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
In the latest car-ramming terrorist attack in France, at least six French soldiers were injured, three of them seriously, after being rammed by what was described as a black BMW in a Paris suburb, French Armed forces confirmed, adding that the police were searching for the driver in what prosecutors are treating as the latest act of terrorism.
???? Incident à Levallois Perret : intervention de #Police en cours. Un véhicule est recherché
— Préfecture de police (@prefpolice) August 9, 2017
Authored by Daniel Lang via SHTFplan.com,
It appears things are starting to move fast...
Pacific Air Forces Public Affairs reports from Joint Base Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Two U.S. Air Force B-1B bombers, under the command of U.S. Pacific Air Forces, joined their counterparts from the Republic of Korea and Japanese air forces in sequenced bilateral missions, August 7.
Challenge accepted.
If Trump thought that his bluff would be sufficient to finally shut up North Korea, and put an end to Kim's provocative behavior, well... bluff called because North Korea's state-run KCNA news agency reported moments ago that not only did N.Korea escalate the tensions up another notch, but explicitly warned that it could carry out a "pre-emptive operation once the US shows signs of provocation", and that it is "seriously considering a strategy to strike Guam with mid-to-long range missiles."