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Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Hot War on the World's Door Steps

As I compiled this set of links my thoughts went to Steve, Gabbie's godfather, and his Japanese wife Haru ... Some of my  friends only recently visited Japan  ... The world is smaller and smaller as we get older 
It's been a grim month in the larger world, a grim month in a grim year. 
'Unprecedented
threat' as North
Korea fires ballistic
missile over Japan

North Korea fires missile over Japan; attack warnings sounded; launch an 'unprecedented threat'

Japan says North Korea launches missile - Hot War Starts in Spring 2017 De Javu of European Autumn of 1917


Can the US and North Korea Move From Threats to Negotiations? TruthOut


No One Compiles News as Well as Google - North Korea covering every angle ... Just amazing sea of stories and observations


As this Houston TV station grapples with flooding, everyone’s a reporter

 Photographer behind powerful Houston flooding image knew it was special as soon as he took it

Due to a war law quirk, an Aussie commander stands between NK & Japan.
The United Nations Rear Command has fallen out of public memory, a remnant of the Korean War that never officially ended. It's key role 'defending' Japan from North Korea is permanently assigned to Australia.
IT’S a text message which struck fear into the hearts of many Japanese as they woke on the northernmost Japanese island of Hokkaido.
They were warned of a North Korean missile launch by a “J-Alert” on their mobile phones.
Satellite-based J-Alerts are sent out by the Japanese Government’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency (FDMA). Usually they contain emergency information about earthquakes or tsunamis.
But today’s 6am alert was a doozy, warning of a potential missile attack.
“A missile was fired from North Korea. Please evacuate to a sturdy building or basement,” it read, advising citizens to take cover.
Loud alarms and an email that told people to stay indoors completed the stark warnings from the Japanese government as Kim Jong-un’s missile sailed on, before breaking into pieces and landing in the sea.
The alert went out across social media, as residents held their collective breath, and sirens began to count in Hokkaido.

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