09-09-2016, 10:56 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-09-2016, 11:12 PM by Eric the Green.)
Pundits are abuzz with the news that North Korea has tested a nuclear bomb that approaches the one dropped on Hiroshima, and is developing missiles to deliver it.
Some people think there could be a nuclear war in this 4T. The most obvious chance of this happening is if North Korea launches one against South Korea during a mutual dispute between them. Or, the USA and its allies South Korea and Japan may decide that the Dear Leader has developed nuclear weapons to a level that can't be tolerated, and the USA launches a preventive strike to take them out.
So the questions come up. Can China stop North Korea's program? If not, are their cyber attacks or some other way for the USA and its allies to disable them without bombing them?
If not, should there be a preventive strike? Could it take out all of NK's weapons before they can launch any against the USA and its allies?
If NK nukes our ally the South in response to our preventive strike, should we then fully conquer and defeat NK in response?
If North Korea strikes South Korea or Japan, the USA must retaliate. Our allies must be assured of this, or they will build nuclear weapons of their own to deter NK and its Dear Leader. NK must know that if its makes any such strike, regardless of any non-nuclear alleged provocations by the USA, South Korea or Japan, that it will cease to exist as a country. The retaliation must include conquest, regime change and reunification of Korea under the southern government. NK must know that this is the price of any nuclear strike it contemplates against the USA or its allies.
China is NK's ally. What would it do in that case? Could they be assured that if NK is conquered after a nuclear strike by NK, that the new unified Korea will be non-nuclear and not a threat to China? That in fact, a prosperous northern Korea might be an economic boon, even though it would be the end of their ally? That the USA and its allies have no designs on invading China or stationing troops there permanently? That elimination of NK would allow the US to decrease its armed and nuclear presence in the Pacific, and pursue disarmament with China?
Or would China attack to defend its ally? Would it launch nukes, and/or invade Korea to respond to our conquest, much as they did in 1950-51 when MacArthur crossed the Yalu River? Could the USA send enough troops to defeat invading Chinese forces plus any residual North Korean forces left after our attack? Would Taiwan come into the picture too, if China attacks Korea?
Would this be World War Three? Would other powers join in this conflagration? Would Russia back China? Would NATO/Europe then back the USA, Japan and Korea? Would the war then spread to the eastern European theater?
I guess we can't ignore the WW3 scenario for this 4T any longer.
But besides the saeculum, I of course also look at the astrological timing. Things actually look promising for 2016-2017, as I have said. Progress on Syria was reported tonight, and this is likely to continue into 2017. The next Mars stations in Summer 2018 do not look too dangerous from a US war perspective. Some kind of accident, lone-wolf attack or rebellious uprising is more likely; or even some kind of crisis or financial decision on energy. The war danger is very high in late 2020, but the cycles do not indicate a USA war is likely until 2025. On the other hand, the Korean War itself did not fit into that cycle exactly. It fit closely a Mars station in conjunction with Saturn in Virgo in Spring 1950, which was a similar figure to the escalation of the war in Vietnam in Feb-May 1965 (which also fit the Jupiter cycle, of course). So the Jupiter 11-12 year war cycle is no guarantee of no war when it's not due; it just makes US war much less likely. But late 2020 does not look like a US war to me. In 2025-26 though, if whatever happens in 2020 is not settled, things could get ugly for the USA.
Some people think there could be a nuclear war in this 4T. The most obvious chance of this happening is if North Korea launches one against South Korea during a mutual dispute between them. Or, the USA and its allies South Korea and Japan may decide that the Dear Leader has developed nuclear weapons to a level that can't be tolerated, and the USA launches a preventive strike to take them out.
So the questions come up. Can China stop North Korea's program? If not, are their cyber attacks or some other way for the USA and its allies to disable them without bombing them?
If not, should there be a preventive strike? Could it take out all of NK's weapons before they can launch any against the USA and its allies?
If NK nukes our ally the South in response to our preventive strike, should we then fully conquer and defeat NK in response?
If North Korea strikes South Korea or Japan, the USA must retaliate. Our allies must be assured of this, or they will build nuclear weapons of their own to deter NK and its Dear Leader. NK must know that if its makes any such strike, regardless of any non-nuclear alleged provocations by the USA, South Korea or Japan, that it will cease to exist as a country. The retaliation must include conquest, regime change and reunification of Korea under the southern government. NK must know that this is the price of any nuclear strike it contemplates against the USA or its allies.
China is NK's ally. What would it do in that case? Could they be assured that if NK is conquered after a nuclear strike by NK, that the new unified Korea will be non-nuclear and not a threat to China? That in fact, a prosperous northern Korea might be an economic boon, even though it would be the end of their ally? That the USA and its allies have no designs on invading China or stationing troops there permanently? That elimination of NK would allow the US to decrease its armed and nuclear presence in the Pacific, and pursue disarmament with China?
Or would China attack to defend its ally? Would it launch nukes, and/or invade Korea to respond to our conquest, much as they did in 1950-51 when MacArthur crossed the Yalu River? Could the USA send enough troops to defeat invading Chinese forces plus any residual North Korean forces left after our attack? Would Taiwan come into the picture too, if China attacks Korea?
Would this be World War Three? Would other powers join in this conflagration? Would Russia back China? Would NATO/Europe then back the USA, Japan and Korea? Would the war then spread to the eastern European theater?
I guess we can't ignore the WW3 scenario for this 4T any longer.
But besides the saeculum, I of course also look at the astrological timing. Things actually look promising for 2016-2017, as I have said. Progress on Syria was reported tonight, and this is likely to continue into 2017. The next Mars stations in Summer 2018 do not look too dangerous from a US war perspective. Some kind of accident, lone-wolf attack or rebellious uprising is more likely; or even some kind of crisis or financial decision on energy. The war danger is very high in late 2020, but the cycles do not indicate a USA war is likely until 2025. On the other hand, the Korean War itself did not fit into that cycle exactly. It fit closely a Mars station in conjunction with Saturn in Virgo in Spring 1950, which was a similar figure to the escalation of the war in Vietnam in Feb-May 1965 (which also fit the Jupiter cycle, of course). So the Jupiter 11-12 year war cycle is no guarantee of no war when it's not due; it just makes US war much less likely. But late 2020 does not look like a US war to me. In 2025-26 though, if whatever happens in 2020 is not settled, things could get ugly for the USA.