One. Ping. Only.
Posted on 05/26/2010 9:13:25 PM PDT by Trueblackman
Here is the question that the so-called experts don't seem to be asking in the wake of the North Korean Sub attack is, "Was this attack a dry run for one by the Iranians for a coming attack on U.S. assets in the Persian Gulf?"
I offer up the following evidence:
1)Most of North Koreans past military incidents including underground Nuclear testing have been funding by nations that have funded terrorism.
2)North Korea and Iran have the same type of mini-subs which have been built and exported by North Korea. The Iranians have been boasting they have improved on the North Korean Subs making them harder to detect.
3)The South Korean Ship was attacked in shallow water similar to those in and around the Strait of Hormuz leading to the Persian Gulf.
4)We all know North Korean is basically broke and depends on it weapons programs for what little funding it is able to get.
Ping.
Interesting thought. Or Iran would like to provoke a Korean conflict to split our forces up even more and strain our overall resources if we get involved.
Maybe a combination of multiple plays.
That is a FASCINATING question! Thank you, TRUEBLACKMAN!
In the event of a conflict on the Korean Peninsula, I well imagine that Japan would get involved.
I think we / S. Korea needs to do a little overt ASW.
One. Ping. Only.
Interesting. Maye the Iranians insisted on a real live demonstration of the weapons they are buying from the NKs?
Two remaining members of a certain Axis up to their old tricks. Except this time the Iranian and Korean regimes are on wobbly legs with the election fights and Kim’s health respectively. Cornered animals are always more dangerous.
Not in shallow waters.
The norks do nothing without permission and direction from the chicoms. NK is how the prc distributes it's nuclear weapons and missile technology to the mohammadens and other rogue enemies with "plausible deniability" and provide enough "compensation" to kim il and his henchmen to keep them pliable..
I’m no expert and don’t even pretend to be one on the internets, but I don’t know what to think of this latest act of aggression. Could they be testing Obama? This goes quite a bit beyond the typical threats for more funds.
Change your handle to “Truethinkingman.”
It’s hardly what I would call a “dry run”. To me a dry run would mean carrying out the movements of the attack without firing the torpedo.
Anyway, I don’t think the attack makes sense as any kind of rehearsal. I think it was intended to push the limits of tolerable provocation, and they evidently were correct in their estimation, and no doubt pleased with the heightened atmosphere of crisis.
My own suspicion is that China is behind the whole thing. I maintain that North Korea has always been and remains a cat’s paw. It’s just so perfect for them.
In the matter of DPRK the ChiComs are part of the problem not part of the solution.
Another question is did North Korea have a Sub operating in the Gulf of Mexico and did they torpedo the BP Oil rig? Really. It could have been terrorism. You think the Obummer administration would tell us the truth or cover it up?
Strange things are happening everyday in the world. It seems we are being tested by all of the evil empires of the world.
very good thoughts.
I agree that it has the direct implication for U.S. Navy in Persian Gulf and was also surprised that people do not pursue this angle with the same level of attention as they did with Cheonan.
Maybe USN is doing it quietly but it is true that it is not discussed often in public by military experts.
Since they sank a South Korean destroyer and killed 46 of her crew,m it does not qualify as a dry run. It’s more like a test to see what they can get away with. Next, they’ll persuade some country that was sitting on the fence to do something foolish. It won’t turn out to be foolish because we’ve got a con man for president and he won’t care about much of anything that doesn’t directly profit him.
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