The Hawks March Lock Step Towards “Fire And Fury”

“Be prepared, there is a small chance that our horrendous leadership could unknowingly lead us into World War III.” – Donald Trump, August 31, 2013

Jonathan Marshall
By Jonathan Marshall
People walk by a TV screen showing a local news program reporting with an image of U.S. President Donald Trump at the Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, Aug. 9, 2017. (AP/Lee Jin-man)

Like some demonic Hollywood director, President Trump keeps finding new ways to make us jump out of our seats, just when we think we’ve seen everything. On Tuesday, he outdid himself by twice pledging to meet any further North Korean threats to the United States “with fire and fury like the world has never seen.” His headline-grabbing comments

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Demand Grows To Strip Trump Of Nuclear Authority

On anniversary of Nagasaki bombing, calls to end “saber-rattling” and de-escalate tensions with North Korea

Jake Johnson
By Jake Johnson
President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. Donald Trump’s threat to unleash “fire and fury” on North Korea fits the North’s claim that it is a victim of American aggression. (AP/Evan Vucci)

The morning following his "fire and fury" remarks on Tuesday—which promised retaliation if the North Korean regime continues to threaten the United States—President Donald Trump took to Twitter to praise America's "powerful" nuclear arsenal, comments that intensified the groundswell of calls to end the pro-war rhetoric and strip Trump of his

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Missile Defense Will Protect You From North Korea, Say USA Today’s Missile Defense-Funded Sources

On the “US missile defense plans,” USA Today does have sources—mostly sources with a direct financial connection to the US missile defense program.

Jim Naureckas
By Jim Naureckas
USA Today (7/17/17) presents a few words from the missile defense industry.

“US Missile Defense Plans to Zap North Korean Threats” was the headline of a USA Today story —or “US Racing to Quash N. Korean Nuke Threat,” in the print edition. Strikingly, the piece contains no sources at all substantiating the “N. Korean nuke threat”: “North Korea’s rapid march to develop a nuclear-armed ballistic missile capable of striking

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U.S. Moves Naval Assets To Korean Peninsula, North Korea Warns Against “Dangerous Act”

The aggressive stance taken by the U.S. against North Korea in recent weeks has prompted the country to demonstrate that it could retaliate against any potential attack by the U.S. Meanwhile, media reports in Japan and the U.S. are fomenting domestic fears of a possible nuclear attack.

MintPress News Desk
By MintPress News Desk
A South Korean protester holds up a placard opposing a plan to deploy the a U.S. missile defense system called Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, near U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, April 27, 2017. (AP/Ahn Young-joon)

MINNEAPOLIS -- Soon after the Trump administration took unilateral action against Syria, the focus of U.S. foreign policy quickly shifted thousands of miles away to the isolated, authoritarian government of North Korea – drumming up fears that more U.S. unilateral military action could take place. The U.S. has so far refrained from taking any

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Despite Iran’s Compliance, State Dept Attempts To Undermine Nuclear Deal

Rex Tillerson’s hastily arranged statement before cameras at the State Department reflected the competing forces pulling at the Trump administration as it develops its policy toward Iran.

Jason Ditz
By Jason Ditz
Why Shuttering The State Dept's War Crimes Office May Be A Good Thing

While the US State Department was obliged to admit that Iran remains in full compliance with the P5+1 nuclear deal in a report to Congress, they are clearly not happy about that fact, and with President Trump openly looking to “renegotiate” the deal, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson attacked the pact in general. Indeed, Tillerson’s comments gave

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The Pentagon Is Considering Shooting Down North Korea’s Test Missiles

Several US administrations have considered shooting down North Korean missile tests, only to turn away from the option when considering the consequences of escalation against an unpredictable and bellicose adversary.

ZeroHedge.com
By ZeroHedge.com
A submarine missile is paraded across Kim Il Sung Square during a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea to celebrate the 105th birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung, the country's late founder and grandfather of current ruler Kim Jong Un. April 15, 2017. (AP/Wong Maye-E)

Just when a few hours had passed without any escalation around the Korean Peninsula, The Guardian reports that the US military is considering shooting down North Korean missile tests as a show of strength to Pyongyang according to two sources briefed on the plans. As the USS Carl Vinson heads towards the peninsula, along with two other carriers,

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