100 Years Later

[JamesAPrattIII]

I would also say there is probably not going to be any commemoration of the October/November 1917 revolution. No doubt Putin like to commemorate Chekists day 20 December big time but this might not go down very well with many people. 2018 is a election year in Russia and I am almost willing to bet Putin will win of course this is going to cause him more trouble.

thanks JPG

[TimM]

2018 is a election year in Russia and I am almost willing to bet Putin will win of course this is going to cause him more trouble.

It will be an interesting year, to say the least.

[Ellie]

Things seem to be improving for Russia today. Tsar Putin has just announced that he could wipe out the entire US Navy with a single bomb.
100 years later, and Russia is the world's Mighty Mouse No. 1.

[TimM]

And the US could do the same to him. 

And then there is that fat little butterball in North Korea, who seems eager to start the Korean War up again. 

[JamesAPrattIII]

It looks like Kim Dumb is just doing his usual blustering. If he was to start Korean war no 2 he would be lucky to survive it. If war should break out the opening months will be like the Somme, Verdun, the Isonzo battles on steroids. However the South Koreans have a much larger population. as well as a well equipped, well trained, well led military add to this the DMZ is one of the most heavily fortified area on earth. Add to this they are backed up by the US and have other countries as Allies. After the South Koreans fully mobilize their military the North Korean advance will be stopped and they will start attacking north. I have heard the Chinese are telling Kim Dumb to calm down or else. So the chances of war are remote.

[TimM]

If the Chinese are telling butterball to cut it out, it must be something.  Hopefully, they'll be able to rein him in.

[JamesAPrattIII]

Along the Korean DMZ there have been many "incidents" since the cease fire of 1953. Look at Korean DMZ on wiki and there is a lot that even wiki doesn't mention.  Kim Jung Dumb and his father and grand father have a history of causing them. Part of the reason I think Kim Jung Dumb is causing trouble right now is the South Korean president has recently resigned and the country has a acting President.

As for the Chinese their President came away from his meeting with President trump impressed with him. In part do to the missle strike on Syria and in part do to trumps daughter Ivanka's children singing ect to him in Manderin Chinese. Also from the Chinese point of view the status que in Korea in good for them they have little to worry about on the Chinese/Korean border as long as the country remains divided as it is. A war could change that as could Korean unification under a pro-western South Korean government.

[Ellie]

The unification of Germany was, I believe, instrumental in bringing down the Soviet Union. Along James' line of thought, the same fate could await China in the event of a Korean unification.

[TimM]

Kim Jung Dumb and his father and grand father have a history of causing them. Part of the reason I think Kim Jung Dumb is causing trouble right now is the South Korean president has recently resigned and the country has a acting President.

He's like a fat little kid that no one likes, always crying for attention.  Well he's getting it. 

[JamesAPrattIII]

North Korea is the worlds only remaining Stalinist/Communist state. Dumb and his father and grandfather sometimes have or had purges where someone who falls out of favor gets shot or sent to the North Korean version of the Gulag along with most or all of their family including distant relatives who sometimes don't know the victim.

Having nuclear weapons also means North Korea and Kim Jung Um are too big too fail as they say. If North Korea implodes there will be nuclear weapons that could fall into the hands of terrorists. It could also read to millions of refugees flooding into South Korea or China or both which neither nation wants. So it looks like the world may be stuck with this monster for a long time to come and no doubt he will continue to cause trouble.

[TimM]

Some Russians are "sick of Putin":


http://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/russians-peacefully-protest-call-for-putin-to-quit/ar-BBAxmjm?li=AAggv0m