Authored by James Durso via TheHill.com,
The United States and the Republic of South Korea have, until now, had identical interests in the Korean peninsula: defending against a North Korean attack on the South, and keeping the North’s regime at bay until it collapsed from internal contradictions.
In apparent response to Trump's promise of "fire and fury" in the event of any threat to the United States from North Korea, Pyongyang has said it is "carefully examining" a plan to attack the U.S. Territory of Guam, saying they will engulf the island with an "enveloping fire".
As well as being home to over 162 thousand people, Statista's Martin Armstrong notes that Guam is of key strategic importance to the U.S. military.
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Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog,
This week the Syrian Army has been pounding the last al-Qaeda held district of Damascus, and as Alarabiya TV reports, an all out ground assault by the army is looking "imminent". Jobar lies within the Syrian capital's eastern side and extends close to the center of the city. The district has been held by armed opposition groups since 2013, and quickly became ground zero for al-Qaeda presence in Damascus over the past years.
With anxiety briefly ticking down on The New York Times story about Trump's "fire and fury" comments being off-the-cuff - as opposed to policy - The Pentagon just turned the dial back on the threats.
Pentagon chief Mattis: N. Korea "should cease any consideration of actions that would lead to the end of its regime" https://t.co/p6CgKokWoP pic.twitter.com/hHeX34fUwD
— CNN (@CNN) August 9, 2017