Kim Jong Un Fires Another Dud What Next?

Kim Jong Un continues to attempt to be the reason for starting World War 3. He is definitely playing a game of Russian Roulette that could lead the world into an all out nuclear war. He for reasons as of yet to be known believes he is untouchable and would survive such an event. China and Russia have asked him to stop his nuclear weapons testing and to end the verbal threats towards the US, Japan and South Korea. All involved seek a diplomatic end to this volatile situation except Kim. Acting as a spoiled child or more realistically a mentally ill man who lacks the ability to understand what the results of his actions could be.

How did a economically limited country attain the ability to become one of the few nations in the world to obtain nuclear weapons? As of June 2014 only 9 nations have nuclear weapons; The United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). There have been undocumented reports that Saudi Arabia has used Neutron bombs in Yemen. Officially called an Enhanced Radiation Weapon (ERW). And of course Iran is beginning it's Nuclear Weapons Program. The US and Russia account for 93% of the total weapons yet one nuclear weapon is one too many. The question is who allowed North Korea to obtain this capability?

The Soviet Union helped the North Koreans develop a Nuclear Science program in the early 1960's but refused to help them develop weapons, China also refused to help. In 1994 the Clinton Administration signed an agreement with North Korea that they receive two light water reactors in exchange for disarmament. By 2002 this agreement fell apart and Pakistan admitted that North Korea had gained Pakistani nuclear technology. North Korea had its first nuclear test on October 9, 2006. By January 6, 2007 North Korea confirmed it had nuclear weapons.

North Korea has only executed 6 nuclear weapons tests yet claim they can destroy the US totally. But can they? They also claim they have the ability to hit the lower 48. This of course would require long range missile technology. Recent missile tests have proven this claim to be very sketchy as the last two tests failed miserably. And yet the CIA claims the North Koreans have an active satellite armed with a EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse weapon) that can be set off above the US knocking out a large portion of our electrical grid. I have to question this last claim as it suggests they have mastered missile/rocket technology. Their test results are witness to the fact this CIA information is false.

Recent video of the military parades that North Korea routinely has suggest that the missiles displayed were fake. It was also noted that their soldiers were equipped with outdated weapons and gear including sunglasses. We can be assured that US military technology far exceeds that of North Koreas in every category. So we ask why Kim Jong Un is so confident that he can defeat the US in war? We know that an invasion by US and or South Korean forces is out of the question as this would more likely than not spark World War 3. Kim seems to be ignoring his Chinese and Russian allies request at this moment. Economic sanctions don't appear to work as he apparently has found ways to generate a cash flow through the black market.

The Opium Poppy production in North Korea has been reignited to fill the void left by sanctions, most recently China's coal import ban from Kim's Korea. Opiate use world wide had skyrocketed due to the medical professions willingness to hand out pain killers. Heroin addiction in Europe and the US is at all time highs since the occupation of Afghanistan also. The Taliban had almost eradicated all poppy production in Afghanistan. Once the US invaded they allied with the drug lords of the north to help defeat the Taliban. These drug lords were rewarded by the US allowing them to resume their poppy production under protection of US forces who turn a blind eye to the situation. Kim has made North Korea a leader in this illicit drug trade also as he reversed his father Kim Jong il's policy.

As with Afghanistan that sits on top of not only prime poppy production land it has a largely untapped wealth of suspected minerals beneath the ground. There are over 200 mineral types, covering 80% of the land including coal and gold. The Chinese are already mining there and this explains their desire to keep North Korea under their sphere of influence. As you can see there is more involved than nuclear weapons when it comes to North Korea.

The Chinese have made it clear that regime change is out of the question at this point. If it does happen they not the US would be the ones doing it. A tactical American strike is an option but would require China's permission. This of course has its danger as Kim may then attack into the South and create World War. The next option is that the US or whoever it is that may be triggering the self destruct mechanism on these North Korean missiles continues this pattern for years. And the last option is to give into Kim's demands and allow him to remain a world menace and nuclear threat.

The Chinese, Russians and US need to act in some manner and remove North Koreas nuclear threat and pull off  a regime change. Kim is very young (33)  and unless he is killed or dies from disease or accidentally he will out live Presidents Trump, Xi Jinping and Putin. The world awaits as this situation must be resolved before someone makes a mistake that can't be forgiven.

Will Psychotic Kim Jong Un Pull Trigger On April 25th?

The clock ticks away as the US, Japan, China and Russia all gather around the Korean peninsula in response to North Korea's constant threats of Nuclear War. How this ends is anyone's guess as nobody seems to have real control over Kim Jong Un. China being North Korea's protector since the cease fire of 1953 has been placed in a precarious position as the world expects them to control this dangerous situation. Chinese President Xi Jinping has given US President Trump mixed signals as to his countries response to American action.

China will not allow an invasion of North Korea by the US, that is certain. The question is, will the Chinese allow a tactical US strike upon the North Korean nuclear facilities and weapon production sites? This option appears to be the only threat at hand as an all out invasion would certainly receive a negative response from the Chinese. Regime change in North Korea would have to be done by the Chinese themselves as they don't seem willing to allow a unified Korea led by a US ally as the South Koreans are today. The 150,000 Chinese troops recently moved to the North Korean/Chinese border serve a two fold purpose. On one hand its a sign for Kim to stop his insane threats towards South Korea, Japan and the US. On the other hand these troops are a deterrent to any thought of an American led invasion of North Korea.

Kim Jong Un is the third generation of the Kim family to rule North Korea. One of the poorest nations in the world that relies on one of the largest militaries in the world to maintain control. Every aspect of life is government controlled and despite having no real economy or ability to progress there has been no internal threat to the Kim family's hold on power. Anyone who is even suspected of attempting to overthrow the government is dealt with immediately and brutally. As we've seen recently even family members are not beyond the ever watchful paranoid eye of the leader. This has made it almost impossible for anyone to overthrow the Kim Dynasty from within.

So the world awaits as Kim continues his threats as he seems willing to do the unthinkable. It would be insane for North Korea to ignite a Nuclear War. Yet Kim Jong Un seems to be willing to engage in this madness. In the US we are told that Kim has a satellite that passes over the US daily that has the ability to unleash a Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) weapon capable of taking out our entire electric grid. Basically leaving us in the dark ages as we rely on electricity for everything. Coincidentally our military is running Operation Gotham Shield that is a training exercise for the response to the exact same weapon.

Here are some questions you must ask yourself about this whole North Korean threat. Why has China allowed the obviously unstable Kim Jong Un to remain in power? If this EMP threat is real, then why didn't the US take this satellite out? If they can track it then they certainly can destroy it. Why is the date of Operation Gotham Shield, the arrival of the USS Carl Vinson strike group in position and Kim Jong Un's declared date for his next planned nuclear capable missile launch or nuclear bomb test all on same date? This also coincides with North Korea's Military Foundation Day.

Are we going to see the beginning of the end as one mistake by President Trump of the US, President Xi of China or North Korea's Kim putting his threats into action beginning a nuclear war that could easily spread globally? Even if the 25th passes without incident we should still keep our eyes on what happens in the near future on the Korean peninsula. Can someone within the North Korean Military pull off a Chinese backed Coup? Will China allow the US to destroy North Korea's nuclear capabilities? Or does Kim broker a deal and become rewarded for his bad behaviour? The next few days should be telling as to the outcome.