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Ex-MI6 chief fears Trump will launch catastrophic war on North Korea
RT,
10
April, 2017
US
President Donald Trump could lead the world into a catastrophic war
with North Korea because of his inexperience and temperament, former
British spy boss Sir John Sawers has warned.
The
former spymaster warned that Trump’s temperament could plunge the
UK into a war in the Far East which would be more dangerous than
anything that could emerge in Syria.
“[Trump’s]
not someone who fills me with confidence,”
Sawers told the BBC.
“He
doesn’t have the background and the experience and the instincts of
being an effective US president, but it is in our interests that we
have a US administration that upholds the international system, that
supports its allies and supports international norms,”
he said.
The
more serious figures in the US administration have been stepping in
to make up for Trumps’ rashness and inexperience after the US
missile strike on a Syrian airbase, said Sawers.
“We
see the sensible grown-ups within the administration taking charge
and the rather ideological figures around Trump himself being
marginalized, and that’s to be welcomed,”
he dded.
The
former intelligence chief said the Korean peninsula is by far the
most serious potential flashpoint at the moment.
“If
you are looking for a world crisis which could bring about the
dangers of a clash between great powers then North Korea is a bigger
concern than Syria,”
he said.
In
March, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the strategy of
patience with North Korea was over.
The
aircraft carrier ‘USS
Carl Vinson’
has recently redirected to the seas around the peninsula.
Sawers
said that Washington’s increased militarization of the region was
designed to show North Korea and China that “the
US was willing to use force against another state to uphold
international order, uphold international norms.”
He
insisted this was a calculated move that would see North Korea
treated “very
seriously.”
“I
think what the Chinese are beginning to understand is that if this
can’t be solved peaceably through negotiations, through pressure,
then there is serious risk that the US will have only one option
left, which is the military option,” Sawers
warned.
China Deploys 150,000 Troops to North Korean Border
With
the world waiting to see if the madness in Syria will devolve into a
true global conflagration, Korean media reported Monday
that China has just deployed around 150,000 troops to its border with
North Korea.
From
the Chosun news agency:
“As
the United States announced its independent North Korean behavior and
moved the United States Navy’s nuclear-powered Calvinus (CVN-70)
carrier class to Singapore, the Chinese army has deployed about
150,000 troops in two groups to prepare for unforeseen
circumstances.”
According
to Chosun, one of the biggest media agencies in
South Korea, the witness who filed the report says China was shocked
by the U.S. airstrike in Syria, and the troop movement may be a
direct response.
Highlighting
the heightened tensions since North Korea’s most recent round of
missile launches, the newspaper goes on to describe the
type of military assets being moved to the border:
“The
core units that respond immediately to the drastic changes in North
Korea are the 39th group
and the 40th group,
each of which has its headquarters in Yingkou and Jinzhou in Liaoning
Province. The 39th group
is a heavy army mechanized unit and the 40th group
is the rapid reaction group.”
“The
benchmark averages have surrendered earlier gains on news that China
has deployed 150,000 troops to the North Korean border, and the U.S.
is considering further sanctions against Russia.”
As Anti-Media has
been reporting,
the war drums are already beating in the South China Sea, with
nations picking sides and positioning military hardware. Now, a whole
hell of a lot of additional warm — and armed — Chinese bodies are
being added to that mix.
Tis
breaking news story may be updated.
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