ABC News is reporting today that in February, the US military "war gamed" an invasion of North Korea following a collapse of the regime of Kim Jung Un. Why?
To be more complete, let's take a step back. Like militaries the world over, the American military has contingency plans for nearly every conceivable operation. The Pentagon, no doubt, has plans for the invasion of Canada, Cameroon and China, not to mention Portugal, Paraguay and Pakistan. China, no doubt, has plans for the invasion of India and India has plans for the invasion of China. The Russians have plans to invade Ukraine. The British probably have plans to invade Argentina and the French probably have plans for the invasion of Spain. None of these plans mean that any of these countries are about to launch an invasion. Planning is a normal part of military preparedness. In other words, a planning session with regard to the "invasion" of North Korea means nothing.
ABC News knows that planning like this means essentially nothing. So why is it reporting a planning session from two months ago like it is big news? We all know that the current North Korean leader, Kim the Krazy is making warlike noises at the moment. Is it really wise for ABC to promote more paranoia on the part of Kim (assuming it is possible for Kim to be more paranoid)?
There are so many stories that ABC news ignores. ABC has not covered the murder trial of the abortionist who is alleged to have killed seven children and two women in Philadelphia. ABC did not bother to cover the Fast and Furious gun running scheme in which the Obama administration supplied assault weapons to the Mexican drug cartels. ABC gave scant coverage to the carnage in Syria for years. But ABC thinks that a two month old planning exercise is suddenly big news.
As the saying goes, we are living in troubled times.
To be more complete, let's take a step back. Like militaries the world over, the American military has contingency plans for nearly every conceivable operation. The Pentagon, no doubt, has plans for the invasion of Canada, Cameroon and China, not to mention Portugal, Paraguay and Pakistan. China, no doubt, has plans for the invasion of India and India has plans for the invasion of China. The Russians have plans to invade Ukraine. The British probably have plans to invade Argentina and the French probably have plans for the invasion of Spain. None of these plans mean that any of these countries are about to launch an invasion. Planning is a normal part of military preparedness. In other words, a planning session with regard to the "invasion" of North Korea means nothing.
ABC News knows that planning like this means essentially nothing. So why is it reporting a planning session from two months ago like it is big news? We all know that the current North Korean leader, Kim the Krazy is making warlike noises at the moment. Is it really wise for ABC to promote more paranoia on the part of Kim (assuming it is possible for Kim to be more paranoid)?
There are so many stories that ABC news ignores. ABC has not covered the murder trial of the abortionist who is alleged to have killed seven children and two women in Philadelphia. ABC did not bother to cover the Fast and Furious gun running scheme in which the Obama administration supplied assault weapons to the Mexican drug cartels. ABC gave scant coverage to the carnage in Syria for years. But ABC thinks that a two month old planning exercise is suddenly big news.
As the saying goes, we are living in troubled times.
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