US Flies Nuclear-Capable Bombers as Tensions Soar with N. Korea

Image copyright: South Korean Defense Ministry [via AP]

The Facts

  • The US on Wednesday flew nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to the Korean Peninsula for the first time in a month as it tried to send a message to North Korea amid mounting concerns about Pyongyang’s nuclear capabilities.

  • South Korea's defense ministry stated that the US long-range bombers took part in joint aerial drills with US and South Korean fighter jets intended to show the "strong resolve" of their alliance as well as its readiness.


The Spin

Establishment-critical narrative

The US and its war-mongering allies continue to provoke North Korea by performing acts of intimidation and simulating war on a grand scale. Western media lies and calls these military operations defensive, but in reality, the US and its puppet states are loading the Korean peninsula with weapons of war and rehearsing their attack on the North. The North does not want war, but this provocation cannot persist.

Pro-establishment narrative

North Korea is unleashing its largest propaganda campaign in years as it threatens the US and its allies. The country’s state media is doing all it can to recruit young men to join its military as it works to bolster its nuclear arsenal. War-time rhetoric is emanating from the North, and the US must focus on deterring an attack.


Metaculus Prediction


Establishment split

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