tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post3182134451006034362..comments2024-03-03T17:01:57.876-05:00Comments on Montreal Simon: Is Donald Trump Preparing to Attack North Korea?Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-65518469365986405382017-10-03T09:57:51.895-04:002017-10-03T09:57:51.895-04:00hi Martin, you're welcome. I had heard some wh...hi Martin, you're welcome. I had heard some whispers about it, but it wasn't until I was watching Ken Burns' Vietnam doc, and seeing how many Vietnamese the U.S. had slaughtered, that I decided to check it out. Which explained to me how the Pentagon could have such callous contempt for Asian lives, and would learn nothing from the war in Korea, as they would learn nothing from the one in Vietnam. I don't know who sanitized LeMay's Wikipedia page, but they also forgot to mention that he had suggested carrying out a false flag terrorist incident in Miami, so he could justify bombing Cuba, and maybe even starting the Third World War. How we survived him I don't know...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-67813422655617804032017-10-03T06:25:49.447-04:002017-10-03T06:25:49.447-04:00Thanks for posting this story about LeMay and the ...Thanks for posting this story about LeMay and the bombing of North Korea; I was completely unaware of it. Curiously (?), there is no mention of North Korea in leMay's Wikipedia entry.<br />martinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-17619867342240411382017-10-02T17:40:00.164-04:002017-10-02T17:40:00.164-04:00I agree Tillerson may resign soon (not fired).
Tr...I agree Tillerson may resign soon (not fired).<br /><br />Trump contradicts Tillerson on North Korea, the latest in a series of put-downs<br />https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-contradicts-tillerson-on-north-korea-the-latest-in-a-series-of-put-downs/2017/10/01/1f11f886-a6bb-11e7-92d1-58c702d2d975_story.html<br /><br />Trump loves to misdirect and distract, and thrives on constant chaos. Is he so batshit crazy to think if he bombs North Korea, people will forget about the Mueller investigation and it will somehow "go away"?<br /><br /><br />Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09630890163958807048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-85678488462262966772017-10-02T10:03:57.818-04:002017-10-02T10:03:57.818-04:00hi jrk...I know it's scary isn't it? They ...hi jrk...I know it's scary isn't it? They say that Tillerson is just about ready to throw in the towel. Who knew our fate could depend on a multi-billionaire from Big Oil? I find Trump's North Korean Twitter diplomacy to be the scariest thing he's ever done. And I find it hard to believe we can survive a full term of Trump...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-10513734801387048622017-10-02T09:59:36.579-04:002017-10-02T09:59:36.579-04:00hi anon 8:37 am... I agree with every word you say...hi anon 8:37 am... I agree with every word you say. Just because the Japanese started the war and deserved to be punished, doesn't justify murderous actions aimed at civilians that were far in excess of military necessity. And you're right, because he got away with it in Korea, he was able to try the same thing in Korea....Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-90144587287952031302017-10-02T09:55:17.980-04:002017-10-02T09:55:17.980-04:00hi anon 1:31 am...actually LeMay didn't have g...hi anon 1:31 am...actually LeMay didn't have great regard for the lives of his flyers. He had them strip their planes of defensive weapons, so they could carry more bombs. And his development of so-called fire storms to incinerate civilians was not militarily necessary, and clearly a war crime...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-17385293780122361862017-10-02T09:50:35.828-04:002017-10-02T09:50:35.828-04:00hi anon 9:58... Even Bob McNamara conceded that if...hi anon 9:58... Even Bob McNamara conceded that if the U.S. hadn't won the war, him and LeMay would have been put on trial as war criminals. And let's not forget that if John Kennedy hadn't held him off, LeMay would have turned the Cuban missile crisis into an excuse to nuke Cuba and the Soviet Union. If you are interested, there are YouTube videos where you can hear LeMay arguing with Kennedy, and it couldn't be more chilling...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-14485557359578298862017-10-02T09:45:28.204-04:002017-10-02T09:45:28.204-04:00hi anon...I don't believe Trump is capable of ...hi anon...I don't believe Trump is capable of empathy. He really doesn't give a damn about anybody but himself, which is of course what makes him so dangerous. But I have to say that I really loved the movie <i>War Games </i> and after checking it out I think Barry McGuire's <i>Eve of Destruction</i> is the perfect soundtrack for the Trump era, which hopefully ends with the Orange Oaf's destruction. As for Ken Burns' documentary, I had the same reaction you had. Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, when will they ever learn?Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-20298190923797187192017-10-02T09:38:28.159-04:002017-10-02T09:38:28.159-04:00hi David...thanks for those links. And you're ...hi David...thanks for those links. And you're right, chaos is Trump's main objective. He aims to distract and confuse us, so he can pleasure the rich, or conceal the fact that he is totally unfit to govern a country as big and complex as the United States. But good luck with trying that one on Bob Mueller. He doesn't strike me as somebody who can easily be distracted. But what I fear is that Trump knows that, and is prepared to start a war as the biggest distraction of all...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-22390520019738618902017-10-02T08:37:19.442-04:002017-10-02T08:37:19.442-04:00The argument doesn't even work for Japan. The ...The argument doesn't even work for Japan. The firebombings of Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka and Kobe were wanton attacks on the civilian population far in excess of any military necessity and contrary to existing US military policy. Getting away with it simply encouraged Lemay to go for an encore in Korea. And don't get me started on the nuclear attacks, which were simply an experiment on the effects of radiation on humans meant to intimidate Stalin. Lemay should have been tried and hanged in Tokyo with the other war criminals. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-30128471074283980652017-10-02T07:27:16.066-04:002017-10-02T07:27:16.066-04:00That argument may work for Japan.
