Current Events > Trump bottles it on Korea. Ships no longer heading for Korea.

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Cisco
04/19/17 3:10:34 AM
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-39638012

A US aircraft carrier and other warships did not sail towards North Korea - but went in the opposite direction, it has emerged.
The US Navy said on 8 April that the Carl Vinson strike group was travelling to the Korean peninsula amid tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions.
Last week President Trump said an "armada" was being sent.
But the group was actually farther away over the weekend, moving through the Sunda Strait into the Indian Ocean.
The US military's Pacific Command said on Tuesday that it had cancelled a port visit to Perth, but had completed previously scheduled training with Australia off its northwest coast after departing Singapore on 8 April.
The strike group was now "proceeding to the Western Pacific as ordered".
It is not clear whether the failure to arrive was a deliberate deception, perhaps designed to frighten North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un, a change of plan or simple miscommunication, the BBC's Korea correspondent Stephen Evans says.


And so the status quo continues.
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legendarylemur
04/19/17 3:12:46 AM
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Somebody finally told Trump that literally nobody benefits from this aggression.

Also yet another North Korea threat goes absolutely harmless and pointless.

Also the sun rises
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Ampelas
04/19/17 3:34:31 AM
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Looks like to no one's surprise, Trump fucked up. Must be senility

http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/18/politics/carl-vinson-korea-trump/
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ModLogic
04/19/17 3:58:50 AM
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Blue_Dream87
04/19/17 5:32:29 AM
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ExMechaGodzilla
04/19/17 5:35:12 AM
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As someone who is studying abroad in South Korea right now, I'm happy this isn't happening lmao
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St0rmFury
04/19/17 5:39:16 AM
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Sad!
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CrimsonAngeI
04/19/17 5:41:18 AM
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Cucked by Kim Jong Un of all people.
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ReignFury
04/19/17 5:51:30 AM
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So Trump was full of shit? shocking.
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AltonBrownFan
04/19/17 6:26:06 AM
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Probably called off cause the attempted boost in his approval ratings didn't exactly go as planned.
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Banana_Mana
04/19/17 6:56:22 AM
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ExMechaGodzilla posted...
As someone who is studying abroad in South Korea right now, I'm happy this isn't happening lmao


Where are you? @ExMechaGodzilla

I live in Busan. Work at a uni here, and have been in Korea for 7 out of the last 10 years.
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Solar_Crimson
04/19/17 7:03:54 AM
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ExMechaGodzilla
04/19/17 7:05:56 AM
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Banana_Mana posted...
ExMechaGodzilla posted...
As someone who is studying abroad in South Korea right now, I'm happy this isn't happening lmao


Where are you? @ExMechaGodzilla

I live in Busan. Work at a uni here, and have been in Korea for 7 out of the last 10 years.

I'm in Seoul for a semester. It's okay.
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Banana_Mana
04/19/17 7:08:25 AM
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ExMechaGodzilla posted...
Banana_Mana posted...
ExMechaGodzilla posted...
As someone who is studying abroad in South Korea right now, I'm happy this isn't happening lmao


Where are you? @ExMechaGodzilla

I live in Busan. Work at a uni here, and have been in Korea for 7 out of the last 10 years.

I'm in Seoul for a semester. It's okay.


Fair enough. I studied in a uni here for a while - not really up to par, imo. Seoul is decent for nightlife and general funs, though. Hope you get on well. I like life here.
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Fossil
04/19/17 7:18:06 AM
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They were never heading that way. Psychological warfare is a thing. Not that a bunch of keyboard warriors would understand.
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ExMechaGodzilla
04/19/17 9:27:09 AM
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Banana_Mana posted...
ExMechaGodzilla posted...
Banana_Mana posted...
ExMechaGodzilla posted...
As someone who is studying abroad in South Korea right now, I'm happy this isn't happening lmao


Where are you? @ExMechaGodzilla

I live in Busan. Work at a uni here, and have been in Korea for 7 out of the last 10 years.

I'm in Seoul for a semester. It's okay.


Fair enough. I studied in a uni here for a while - not really up to par, imo. Seoul is decent for nightlife and general funs, though. Hope you get on well. I like life here.

Like the people I'm meeting and my studies at university are great, I'm just not used to a big city. I would feel the same way about NYC. And I went to a fansign for a kpop group I like, so I'm satisfied no matter what else happens lol
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Kim Kusanagi
04/19/17 10:07:44 AM
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Fossil posted...
Psychological warfare is a thing


It only works if someone believes your empty threats.
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GOATSLAYER
04/19/17 10:09:44 AM
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He embarrassed himself bigly.
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GODTIER
04/19/17 10:12:22 AM
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the only thing that happened is that poor strike group stayed underway for longer and missed a trip to Australia

wtg Trump
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EggplantParm
04/19/17 10:19:35 AM
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Fossil posted...
They were never heading that way. Psychological warfare is a thing. Not that a bunch of keyboard warriors would understand.


I could have sworn they said they were headed there after doing whatever drills they had to do. Yeah, Trump was misleading but I'm pretty sure they were going to go after their planned exercises.
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Fossil
04/19/17 5:48:16 PM
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Kim Kusanagi posted...
Fossil posted...
Psychological warfare is a thing


It only works if someone believes your empty threats.

They kinda did. Do you even pay attention to the news
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Cisco
04/19/17 5:50:08 PM
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Fossil posted...
Kim Kusanagi posted...
Fossil posted...
Psychological warfare is a thing


It only works if someone believes your empty threats.

They kinda did. Do you even pay attention to the news



They believed the threats by launching a missile test immediately after (the fact it failed is irrelevant).
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legendarylemur
04/19/17 5:58:35 PM
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Actually I was listening to Korean radio on my way to work yesterday and heard experts talking about it. That missile test was actually a routine test that they do every anniversary of Kim Il-Sung. It just happened to be that Trump made threats around that day. If NK doesn't do the test, Kim Jong Un would be portrayed as weak. If they do the test, they can pass it off as a show of power even if they expected it to fail.
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Kim Kusanagi
04/19/17 6:06:34 PM
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Fossil posted...
Kim Kusanagi posted...
Fossil posted...
Psychological warfare is a thing


It only works if someone believes your empty threats.

They kinda did. Do you even pay attention to the news


How did they "kinda did"?

By acting like they don't care?
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