North Korea happens to be the low hanging fruit. Policy has clearly failed for sixty years to the extent that we actually have seen a succession of insane rulers with zero change in position. At the same time their population is reduced to serfdom and economic growth is impossible.
Temporarily suspending the cease fire agreement that ended the Korean War in order to reopen negotiations is appropriate. At the same time you enforce a no fly zone and break every window. Then open by demanding abject surrender.
While this is going on have So Korea offer a handsome retirement package for the No korean officer corp and all other retirees. That is a powerful carrot.
Wait a while then torch the entire nuclear infrastructure.
There are still plenty of what ifs to deal with here but a push will work now.
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The US prepares to 'incapacitate' Kim: USS Carl Vinson carrying huge
fleet of fighter jets arrives in South Korea as military sources reveal
plan to 'remove' Jong-un's war chiefs
- USS Carl Vinson arrived at the southern port of Busan, in South Korea, to join the annual joint military exercise
- South Korea military source says heightened presence is part of plan to decapitate North Korean leadership
- Pyongyang has long condemned the annual joint drills - called Foal Eagle - between South Korea and the US
- Tensions have escalated with missile launches from North and assassination of Kim Jong-Un's half-brother
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A growing US presence off the Korean Peninsula is reportedly part of a plan aimed at 'incapacitating' Kim Jong-Un's despotic regime in Pyongyang should conflict break out.
A
nuclear-powered US aircraft carrier arrived in South Korea on Wednesday
for joint military exercises in the latest show of force against the
North.
The USS Carl Vinson arrived at
the southern port of Busan as US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson began
a tour of the region, where tensions have escalated in recent weeks
with missile launches from the nuclear-armed North and the assassination
of Kim Jong-Un's estranged half-brother in Malaysia.
More
than 80 aircraft, including the fighter aircraft F/A-18F Super Hornet,
the E-2C Hawkeye and the carrier-based EA-18G Growler are on board the
supercarrier.
South Korea's Yonhap News Agency claims the heightened military presence is part of a plan to decapitate North Korean leadership.
They
claim a military official, who wished to remain anonymous, told them:
'A bigger number of and more diverse U.S. special operation forces will
take part in this year's Foal Eagle and Key Resolve exercises to
practice missions to infiltrate into the North, remove the North's war
command and demolition of its key military facilities.
More than 80
aircraft, including the fighter aircraft F/A-18F Super Hornet (at the
front of the carrier), the E-2C Hawkeye and the carrier-based EA-18G
Growler (in the middle) are on board the super carrier
The USS Carl Vinson approaches Busan port in South Korea to join the annual joint military exercise called Foal Eagle
The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
is taking part in South Korea-U.S. joint military maneuvers carried out
in the largest scale yet, with North Korea's growing nuclear and missile
threats in focus
The
aircraft carrier and a US destroyer will conduct naval drills including
an anti-submarine manoeuvre with South Koreans in waters off the Korean
peninsula as part of the annual Foal Eagle exercise.
Washington insist they are purely defensive in nature.
Rear
Admiral James Kilby, commander of USS Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group
1, said: 'The importance of the exercise is to continue to build our
alliance and our relationship and strengthen that working relationship
between our ships.'
Yonhap news agency said the navy drills will begin next week.
The US has also started to deploy 'Gray Eagle' attack drones to South Korea, a military spokesman revealed on Monday.
South Korean and U.S. troops began the large-scale joint drills on March 1.
The
exercise last year involved about 17,000 American troops and more than
300,000 South Koreans.
This year's exercise is expected to be of a similar scale.
This year's exercise is expected to be of a similar scale.
The
spike in tensions has concerned Beijing, with China's Foreign Ministry
calling on all sides to end 'a vicious cycle that could spiral out of
control.'
North Korea, which has
alarmed its neighbours with two nuclear tests and a string of missile
launches since last year, said the arrival of the US strike group was
part of a 'reckless scheme' to attack it.
The
North Korea's state KCNA news agency said: 'If they infringe on the
DPRK's sovereignty and dignity even a bit, its army will launch
merciless ultra-precision strikes from ground, air, sea and
underwater.
'On March 11 alone, many
enemy carrier-based aircraft flew along a course near territorial air
and waters of the DPRK to stage drills of dropping bombs and making
surprise attacks on the ground targets of its army,' KCNA said.
Last
week, North Korea fired four ballistic missiles into the sea off Japan
in response to annual U.S.-South Korea military drills, which the
North sees as preparation for war.
The
murder in Malaysia last month of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's
estranged half-brother has added to the sense of urgency to efforts to
get a grip on North Korea.
Visiting
the headquarters of an army unit early this month, Kim praised his
troops for their 'vigilance against the US and South Korean enemy forces
that are making frantic efforts for invasion', according to the North's
official KCNA news agency.
Kim also
ordered the troops to 'set up thorough countermeasures of a merciless
strike against the enemy's sudden air assault', it said.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is due to make his first visit to South Korea on Friday.
The threat represented by North Korea's growing nuclear and missile arsenal is the main reason for his trip to the region.
Tillerson
arrives in Tokyo on Wednesday, moves on Friday to Seoul, which is in
the grip of a political crisis, and then travels the next day to Beijing
to hold talks with President Xi Jinping and other officials.
Last
week, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said President Donald
Trump's administration was re-evaluating its North Korea strategy and
'all options are on the table'.
An F/A Super Hornet fighter jet takes off from the nuclear-powered USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier
F/A Super Hornets and other fighter jets await takeoff aboard the nuclear-powered USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier
A U.S. F18 fighter jet lands on the deck of U.S. aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson during the annual joint military exercise
A U.S. Navy crew member works on a U.S. F18 fighter jet on the deck of USS Carl Vinson
A F18 fighter jet prepares for take
off as part of the annual military drills in South Korea that the North
regards as rehearsal for invasion
South Korean and U.S. troops began the large-scale joint drills, which are billed as defensive in nature, on March 1
US Navy crew members look at an F/A-18 fighter from the deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson
US Navy crew members run next to an E-2C Hawkeye as it lands on the deck of the USS Carl Vinson
The all-weather E-2 Hawkeye airborne
early warning and battle management aircraft has served as the 'eyes' of
the U.S. Navy fleet for more than 30 years
US Navy crew members stand by an
EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft on the deck of the
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson
The Carl Vinson Strike Group is participating in the annual joint Foal Eagle exercise between South Korea and the US
The joint exercises involve tens of thousands of troops, as well as strategic US naval vessels and air force assets
The US and South Korea training exercises also include medical evacuation drills
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