CNN:
North Korea warned Monday it would respond to "reckless acts of aggression" by the United States, with "whatever methods the US wants to take," as a US aircraft carrier strike group headed toward the Korean Peninsula.
The Pentagon is sending the 97,000-ton USS Carl Vinson with an escort of a guided-missile cruiser and two destroyers following another missile test by North Korea last week.
TRUTH time: The U.S. doesn't have enough forces on or near the Korean peninsula to start a war there.
Here is why:
Daily Mail:
The Chinese army has reportedly deployed 150,000 troops to the North Korean border to prepare for pre-emptive attacks after the United States dropped airstrikes on Syria.
President Donald Trump's missile strike on Syria on Friday was widely interpreted as a warning to North Korea.
And now China, left shocked by the air strikes, has deployed medical and backup units from the People's Liberation Army forces to the Yalu River, Korea's Chosun.com reported.
The troops have been dispatched to handle North Korean refugees and 'unforeseen circumstances', such as the prospect of preemptive attacks on North Korea, the news agency said.
If you believe that 150,000 Chinese troops are on the Korean border for "humanitarian reasons", then I have a bridge in Pyongyang to sell you. Not to mention there are plenty more Chinese troops available if needed.
More TRUTH: By this time next week, or even next month, don't expect anything to come from all of this saber-rattling. Challenging Russia in Syria is one thing because Syria is geographically outside of Russia's sphere of influence, but challenging China over North Korea is a tiger with different stripes because North Korea is on China's border.
In other news...
Fox News:
On Sunday, a United Airlines passenger was pulled from his plane seat and forcibly dragged off the aircraft — due to the airline overbooking the flight.
At least two passengers onboard captured the scene, which shows a man-- who has not been identified-- being forcibly removed from his seat and dragged down the aisle as others look on in apparent disbelief. Some clips appear to show that the man was left bleeding from the head after his face was smashed against an armrest during the scuffle.
On Monday, Chicago Police confirmed they were not involved in the incident and that the officers and security personnel seen in the now viral videos are with the Department of Aviation, a division of the U.S. Department of Transportation.
You do realize what happened here? A corporate screw-up led to violent government intervention.
Let us be clear on this: United Airlines did NOT do this. THE U.S. GOVERNMENT DID THIS.
By the way, this wasn't the first time:
NBC New York:
The forcible removal of a man on a United Airlines flight highlights the fact that passengers are largely at the mercy of airlines when flights get overbooked.
Overbooking flights then rebooking passengers to free up space is legal—the Department of Transportation has general guidelines about overbooked flights and how to compensate barred passengers. Europe has a different set of rules.
U.S. airlines bumped 40,000 passengers last year, not counting those who volunteered to give up their seats. United booted 3,765.
"Airline contracts of carriage state that seats are not guaranteed, and are written for the airline’s convenience not the passengers," George Hobica, founder and president of Airfarewatchdog.com, said of U.S. guidelines. "In this case the passenger had no 'legal' rights."
...the legality of overbooking flights was established by a U.S. Supreme Court case between Ralph Nader and Allegheny Airlines in 1976. From that case, it established "a precedent allowing them to overbook so long as they give passengers sufficient notice.""Sufficient notice" must mean "any time before the plane leaves the ground".
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