What Happens If All Of America's Military Commitments And Promises Occur At The Same Time

Ryan Faith, VICE News: The US Is Making Military Promises It May Not Want to Keep

Last week, North Korea lit off a nuke and put the global community into full-on denunciation mode. As part of the global response, the US sent a nuclear-capable B-52 bomber to saunter through the neighborhood, signaling that, indeed, two can play at that game, and North Korea better have a long, hard think about whether it wants to get into a nuclear slap fight with the United States.

Along with the fly-by, there's been an uptick in discussion about sending more US military stuff to the region, both to back up the US's buddies in South Korea and to give the guys in North Korea some pause should they have any bright ideas about crossing the Demilitarized Zone, or DMZ. In other words, classic deterrence.

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WNU Editor: There are limits to what the U.S. military can do conventionally. But if the U.S. should find itself involved in a number of major wars across the globe .... against North Korea, Iran, China, Russia, etc. .... and our allies are too slow to respond and/or unwilling to fight .... the temptation to use nuclear weapons would then become more than tempting ... it would become a certainty.