Imagine that you lead the US deep state, and you are observing the real-time flow of Western technology, industry and next-generation skills to the East with alarm. How will you reverse this trend with one master stroke and temporarily staunch the decline of Pax Americana?
A rapid socio-economic meltdown across Asia might produce this hypothetical outcome, and this is where the current North Korean "crisis" may provide an opening gambit. Amidst "rising tensions" on the Korean Peninsula – while South Koreans are concerned with noodles, not nukes – the United States has pre-emptively decided what is best for the region.
Read the rest of the article here: https://sputniknews.com/analysis/201704251052991618-north-korea-asia-in-us-crosshairs/
Nobody seems to have gamed out the extent of the contagion once the US attacks North Korea. But this is where the affected Northeast Asian nations -- North and South Koreas, China, Russia and Japan -- can meet and resolve the most pressing ominous issues and take full cognizance of the latest threat to ALL of them.
A rapid socio-economic meltdown across Asia might produce this hypothetical outcome, and this is where the current North Korean "crisis" may provide an opening gambit. Amidst "rising tensions" on the Korean Peninsula – while South Koreans are concerned with noodles, not nukes – the United States has pre-emptively decided what is best for the region.
Read the rest of the article here: https://sputniknews.com/analysis/201704251052991618-north-korea-asia-in-us-crosshairs/
Nobody seems to have gamed out the extent of the contagion once the US attacks North Korea. But this is where the affected Northeast Asian nations -- North and South Koreas, China, Russia and Japan -- can meet and resolve the most pressing ominous issues and take full cognizance of the latest threat to ALL of them.