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Suth Korea's plans to decapitate the North Korean leadership in a crisis is the most plausible route to a nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula. Officials should stop making these threats so I can stop making these threads. 🧵
For years, South Korean officials have suggested the ROK Army Missile Command can kill Kim Jong Un and other DPRK leaders before they can issue an order for the KPA to use nuclear weapons. This is called "decapitation."
38north.org/2013/02/jlewis…
38north.org/2013/02/jlewis…
This is the *military* plan that is most likely to succeed. I understand why the JCS recommends it as the best of some bad options. But it is also the option most likely to create uncontrollable escalation dynamics and start a nuclear war. Politicians should say "no thank you."
The reaction to this (huge) story illustrates one of the practical dangers of not accepting the reality of North Korea as a nuclear power. We should be *happy* with @Huawei. A short thread. 1/11
(Oh FYI: It isn't clear to me that @Huawei has violated any sanctions. Orascom has an exemption for Koryolink and its not clear to me when @huawei did what.) 2/11
nknews.org/2018/09/un-gra…
nknews.org/2018/09/un-gra…
North Korea's leaders appear to rely on a special channel on their cellphone network, Koryolink, to carry encrypted communications. This network is run by an Egyptian company, Orascom. 3/11
nknews.org/2015/08/inside…
nknews.org/2015/08/inside…
The DPRK has released yet another statement explaining that negotiations in Hanoi collapsed because the United States insisted on North Korea's unilateral disarmament.
dprktoday.com/index.php?type…
dprktoday.com/index.php?type…
I have said from the beginning of this farce that Kim is not offering to disarm North Korea. Insisting on disarmament as a condition for peace ensures the process will fail. The summits are not sincere efforts to make peace with North Korea as it is.
The only question is whether it fails safely or it fails dangerously like in The #2020Commission. I wrote the book the reason! Ratcheting up the pressure on a nuclear-armed country because you don't know what else to do is sheer madness.
amazon.com/Commission-Rep…
amazon.com/Commission-Rep…
