It looks like the leader of North Korea might be a Star Wars fan, because he thinks the island of Guam is Alderaan (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0qLzsIhUMk); a peaceful place which would make a good demonstration model to show off his tactical might. I am trying to put anything but a deadly spin on this issue because the idea of somebody hurting the island infuriates and terrifies me.
Of course, the island in the Pacific Ocean does hold an Air Force base, but other than being a prominent non-continental player in WWII, it’s really just an off campus site for the military to learn to park, work on and sometimes fly jets. What North Korea would really do, if they aimed weapons at the island, is annihilate an entire indigenous people and likely doom an oceanic ecosystem, both of which cannot be replaced.
It is sad that the future of our country and world is coming down to a political pissing contest between two people in power who refuse to budge. It almost looks like the end of the Dr. Seuss story “The Butter Battle Book,” in which two sides hold destructive devices in their hands and simply wait for whomever will make the first move.
It would be better if they both took a bathroom break.
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