple other hundred things before trying to hit the hardest target possible?

If North Korea could do such a thing it would be a catalyst act. Not a first strike with thoughts of defeat and victory. NYC is pretty safe from North Korean missile strikes.

[LiveSteam]

Two Russian nuclear-armed bombers circled the western Pacific island of Guam this week in the latest sign of Moscow’s growing strategic assertiveness toward the United States.

The Russian Tu-95 Bear-H strategic bombers were equipped with nuclear-tipped cruise missiles and were followed by U.S. jets as they circumnavigated Guam on Feb. 12 local time—hours before President Barack Obama’s state of the union address.

Rest of the story http://freebeacon.com/bear-bombers-over-guam/