As tensions rise with North Korea the big question is will it lead to war? Well lets take a look at what has happened so far, The US has deployed the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier along with a group of battleships to Korean waters, Navy Seal team six has also been deployed in South Korea to take part in a training exercise simulating the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The joint defense facility Pine Gap near Alice Springs in Australia has been placed on high alert, the Australian government is concerned that the situation with North Korea will turn into a war.
China has stopped receiving coal shipments from North Korea. China does have an agreement to defend North Korea but has said that because of North Korea's nuclear program the agreement has been broken and they are no longer obliged to defend the country. South Korea has said that they do not believe that this will turn into conflict, but this definitely seems like they're saying this to try and calm their citizens and not create mass panic.
North Korea has warned of attacking the US at any sign of aggression, on Saturday the 15th of April is the celebration of the founder of North Korea Kim Il-Sung's 105th Birthday, it is believed the North will conduct a nuclear weapons test on this day. It is likely that the US will wait to see if China will do anything about North Korea before they take any action. This is the closest we've been to a war with North Korea for a long time and it is more likely than not that it will turn into one, if it does it will most likely happen shortly after the 15th of April.
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It can happen any time either in NK or in Syria!! I pray I will proved wrong.
The coal ban began in February, I just found this:
China’s move to ban coal imports from North Korea, effectively slicing the country’s exports by about half, came with a message for the U.S. and its allies: It’s time to do a deal.
Authorities in Beijing announced on Saturday that China would halt all shipments from Kim Jong Un’s regime until the end of the year, in compliance with United Nations Security Council resolutions over North Korea’s nuclear program.
At the same time, Chinese officials said that pushing North Korea into a corner won’t work as Kim’s regime will keep developing its nuclear capability until it feels safe. Instead, it’s time to restart talks and “break the negative cycle on the nuclear issue,” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in a statement on Sunday after meeting South Korean counterpart Yun Byung-se at a security meeting in Munich.
“The Chinese are getting more frustrated with North Korea,” Eurasia Group President Ian Bremmer said in an interview at the same conference. “They clearly don’t feel that they have a lot of influence and they’re worried that the U.S. under Trump is going to blame China as opposed to continuing a multilateral process.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-02-19/china-s-message-to-trump-with-north-korea-coal-ban-let-s-deal
So probably China is in on this from at least some months ago. The problem, is if North Korea is willing to make a deal.
Saw a story just today that China was moving an additional 25,000 troops to their border with North Korea.
It will happen inevitably. NK isn't going to stop their nuke program so they will be attacked. Poor South Korea will be devastated though. At least the brainwashed North Koreans can finally see the light rather than believing North Korean bs like Kim Jong Un never having to take a shit.