Here it is bit modified.
The United States yesterday dropped the biggest non-nuclear
bomb in the history of humankind. A C-130 aircraft dropped the massive 21,000
pound Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb (MOAB) that is also called the 'Mother of
All Bombs on tunnels believed to be used by the ISIS’s Khorasan module. The
reports emerging in the aftermath say over dozens of the ISIS fighters have
been killed in the attack.
Today, it is in Afghanistan. Last week, it was a Syrian
military airbase was targeted by the US with 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles after
it was suspected that the airbase was used by the Syrian regime to launch
chemical attack on civilians that killed over 100.
Then the US has warned North Korea of unilateral action if
other global powers don't come in its support and pre-empting a US action,
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un has ordered to immediately evacuate
Pyongyong, the North Korean Capital city. To cap the tension, there are reports
based on satellite images that North Korea is preparing for another nuclear
test while the US has clearly warned a pre-emptive strike if North Korea goes
ahead with another nuclear test.
Welcome to the command of James Mattis, the US Secretary of
Defense who is known as a 'warrior monk' and one of his favourite quotes are,
"Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you
meet."
US President Donald Trump who said he was very, very proud
of the US military action in Afghanistan and congratulated ‘great military men
and women of the US for doing so well in the Syria attack’, had said, while
announcing James Mattis as his Secretary of Defense, “All I can say is he is
the real deal. The real deal”.
And going by the recent US action, it seems Trump, indeed,
is getting returns on his real deal and Mattis, indeed, has a plan to kill or
punish everybody who doesn't fall in line, be it the Syrian regime or the ISIS
or North Korea or anyone else labelled to be hostile to the US national
interest or to create disorder in the world.
General Mattis was with Marine Corps for over 40 years and
retired in 2013 when he was heading the US Central Command (Centcom). known for
his controversial decisions and tough wartime approach, he is revered for his
career among his supporters and is nicknamed 'mad dog' for his uncompromising
attitude and views in the theatres of conflict and with quotes like the one
mentioned above and many more that have come to be known as 'Mattism'.
He has had extensive experience of handling command operations
in the 1991 Gulf War, in 2001 Afghanistan War and in 2003 Iraq Invasion. And,
going by the state of affairs, we are going to see more and more of Mattism
that believes that "The first time you blow someone away is not an
insignificant event. That said, there are some a**holes in the world that just
need to be shot.”
And North Korea fits in that line of thinking. In a London
conference on March 31, Mattis had said about North Korea, “Right now, it
appears to be going in a very reckless manner in what its conduct is portraying
for the future and that has got to be stopped.” And days after it Donald Trump
tweeted to reiterate that stand, “North Korea is looking for trouble. If China
decides to help, that would be great. If not, we will solve the problem without
them!”
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