Intelligence Insider Warns Of Imminent War: "Likely In The Next 12 Weeks..."
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December, 2017
Having
worked closely with U.S. intelligence agencies over the last two
decades, James Rickards was once asked to simulate
asymmetric economic attacks on
the U.S. financial system. He is an expert at escalation
scenarios and end games,
and in a recent article at The
Daily Reckoning he warns
that the geopolitical situation on the Korean Peninsula will soon
come to a head.
According
to Rickards, author of The
Road To Ruin: The Global Elites Secret Plan For The Next Financial
Crisis, while
the world concerns itself with stock bubbles, bitcoin and debt,
the most imminent threat we face is military confrontation with
North Korea.
And
while the rogue state has been an ongoing threat for many
years, the
first half of 2018 will likely see the trigger that sets the whole
powder keg off:
The most important financial or geopolitical issue in the world today is a coming war between the U.S. and North Korea, probably in the next twelve weeks.
How can I be so sure about the timing? The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency told me.
In a private conclave in Washington DC on October 20, 2017, CIA Director Mike Pompeo told a small think tank group (including me) that it would be imprudent to assume it would take North Korea more than ‘five months’ to have a reliable arsenal of nuclear-armed ICBM missiles. These could strike U.S. cities and kill millions of Americans.
Five months from October 20, 2017 is March 20, 2018. That’s an outside date but the war will likely begin before then.
That would create an element of surprise — and avoid the surprise of a faster than expected deployment of strategic weapons by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Source: The Daily Reckoning via Survival and Prosperity
Interestingly,
a very similar timeline
was put forth by Chinese General Wang
Gongguang, who indicated that hostilities could break out at anytime
between now and March.
As
Rickards highlights in his report, the United States has coexisted
with other nuclear powers like Russia and China without any serious
incidents since the Cuban Missile Crisis in the early 1960’s. But
North Korea is different, because unlike these nuclear super
powers, Kim Jong Un has repeatedly threatened the destruction of the
United States and killing millions of people in the process.
Some
have suggested that Kim may be bluffing, but what if he in’t?
The
Trump administration has made it crystal clear that they are prepared
to call the bluff and a nuclear armed North Korea, especially one
with ICMB’s capable of striking major U.S. cities, will not be
allowed. Rickards continues:
We relied on deterrence, containment, sanctions, diplomacy, and eventually arms treaties to avoid a nuclear war. Why not do the same with Kim?
President Trump’s National Security Advisor, General H. R. McMaster answered that question at our Washington conclave also.
He said acceptance of a nuclear-armed North Korea is ‘unacceptable’. The U.S. will stop North Korea from acquiring its nuclear capability in the first place rather than learning to live it.
Earlier
this year it was reported that Japanese citizens who sit in the
direct cross-hairs of the North have
been building bunkers in
anticipation of a potential war. In the United States, cities like
San Francisco and the State
of Hawaii are actively reviewing their
nuclear contingency plans in the event of an attack.
As
well, at
the height of tensions in
August, panic buying of nuclear
preparedness supplies led
to widespread shortages of anti-radiation
pills,
which have also been stockpiled in the millions by the U.S.
government.
The
general public may not understand the seriousness of the threat, but
it appears that someone out there does.
President
Trump’s national security teams have set deadlines and determined
military options, including
a decapitation strike on
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un should the order be given.
By
all accounts, the world appears to be on the precipice.
Interesting blog
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