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Post by Turk on Nov 26, 2010 17:32:10 GMT -5
Got a feeling this is going to heat up big time.
North Korea warned US and South Korean military war maneuvers will be met with war. Wonder if NK will have the stupidity to attack an US ship? What will Obama do?
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Post by dolphie on Nov 27, 2010 0:27:55 GMT -5
Got a feeling this is going to heat up big time. North Korea warned US and South Korean military war maneuvers will be met with war. Wonder if NK will have the stupidity to attack an US ship? What will Obama do? Great observations and questions. Knowing the coward in office - the yellow streak will keep him from doing the right thing.
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Post by Turk on Nov 29, 2010 20:24:21 GMT -5
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Post by animal on Nov 29, 2010 21:11:26 GMT -5
and this could happen quickly with one false move.... bomb the shit out of them, starting at the southern border and going north.
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Post by jdredd on Nov 29, 2010 23:43:20 GMT -5
For reasons of domestic politics the North Koreans feel the need to provoke South Korea and the US. The best response to provocation is to ignore it. Unfortunately there is always some people in an administration who by their nature cannot ignore provocation (maybe they are insecure?), and perhaps Obama might be one of them.
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Post by animal on Nov 30, 2010 0:20:50 GMT -5
Ya.. provoke us to bomb them, then they play the French card and give up, and we go in and rebuild them.... pretty smart.
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Post by Tired in CV on Nov 30, 2010 2:04:29 GMT -5
Perhaps North Korea is already getting the impression that China is not as willing to support them as in the past. Note that the visit to China, supposedly to get the blessing of the sons rise to power, came a short time before all these military actions took place. Maybe they are trying to force China into a position of supporting them as they have in the past. In this, they are mistaken. At the same time, China can force the issue by freezing all assistance to NK and the regime will surely fall. But first, they will strike out with all their military might and do as much damage as possible. Possibly even release the few nukes that they have. This is where the danger lies. How to remove the regime without harming the civilian population. The elites of NK are all military brass as they get most of the government funding, food, medicine, etc. The best way to get the Koreas unified, if China is really interested in such a deal, is to get NK's ranking military to turn against their leader, Kim Jong-il. The issue here is that they must also turn against their new general, Kim Jong-un (Kim Jong-il's son). The whole family needs to be arrested, then invite SK in to organize the reunification of the peninsula. China would be a good architect for this as they most probably have access to the military through various means. With China's backing, I am sure that the needed military would go against Kim Jong-il and his family. I don't know if any other outside sourch would be able to reach inside this very closed country to obtain that goal. Of course, it might be possible that several precise missiles taking out the 4 or 5 leading family members, all cordinated at the same time might do the trick. But we failed to get a "single" leader when they tried for Saddam. Failure would unleash the wrath of the NK regime that would do much harm to innocents regardless of the norths failure to win.
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Post by EscapeHatch on Nov 30, 2010 17:50:27 GMT -5
South Korea has been an ally and friend to the US for some time. We all know that. What is not generally known is that they have been warming up relations with China. North Korea is no longer that buffer zone between the old communist Chinese regime and the up and coming capitalist society in South Korea. China has an interest in relations with South Korea, too. If the stuff hits the fan and North Korea gets its butt kicked badly enough, the flood of refugees into China is going to be a huge problem, not only economically, but, in world opinion. It is going to be a bear of a problem for China if war breaks out. And, as Tired points out, nukes in the hands of crazy neighbors is not what one considers a friendly buffer zone. Korea has certain heavy industries that are of interest to the Chinese, too. It's going to be interesting. The entire Kim family have to be eliminated, along with a huge number of high ranking military dogs. China needs to put on a gentle giant face for the world. What they are about to do in the next generation or sooner is going to require being looked upon as benevolent. Good call, I think, Tired.
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Post by jdredd on Apr 1, 2013 0:29:14 GMT -5
www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/31/north-korea-calls-nukes-countrys-life-during-big-m/"SEOUL (AP) — A top North Korean decision-making body issued a pointed warning Sunday, saying that nuclear weapons are “the nation’s life” and will not be traded even for “billions of dollars.” The comments came in a statement released after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un presided over the plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the ruling Workers' Party. The meeting, which set a “new strategic line” calling for building both a stronger economy and nuclear arsenal, comes amid a series of near-daily threats from Pyongyang in recent weeks, including a vow to launch nuclear strikes on the United States and a warning Saturday that the Korean Peninsula was in a “state of war.” Ya couldn't make this stuff up. I suppose I would make no friends by mentioning "chickens coming home to roost". No one wanted to hear it about 9/11, so I don't suppose anyone wants to hear it about this. And, of course, the point is moot. The problem is what to do now, not how we got here.
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Post by jdredd on Apr 2, 2013 19:42:10 GMT -5
Sad to see a former anti-war Boomer, John Kerry, get on the tit-for-tat threat bandwagon with North Korea. But we learned way back in 1914 and 1950 that when push comes to shove, libs will get in step with a bellicose right-wing foreign policy.
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Post by jdredd on Apr 5, 2013 0:20:09 GMT -5
Now if Gen Y was going to protest anything, you might think it was the threat of nuclear war caused by bluster and counter-bluster on both sides of the Pacific. When did it become written in stone that we could not "allow" certain nations to have a nuclear arsenal? Are we painting ourselves into a radioactive corner? Hard to feel sorry for Gen X and Y when they seem so oblivious.
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Post by jdredd on Apr 12, 2013 19:33:47 GMT -5
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Post by Turk on Apr 15, 2013 8:49:25 GMT -5
Gee, John Kerry is in Seoul and gave North Korea a STERN warning. I feel so much better. I'm sure Kerry will find some kid to shot in the back.
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Post by Turk on May 15, 2013 9:09:35 GMT -5
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Post by jdredd on Jun 15, 2023 1:36:53 GMT -5
Next week is the 73rd anniversary of the War in Korea’s beginning. It still has not ended.
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