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PROBLEM: "Storm clouds are gathering" over  the Korean Peninsula  Defense Secretary Jim Mattis  declared Friday. And as diplomats try to resolve the nuclear standoff   he  told soldiers that the U.S. military must do its part by being ready for war.
Without forecasting a conflict   Mattis  emphasized that diplomacy stands the best chance of preventing a war if America's words are backed up by strong and prepared armed forces.
"My fine young soldiers  the only way our diplomats can speak with authority and be believed is if you're ready to go "  Mattis  told several dozen soldiers and airmen at the 82nd Airborne Division's Hall of Heroes  his last stop on a two-day pre-holiday tour of bases to greet troops.
 Mattis'  comments came as the U.N. Security Council unanimously approved tough new sanctions against North Korea  compelling nations to sharply reduce their sales of oil to the reclusive country and send home all North Korean expatriate workers within two years. Such workers are seen as a key source of revenue for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's cash-strapped government.
At Fort Bragg  Mattis recommended the troops read T.R. Fehrenbach's military classic "This Kind of War: A Study in Unpreparedness " first published in 1963  a decade after the Korean War ended.
Asked about recent reports that families of U.S. service members in South Korea might be evacuated   Mattis  stressed  his  belief that diplomacy could still avert a crisis.  He  said there is no plan now for an evacuation.
"I don't think it's at that point yet "  he  said  adding that an evacuation of American civilians would hurt the South Korean economy.  He  said there is a contingency plan that would get U.S. service members' families out "on very short notice. "
Mattis  said  he  sees little chance of Kim disrupting the Winter Olympics  which begin in South Korea in February.
"I don't think Kim is stupid enough to take on the whole world by killing their athletes "  he  said.
 Mattis  repeatedly stressed that there is still time to work out a peaceful solution. At one point  he  said diplomacy is "going positively." But  he  also seemed determined to steel U.S. troops against what could be a costly war on the Korean Peninsula.
"There is very little reason for optimism "  he  said.

SOLUTION: Mattis tells soldiers that being ready for war helps stop it

PROBLEM: Director Taika Waititi with Tessa Thompson (in costume as Valkyrie) on the set of âThor: Ragnarok .â (Disney/Marvel Studios)
IF EVEN a modest mainstream hit can turn Hollywood into your oyster  than Taika Waititiâs universe is now a string of pearls.
 Waititi  has been on the industryâs radar for more than a decade  since  his  first film release  the 2004 short âTwo Cars  One Night â scored an Oscar nomination (a short that later begot the feature film âBoyâ). But  he  was in no hurry to make big-budget movies like  his  somewhat subversive new âThor: Ragnarok â which has grossed more than $430 million worldwide.
Unlike other Marvel directors such as James Gunn and the Russo brothers   Waititi  has such an uncommon approach to directing a superhero movie that  he  might not even accept a shot at a sequel if Disney and Team Feige offered. It wasnât even Thor  as character or story  that particularly attracted the New Zealand native to saying yes to entering the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
âWhen I think of the comics  not muchâ is appealing   Waititi  tells The Postâs Comic Riffs of the Thor stories. âOther than  heâs basically an alien  he has access to these different worlds  and thatâs a cool way of [taking] the audience on an interesting adventure. He can fly in outer space and â¦ meet these crazy characters that youâd never see on Earth.â
(As for the Thor visuals as opposed to the comics stories   Waititi  does acknowledge: âAll these â70s comic books were so bright and colorful with these splash pages and bold art. â¦ It was a conscious decision to embrace that Jack Kirby artâ in âRagnarok.â)
When talking with  Waititi   you get the sense that  he  would get easily bored if  he  stuck with one genre or franchise for too long. As a kid   he  says   he  was attracted to painting and writing and theater and music  and filmmaking simply became a way to integrate all those passions. As a 42-year-old filmmaker  his interests seem creatively free-ranging and voracious.
All those elements work winningly in such indie films of  his  as âEagle vs. Sharkâ and âWhat We Do in the Shadowsâ (both co-starring Clement)  as well as âHunt for the Wilderpeople â and even his early mockumentary short âFlight of the Conchords: The Road to the Edinburgh Fringe Fest â in which he plays a clueless band manager worthy of âThis Is Spinal Tap.â (Even a Waititi TED talk is amusing as a self-aware intellectual walkabout â at times nearly a TED talk deconstructed.)

SOLUTION: Now that the âThor: Ragnarokâ director has conquered the world whatâs next?

PROBLEM: Security has been a key point for  President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi  a former military commander who presents himself as a bulwark against terrorism after leading the ouster of president Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood in 2013 .  Sisi  was elected on a landslide a year later.
Though  he  has yet to declare  his  intentions   Sisi  is widely expected to run for re-election in April next year with little opposition. But critics say  his  popularity has been dimmed because of security and economic austerity policies.
That group has in the past only carried out mostly small operations since it emerged last year. Egyptian authorities say it is the armed militant wing of the Muslim Brotherhood  an Islamist group it outlawed in 2013. Most of its leadership has been jailed in a crackdown under  Sisi .
Since  Sisi  came to power  hundreds of troops and police have been killed in often sophisticated attacks by militants in the northern Sinai region  where Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis group pledged allegiance to Islamic State in 2014.

SOLUTION:
Militants attack Egypt police dozens killed: sources