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North Korea: What happens if Kim Jong-un acts on his threats?
Yahoo! News / The Christian Science Monitor ^
| March 29, 2013
| Anna Mulrine
Posted on 03/29/2013 6:07:51 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
In the event that the 'bellicose rhetoric' of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un turns into something more serious, the opening hours of conflict could be 'pretty ugly,' defense analysts warn.
Veteran North Korea watchers, citing what they see as increasingly troubling signs coming from the dictatorial regime, are voicing concerns that its new young leader, Kim Jong-un, could do something ill-advised, even start a war.
On Friday North Korea renewed what the U.S. has condemned as its bellicose rhetoric, saying Kim had ordered the nations missile forces to prepare to strike the United States and South Korea.
In response to the prospect of North Korea following through on this and other marginally less dire threats, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday that the US military will unequivocally defend, and [is] unequivocally committed to the alliance with, South Korea.
But if hostilities were in fact to erupt, how might they play out?
Some former US Special Operations Forces and longtime Korea defense analysts have their own thoughts on what an unequivocal US military response could look like, including how US troops would be deployed in the event of a lethal first strike on US and allied military forces by North Korea precisely the sort of move Mr. Kim has been threatening to make.
What would such a first North Korean move resemble? It might involve small-scale infiltrations using mini-submarines, assassination attempts.....
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TOPICS: Government; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: kim; kimjongun; korea; military; nkorea; northkorea; threats
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To: Olog-hai
Obama has demonstrated he will let people die, if it interfere’s with DNC fund raising with Jay-Z. The Azz Kissing Career Generals left after his purge can only be counted on to praise the “won”.
I think DC is underestimating, and I see Russia, Iran, and China backing the tantrum throwing lil’ Kim. This feel’s very different from past provacations.
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posted on
03/29/2013 6:33:10 PM PDT
by
swamprebel
(a Constitution once changed from Freedom, can never be restored.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Isn’t this their usual MO when they want a refill on their humongous EBT card?
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posted on
03/29/2013 6:34:22 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Fighting Obama without Boehner & McConnell is like going deer hunting without your accordion)
To: BooBoo1000
Pull out his shotgun and kill the neighbors chimney.
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posted on
03/29/2013 6:36:21 PM PDT
by
eyedigress
((zOld storm chaser from the west)/ ?s)
To: molson209
The only person that has ever used a nuke as an act of war was a democrat president.
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posted on
03/29/2013 6:36:28 PM PDT
by
dangerdoc
(see post #6)
To: swamprebel
Russia, Iran and of course Red China are indeed backing the House of Kim. The old Second World is coming back, thanks to its agents being entrenched here.
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posted on
03/29/2013 6:38:29 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: ctdonath2
Hes a drunk with a double barreled shotgun and Tourette Syndrome. Irritating and ignoreable except hes gonna kill someone and get killed immediately after. A true NK attack will turn Seoul to rubble, promptly followed by Pyongyang and the southern NK border. Total combat period about 4 hours. He's a drunk with a double barreled shotgun, Tourette's syndrome, and the biggest chemical stockpile in the hemisphere. In that 4 hours how much VX do you suppose he could unleash on the south? See... The problem with crazy people is that some of them really are dangerous.
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posted on
03/29/2013 6:38:46 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I predict the Norks fire a missile aimed at California, which immediately strikes somewhere in Australia. We fire one nuke cruise missile into Pyongyang, ending the war.
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posted on
03/29/2013 6:38:53 PM PDT
by
GenXteacher
(You have chosen dishonor to avoid war; you shall have war also.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
...Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday that the US military will unequivocally defend, and [is] unequivocally committed to the alliance with, South Korea. OMG, we have Slo Joe Biden as Secretary of Defense.
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posted on
03/29/2013 6:44:47 PM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(I am a dissident. Will you join me? My name is John....)
To: Blood of Tyrants
If he attacks, we no longer have a North Korea, just Korea.
Are you forgetting? One of America's worst enemies occupies the White House. North Korea is safe.
To: BobL
Those who prepped have a chance of waiting out the panic buying, the shortages, and the violence. Those who laughed at us are raped and killed.
This is why I say prepperism has no place here. It's nothing but a sicko revenge fantasy posing as practical "advice".
To: GenXteacher
Send Rodman’s ass back over there with a basketball signed by Madeleine Allbright.
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posted on
03/29/2013 6:50:09 PM PDT
by
eyedigress
((zOld storm chaser from the west)/ ?s)
To: Cyber Liberty
Just find out where lil Kim is, drone him and get this over with.
No one will mind and it would scare the piss out of China.
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posted on
03/29/2013 6:51:36 PM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(Got a problem? Nothing a drone strike can't fix.)
To: eyedigress
It occurs to me that maybe Rodman said something to offend them and precipitate all this.....
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posted on
03/29/2013 6:51:57 PM PDT
by
GenXteacher
(You have chosen dishonor to avoid war; you shall have war also.)
To: Yardstick
What’s your definition of “prepperism”?
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posted on
03/29/2013 6:55:51 PM PDT
by
BobL
(Look up "CSCOPE" if you want to see something really scary)
To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
If it comes to that,expect plenty of bullets coming back at them.
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posted on
03/29/2013 6:56:10 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
the few lights that ARE in NK, go out...
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posted on
03/29/2013 6:56:58 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: GenXteacher
Probably. Kim Jung Un or whatever is completely unhinged. Rodman is an idiot and the epitome of “low information voter”.
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posted on
03/29/2013 6:58:41 PM PDT
by
eyedigress
((zOld storm chaser from the west)/ ?s)
To: dangerdoc
The only person that has ever used a nuke as an act of war was a democrat president.
And he didn't hate the U.S.A. like the current POS.
To: Black Agnes
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posted on
03/29/2013 6:59:25 PM PDT
by
gop4lyf
(Are we no longer in that awkward time? Or is it still too early?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Obama gives a high-five to Kim Jong Un, and purges our military.
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posted on
03/29/2013 7:05:23 PM PDT
by
Fred Hayek
(The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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