The military has to continually hold Trump back from a pre-emptive attack on North Korea

[muriel_volestrangler]

Naturally, the U.S. military is declining to talk publicly about what it might do militarily. A pre-emptive strike on North Korea remains unlikely, though, military officials have said.

Dissuading Mr. Trump from a certain course of action typically requires advisers to make the argument repeatedly, officials have said. Military advisers who don’t support a pre-emptive strike believe they will have to keep the president convinced that the U.S. would be unwise to take that approach, according to people in Washington familiar with the matter.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/top-u-s-general-readies-military-plan-for-north-korea-but-pushes-for-diplomacy-1502626832

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[riversedge]

1. I have always had the feeling, that Trump would do a first strike. He seems to have an itchy finger

damn.

[HeiressofBickworth]

2. That POS seems willing to risk

your life, my life and the lives of a large portion of the world to cover up the findings of Mueller's investigation. Since he is ratcheting up his treats, we can assume Mueller is getting close.

[oasis]

3. Trump sees Mueller is about to crumble his empire so he's thinking

"Why not roll the dice and see what happens, what do I have to lose?"

[BainsBane]

4. So relieved that war monger Hillary isn't president.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

10. Yeah

we really dodged a nuke there!

[TrishaJ]

5. Apparently, not only North Korea,

but Venezuela as well.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. Sad to have to say, but Trump (Republican) has to be babysat by adults.

Republicons do not know how to govern, generally, and tRump is an exceptionally bad case.

[bdamomma]

7. this jerk has to go

he is unfit to hold the office, and he is a threat to others. He has big time mental health issues.

[mopinko]

8. cuz he cant remember the last time they talked him out of it.

like a toddler being told they cant have cookies for dinner.

[nolabels]

12. I don't know what the boomerang will look like when it gets here, but it's coming

Karma sometimes lets stuff go very far afield before it equals itself out.

On Google info box for the fella "What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate"

[Bernardo de La Paz]

9. Project: Babysit Man Child Trump-Generals Terrified Of Leaving President Unsupervised

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029409369

Project: ‘Babysit Man Child’ — Trump Generals Terrified Of Leaving President Unsupervised
By Kyle Neven on August 2, 2017

It is clear President Donald Trump does not have the cerebral capacity or temperament to make rational decisions regarding the security of our nation and should not be left alone to his own devices.

As reported by the Associated Press:

“Mattis and Kelly also agreed in the earliest weeks of Trump’s presidency that one of them should remain in the United States at all times to keep tabs on the orders rapidly emerging from the White House, according to a person familiar with the discussions.”

National security concerns have escalated to such a level that this is probably a really good plan to stop the hemorrhaging of haphazard deal making behind closed doors and ignoramus policy-plopping via Twitter.

http://www.liberalamerica.org/2017/08/02/project-babysit-man-child/

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. If you ignore the editorial page the WSJ is a good read.

Gore Vidal said if you want to know what's going on read what the ruling clsss is reading.