Analysis: N. Korea impact being weighed

AP on Yahoo ^ | 7/4/06 | Pete Yost - ap

[MidlandDesperado]

One of the talking heads on Fox said that North Korea was getting its funding for its missiles and weapons from Iran.

Since China can not or will not do anything about North Korea then provide Japan with the bomb.

[gafusa]

I think we should at least cut off the aid we send him, possibly impose a blockade. Shoot down any more missiles leaving the country with the help of Aegis. Give Japan a missile defense and extend our own. And pull our troops out of South Korea.

[garbageseeker]

This was not your run of the mill missile test. It was a show of force by the North Korean government.

[dufekin]

The New York Times espionage agents could get on the Bush Administration's good side by traveling to Pyongyang and Yongbyon and revealing all the secrets of the North Korean nuclear and missile programs. But they won't risk life or limb to get a story that might help protect America. They do risk their own future as an institution under American protection because they reveal our secrets to our enemies.

[SampleMan]

Sandy Berger, the National Security Adviser in the Clinton administration, said on CNN

Yet another example of the MSM trying to set up a shadow government. News to CNN, "Clinton ISN'T THE PRESIDENT, so what Burgler has to say is meaningless."

[WoofDog123]

thank you for common sense, something missing in great part from these threads.

[muawiyah]

That's a real secret. Even the NYT doesn't know if we actually used that system or not.

And speaking of the NYT, if this laser system is as good as it seems to be, "W" could light up that little NYT world and no one would be the wiser, eh!

[WoofDog123]

yes, and sending 10 instead of one was a brilliant way of saving face and accounting for possible test failure of the main test as well. remains to be seen what if any actual consequences this brings internationally.

[Reily]

Well a blockade can be interpreted as a 'Act of War'.
Crazy Kim could react with a second Korean War.
It would be something we would have to coordinate with the current milquetoast South Korean government.
Japan would be solid, if they were not getting ready for an election. Timing I think right now is bad and favors North Korea.
Also we are getting ready to be irrational since an election is on the horizon.

[ArmstedFragg]

Impact...... Impact?

Uh... that'd be four medium sized 'thud's, with a whole bunch of little tiny thuds and a splash grouped tightly together in the middle of them.

[garbageseeker]

I think we will find out what the fallout of this within the next couple of weeks.

[Dreagon]

This is all about China. And it's time to recognize that, and deal with it on that level.

Inform China that if they don't want to see a nuclear Taiwan, we better not see a nuclear N Korea.

[ARealMothersSonForever]

i say pull troops out of South Korea and scare screw those ungrateful South Koreans a little lot

Much better. Where is the withdrawal plan from the ungrateful Korean peninsula?

No more blood for crappy electronics, and lousy ungrateful people that hate us. Give the whole dungpile to China, or let them fight the Japanese.

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

amen! let the south koreans and japan handle this garbage. We cant hold these countrys hands forever

[garjog]

"Why no mention about how well our airborne laser worked?"

Doesn't seem reasonable that if we did shoot it down, we would want it to look like a malfunction so as not to tip off the world to our capabilities?

Maybe China is using NK as a means of seeing how good our missile defense is.

[D-fendr]

The only motivation kim can have is if we pound his launch sites, and perhaps his nuke facilities.

Yes, it's a risk - its a bigger risk for him if he retalliates - but as you point out, he will not stop until he's 'motivated.'

[gafusa]

I doubt the DPRK would launch an attack on the South. The RoK has far greater military capabilities than the North, even without our help. With our help it would likely be a slaughter. The North relies on western aid for food and fuel, and their equipment is very dated and unreliable. If we pull out our troops the can only strike at the South, who has greatly exacerbated this problem, we cannot rely on them except to defend themselves. We need to do something to pressure the DPRK, right now we have rising problems with them, Syria, Iran and Venezuela, all backed by China and Russia. We need to start removing these smaller menaces before they become a big threat. And we should slap hefty tariffs, if not an embargo on Russia and China.

[Reily]

You maybe applying a rational lens to North Korean thinking. I don't think the world rational & Kim Jong-Il belong in the same sentence. Of course maybe some of the NK military may actually understand reality.
I agree on paper South Korea should be able to hand the North their collective heads in a hand basket. However does the current South Korea government have the 'will' to fight? I wonder? Would they fight if the North got off a surprise nuclear strike on Seoul?