{"id":14325,"date":"2025-09-06T08:50:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T06:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/?p=14325"},"modified":"2025-09-06T08:58:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T06:58:53","slug":"der-geheime-krieg-am-rande-der-welt-von-nordkoreas-kuesten-bis-zur-karibik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/der-geheime-krieg-am-rande-der-welt-von-nordkoreas-kuesten-bis-zur-karibik\/","title":{"rendered":"The Secret War on the Edge of the World - from North Korea\u2019s Coasts to the Caribbean"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes it is the operations that no one is allowed to see that reveal the most about a presidency. In the spring of 2019, Donald Trump sent the legendary SEAL Team 6 on a mission so sensitive that it could only begin with his personal signature. The target was the North Korean coast. In the darkness of night, mini-submarines glided toward the hermetically sealed country, on board the Red Squadron - the same unit that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan in 2011. Their task: to bury an electronic device that would allow the United States to intercept Kim Jong Un\u2019s communications. What was planned as a masterpiece of espionage ended in disaster. When the SEALs landed on the beach, they discovered a boat from which a man entered the water. Assuming they were dealing with North Korean security forces, they opened fire. Two, perhaps three people were killed. Only when the commandos pulled the bodies from the water did they realize their mistake: They were civilians, fishermen gathering shellfish at night. To leave no traces, the SEALs sank the bodies - according to insiders, even perforating the lungs so that they would not surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The North Korean coast, where the Red Squadron special operations unit attempted to bury an electronic device that would have allowed the United States to intercept Kim Jong Un\u2019s communications<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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North Korea remained silent. Washington was even quieter. The Pentagon reviews classified the mission as \u201cjustified,\u201d the dead as a regrettable but unavoidable result of a \u201cchain of unfortunate events.\u201d The reports were classified, and the public learned nothing - until now. Several of those involved were later promoted. And yet the mission remains an open wound. Matthew Waxman, a former national security lawyer under George W. Bush, warned that the administration may have violated the War Powers Act and Title 50 by failing to inform the congressional intelligence committees. \u201cThis is exactly the kind of operation that Congress needs to be informed about,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kim Jong Un was likely not pleased<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The parallels to the present are striking. Only a few years later, Trump is again at a point where covert military actions threaten to spill over into open conflict - this time not in East Asia but in the Caribbean. Since July, the president has deployed a naval task force to the southern Caribbean: eight warships, several P-8 surveillance planes, an attack submarine, and the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group with 4,500 sailors and 2,200 Marines on board. According to the Pentagon, ten F-35 fighter jets are also stationed in Puerto Rico, ready to carry out airstrikes against Venezuela if necessary. The trigger: a secret directive from Trump in which he declared Latin American drug cartels to be \u201cterrorist organizations\u201d - including a Venezuelan group whose leader, according to Washington, is none other than Nicol\u00e1s Maduro himself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n