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Tango0106 Sep 2017 8:57 p.m. PST

…Dead A Day.

"Relatively few Americans know many details about how a war between North Korean, the US, South Korean and United Nations force would look. One of them is Rob Givens, who served as the deputy assistant chief of staff for operations of U.S. Forces Korea and as special assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He shares the outlines of what would be a grim struggle, with tens of thousands dead or wounded each day on both sides — and that's well before anyone who might go mad and use a nuclear weapon. Here's some of what Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson are likely to tell lawmakers on Wednesday. Read on. The Editor.

We often hear war with North Korea is "unimaginable," but, as North Korea presses ahead with its nuclear and missile tests, the unimaginable is becoming more possible. Gen. Joe Dunford, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and President Trump's top uniformed military advisor, described the potential conflict as, "horrific." So what would this no-longer-so-unimaginable war look like?…"
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Bunkermeister06 Sep 2017 9:33 p.m. PST

Part of the duty of the military is to imagine the unimaginable and even plan for it. Who could have predicted with accuracy Pearl Harbor and WWII with enough lead time to prevent the loss of the Philippines and other US possessions?

Just because it is unlikely, unimaginable, or even unthinkable, does not mean it can't happen.

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Jeff Ewing07 Sep 2017 8:01 a.m. PST

The day of the copy editor is gone: "fighter aircrafts", "rein death." I admit to being a jerk about this.

Lion in the Stars08 Sep 2017 1:07 p.m. PST

Who needs a copy editor when you have spellcheck? [/sarcasm]

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