BREAKING: N. Korea Preps to Test ICBM Capable of Reaching US as Trump Threatens ‘Calm Before Storm’

Trump makes ominous “calm before the storm” threat at US military meeting as North Korea prepares a test for an ICBM that can hit the US.

…Save your energy Rex, we’ll do what has to be done!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 1, 2017

US Secretary of Defense Gen. James Mattis has consistently pressed for a diplomatic solution to the burgeoning nuclear crisis.

Ironically, a top CIA official said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was not the “madman” President Trump says he is, but a “very rational actor” who wants to rule for a long time without the chaos of war, according to Fox News.

Yong Suk Lee, the deputy assistant director of CIA’s Korea Mission Center, said Wednesday that the leader of North Korea was not the “mad man” portrayed by President Trump, The Washington Times reported.

The CIA official noted that “all bluster and rhetoric aside,” Kim “has no interest in going toe-to-toe” with the U.S.

“[Kim Jong Un’s] long-term goal is very clear, [and] it’s been clear for the history of the Kim family regime, to come to some kind of big-power agreement with the United States and remove U.S. forces from the peninsula,” Lee told the crowd during the CIA Ethos and Profession of Intelligence conference at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

Lee said Kim, 35, “wants what all authoritarian rulers want … to rule for a very long time and die peacefully in his own bed.”

“We have a tendency in this country and everywhere else to kind of underestimate the conservatism that runs in these authoritarian regimes, and it’s probably the greatest circuit-breaker in any kind of conflict,” Lee said.

Despite Lee’s assertions, just last night President Trump continued making ominous comments during a White House gathering of military leaders, which he cryptically noted was “the calm before the storm.”

The comments came from Trump as he and the first lady posed for a group photo with senior military leaders and their wives in the State Dining Room of the White House, according to ABC News.

Pres. Trump makes cryptic remarks during White House gathering of military leaders, saying gathering could represent “calm before the storm” pic.twitter.com/h5hign9ZR6

— ABC News (@ABC) October 6, 2017

“You guys know what this represents? Maybe the calm before the storm,” President Trump said.

“We have the world’s great military people in this room,” he added.

When a reporter asked, “What storm Mr. President?”

President Trump replied, “You’ll find out.”

Trump earlier said the group of senior military leaders would be discussing the most critical national security issues facing the military, including Iran and North Korea.

There are reports that Trump plans to decertify the Iran nuclear deal, which if he does, will be a clear signal to the North Korean leadership that the US cannot be trusted to bargain diplomatically in good faith. This will greatly increase the chances of a military confrontation with North Korea, which could potentially include the use of nuclear weapons by either or both sides – a chilling prospect.

“We cannot allow this dictatorship to threaten our nation or allies with unimaginable loss of life,” Trump said, adding that his administration will “do what we must do to prevent that from happening and it will be done, if necessary. Believe me.”

With these latest developments of North Korean ICBM that can reach the west coast of the US being announced by the Russians, Trump had better be cautious of pushing this into a hot conflict that has the potential to go nuclear. A dangerous game is being played – as the lives of millions of people – including potentially those in large metro areas of the US’ west coast could be hanging in the balance.

Trump’s inability to engage diplomatically may be his greatest blunder of all, as a direct hit to the US with a nuclear weapon would almost certainly result in a quasi-civil war within the US, as forces within and outside the security apparatus ie Deep State would likely remove him from office by any means necessary if his posturing results in the massive loss of innocent American lives. Furthermore, the Chinese government has previously announced that if the US attacks the DPRK without provocation, they will intervene militarily in the defense of North Korea.

The most dangerous enemy is one that has been backed into a corner — especially if they have a nuclear capability.

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Source: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/north-korea-icbm-storm/