Posted on 05/07/2005 12:35:06 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
"A few well placed missiles from our subs would suffice."
I'd expect ACM stealth cruise missiles launched from B52's far away would be used.
I've read that the North Korean's have constructed a 'reviewing stand'.
It'd be pretty funny if Kim Jong-Il attends the 'review' only to find that the device wasn't placed deep enough.
Maybe we'd report it as 'Kim Jong-Il nukes himself to a crisp'?
Maybe we could convince the Chinese to invade North Korea?
I really doubt that Kim Jong-Il would expect THAT.
I agree. But what do you think the odds are that Kimmy believes we are serious when we say we are going to take out a country after our work in Iraq and Afghanistan. They are necessary (albeit costly) precedents. It takes a single Boomer. No, it takes a fraction of a single Boomer. They don't even need to leave our territorial waters. Kimmy knows this. This game of chicken can only end badly for him.
Your probably right though, we'll file a big deal protest at the UN and N. Korea will maybe die laughing if we are lucky.
One reason not to which is in the forefront of the minds of those in a position to decide whether to strike or not.
N. Korea isn't laughing, less the 5% of the decision makers for the rest.
What is the chance that Iran is footing the bill for the N Kor nuke test?
We will do nothing.
" It's my understanding that one of their missles is capable of reaching Seattle.
Hey...I live near there.
Lovely."
Hey , I'm right across the sea from NK in Kyushu ! They could lob one at Fukuoka no problemo and if the winds blowing in our direction down here in Kumamoto it's over !
They could have some arrangement. That is, N. Korea does something for Iran, and vice versa.
It is also possible that they coordinate their provocation to maximize their gains, for example, causing troubles almost simultaneously, attempting to keep U.S. stretched thin.
That would be a lot easier said than done, and would also probably escalate rapidly. If we take that step, we'd better be prepared to for an all out war on the peninsula, because there's a good chance that's what would happen.
NBC. Hello?! Since when did we start listening to them???!
I am suprised there is not much news on this in whole.
I refer to the power in control and not the people of course.
Even the poor people of North Korea would have major problems with everyone. After all, they've been lied to for years.
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