All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near. Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him.– Sun Tzu, the Art of War
Richard Nixon is heard on the tapes considering using nuclear weapons against North Vietnam. He says it may be time to bomb the dikes and doesn't flinch when told it would kill 200,000 civilians. (From the MSNBC special "The Most Dangerous an on Earth" about Daniel Ellsberg) Trump is no Nixon. He’s not nearly as smart and he no empathy whatsoever.
Donald Trump has a conscience the size of a snipe's brain (the imaginary animal, not the bird). I have been consulting with my just as imaginary military consultant Sun Tzu, and have come up with the best strategy to decisively removing the North Korean threat to world stability with a minimum risk of nuclear retaliation against American land, the only actual land that matters to Trump. We know that land matters more to Trump than people, especially land which has Trump branded properties on it.
This is a surprise non-nuclear attack during the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics.
Border artillery would be carpet bombed, all identified North Korean nuclear sites and facilities would be destroyed, Pyongyang and anyplace Kim might be would be leveled. Any North Korean dignitaries attending the Olympics would be arrested.
Okay, maybe a few tactical nukes would be used .... more bang for the bucks after all.
Think about the pros and cons.
The pros: It would be the ultimate surprise attack. Nobody would expect it. Even a madman like Kim would pause in disbelief. Even though he read his translated copies of "The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump" and the book titled after a Trump Tweet threatening Little Kim with fire and fury, he never believed Trump would be either that insane, or that strategically and ruthlessly brilliant.
It's the pause that counts. The longer the better. When we have stealth bombers and missile submarines in the South China Sea seconds count.
Kim knows Trump is unbalanced, he knows he's just as full of bluster and bellicosity as he himself is. But would he believe, even as the bombs and missiles began to explode, that Trump would have risked, nay assured, the wiping out of the greatest American athletes and hundreds of thousands of American tourists and soldiers, in addition to a few million South Koreans?
The cons: Kim Jung Un would certainly retaliate, and millions would die.
The bottom line: Trump claims victory for single-handedly wiping out the country he says was the single greatest threat to world peace and stability. Sure, that would be the biggest whopper Trump ever told. Historians and journalists would try to say that, in truth, Trump always was the greatest threat to world peace and stability, but nobody would hear them since they would be in Guantanamo. Fox News would applaud him, Alex Jones would screech so shrilly in praise glasses would shatter all over America. We’d see Rush Limbaugh swallow his golden microphone in orgiastic escatcy.
Trump would deal with the inevitable protests at home by declaring martial law, shutting down the fake news, firing Mueller, and declaring himself president for life.
Tuesday, Jan 9, 2018 · 4:18:32 PM +00:00 · HalBrown
I hoped I wouldn’t have to add this.
Again, not the first time, but I am flummoxed by some Kos readers who comment --- do I have to spell out when something I write is satire, grim as it may be... not that I write at anywhere near his level, where are the commenters who read Jonathan Swift?
A Modest Proposal
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