If Israeli jets were in Syrian airspace for some reason, the missile might have been intended for them and instead met with a Russian jet.
The fact of the matter is Syria's war has gone on for so long the militaries within that country don't even remember what the mission is, especially with a migration of militias in the area. Assad needs to end the killing. This has to stop in some manner, otherwise, it will go on forever. Currently, Syria is a failed state.
The countries in the region came together to end Daesh, I suggest they can do the same to end the continued tragedy that is Syria. The countries including Israel and Iran need to plan a summit to bring an end to the killing in Syria and imagine a plan that can provide for Syria's people to return to farm and sell their merchandise and begin lives dedicated to peace.
Kindly remember when George W. Bush wanted to rebuild Iraq there were many that came forward for that purpose as well. Syria, if peace among all it's people is it's goal, should receive no less a plan to secure the country for peace and prosperity for the Syrian people.
But, as to the ambitions of Kim Jung Un; he would like what most every other country would like and that is disarmament of all nuclear powers, including that of the five permanent members of the United Nations' Security Council.
Having the Supreme Leader of North Korea travel to the United Nations and speak to the General Assembly and Security Council to begin enforcement of the Non-Proliferation Treaty could begin a solid commitment to do so. The Treaty was supposed to ultimately end the existence of nuclear weapons in the world. In addition, there is another document calling for exactly that.
By Rick Gladstone
A photograph released by the North Korean state news agency in May is said to show the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, in a white shirt, watching a weapons test at an undisclosed location. Mr. Kim is threatening a nuclear-tipped missile strike on American soil.
For the first time in the seven-decade effort to avert a nuclear war, (click here) a global treaty has been negotiated that proponents say would, if successful, lead to the destruction of all nuclear weapons and forever prohibit their use.
Negotiators representing two-thirds of the 192-member United Nations finalized the 10-page treaty this week after months of talks.
The document, called the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, was formally adopted on Friday at United Nations headquarters in New York during the final session of the negotiation conference.
It will be open for signature by any member state starting on Sept. 20 during the annual General Assembly and would enter into legal force 90 days after being ratified by 50 countries....
I do not doubt the Supreme Leader of North Korea Kim Jong Un will disarm from nuclear weapons, but, with reservations until the rest of the nuclear missiles in the world are destroyed. His greatest hurdle is going to be the five permanent nuclear nations. The ones that will be most belligerent are China and especially Russia.
See, Russia's conventional forces are not up to the capacity of the USA. One can say it is laziness by its leaders in that the country because it relies on nuclear brinkmanship to even protect its sovereignty.
China is a new player in the world. I believe China prides itself on the five-year plans for the country and sees the future as an economic boom for the Chinese people. China is an honorable country that has even made remarkable plans to end the greenhouse gas emissions. But, would China disarm from it's current nuclear capacity? Perhaps, but, not until it also felt confident it's conventional weapons were more than sufficient to end any western aggression. If China were comfortable with it's ability for a national defense, perhaps Russia would as well. Russia and China are steadfast allies.
Kim Jong Un is a young leader. He has many hopes for his children and I am sure one is to end the threat of nuclear weapons in the world. I do not believe he wants war of any kind, but, the smaller nuclear nations will be reluctant as well. They see the five permanent nuclear countries as a threat that cannot be ignored. Dr. Khan did not do the world any favors by exporting Pakistani nuclear technology.
On the other hand, France was contemplating the end of their nuclear weapons until this past year when it reversed it's course and kept their program alive. I would suggest Kim Jong Un may have a strong partner in pursuing the end to nuclear weapons in the world by building a strong friendship with France in that pursuit. I believe France's commitment along with North Korea's commitment would bring about a new day in nuclear non-proliferation. The majority of the world would like to see it happen; it is about time it did.
As to the US. It needs to include non-proliferation in it's politics. The politics of the USA is far to violent and it is not based in fact or reality. The politics of the USA has to return to domestic peace, ending gun violence, educating its children to be highly ranked in the world and ending the threat of the Climate Crisis. The southeast USA where Republicans have strongholds just received a strong storm that devastated those states. If the Climate Crisis is not evident between last year and this year, then the politics are too toxic to serve the people and the people need to change their ways. If the rest of the world is talking peace and non-proliferation; the USA's politics are not at all based in fact and the people need to finally come to terms with it's violent culture.
September 19, 2018
- Kim Jung Un (click here) promises to visit Seoul and dismantle nuclear facility 'if the U.S. takes similar steps': North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean leader Moon Jae-in signed a joint declaration which includes a promise to permanently dismantle North Korea nuclear missile plants. The United States, Kim Jong Un demanded, has to agree to end hostilities.