The air attacks...That argument <i>may</i> work for Japan.<br /><br />The air attacks in last two years of the Korean conflict look like war crimes.jrkrideauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04869979887929067657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-85786601287567125872017-10-02T07:22:44.916-04:002017-10-02T07:22:44.916-04:00Trump's tweet suggests that he was unaware of ...Trump's tweet suggests that he was unaware of Tillerson's diplomatic efforts. Or else, he was briefing Tillerson by Twitter about a drastic change in foreign policy<br /><br />ARRGH!!!.<br /><br />Nero and Caligula combined don't appear to have been as amazingly incompetent.jrkrideauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04869979887929067657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-35072905023301452552017-10-02T06:32:10.260-04:002017-10-02T06:32:10.260-04:00Mueller is working with NY AG Schneiderman. A pres...Mueller is working with NY AG Schneiderman. A president cannot pardon state charges.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-17532219225694850912017-10-02T01:31:19.749-04:002017-10-02T01:31:19.749-04:00He had great regard for the lives of his flyers an...He had great regard for the lives of his flyers and the allied ground troops that didn't have to go into the Japan.<br /><br />As for the Japanese.....there government should have thought about that before starting that war.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-21607460774302906302017-10-01T21:58:10.444-04:002017-10-01T21:58:10.444-04:00Curtis LeMay should have been put on trial for his...Curtis LeMay should have been put on trial for his firebombing of Japan and his bombing of North Korea. He had absolutely no regard for the lives of civilians, and was always looking for an excuse to start a nuclear war with the Soviet Union.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-18976380674089034232017-10-01T20:13:07.328-04:002017-10-01T20:13:07.328-04:00The abbreviation "G.O.P." officially sta...The abbreviation "G.O.P." officially stands for "Genocidal Orange Pr!ck." Trump is letting people suffer and die in Puerto Rico and now going full-steam ahead with his dangerous nukes game that he doesn't distinguish from Angry Birds on his Twitterphone. I honestly don't even think he saw the 1983 Cold War intrigue movie, starring Matthew Broderick as a teenage computer geek who accidentally manages to hack into the nuclear U.S. nuclear arsenal but thinks he's playing one of the era's popular Space Invaders-style "War Games." <br /><br />At least Broderick's character was guilty of nothing else besides an innocuous mistake (that was really the fault of the government for not securing their computer networks... hmmmm...) Dotard Fatberg honestly believes this is going to be great for ratings. That's all he cares about. <i>Ratings.</i> Who'd-a thunk it, the weapon of mass destruction leading to the death of us wasn't the nuclear bomb after all. It was television and the Internet.<br /><br />Oh, well, if Dennis Rodman couldn't save us, and we've got a buffoonish celebrity leading us to World War Three anyway, are James Franco and Seth Rogen our last chance? Or should we just hunker down and play Barry McGuire's "Eve of Destruction" on repeat while binge-watching Ken Burns' documentary <i>about another war America didn't learn from</i>?<br /><br />MAKE AMERICA GLOW AGAIN! Donald J. Trump approves this message!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-34545388626823368062017-10-01T18:42:35.556-04:002017-10-01T18:42:35.556-04:00Removing from office.... Meanwhile, Bob Mueller an...Removing from office.... Meanwhile, Bob Mueller and his team are moving quickly, with interviews of West Wing officials (past and present) to begin in the near future. <br /><br />There IS light at the end of the dark tunnel of Trump's reality TV "presidency". 8-)<br /><br />Trump will most likely try to do an end-run around Mueller's final report and decide to pardon everyone, including himself. Will that work, or will the Republicans finally grow spines and join with the Dems to begin impeachment proceedings?<br /><br />Video: The Kremlin Konnection (Real Time with Bill Maher)<br />https://youtube.com/watch?v=Xze1DtXUQeU<br />Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09630890163958807048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-78581225534733994172017-10-01T18:23:48.275-04:002017-10-01T18:23:48.275-04:00As one pundit said on CNN today, Trump is not some...As one pundit said on CNN today, Trump is not some 3-dimensional chess master. He just makes things up on the fly to continually distract, with his ONLY intention to keep the chaos going, that pleases his 30% base. It is all for them and (he thinks) his political survival.<br /><br />View Alex Baldwin's Sept. 30 Trump sketch on Global TV (Canada). Plays after two 30-second ads. May have to click “play” button a total of 3 times:<br /><br />https://www.globaltv.com/saturday-night-live/video/episode/host-ryan-gosling/video.html?v=1059146819514<br /><br />*<br />Americans can view the sketch at:<br /><br />The Chaos President Cold Open - SNL<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e4vFMJmBIc&feature=youtu.be<br /><br />SNL is right -- Trump's chaos is part of a plan<br />http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/01/opinions/trump-snl-chaos-opinion-obeidallah/index.html<br /><br />https://www.gq.com/story/snl-baldwin-che-trumpDavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09630890163958807048noreply@blogger.com