[Thud]

My emphasis in the article.

Japan could have nuclear weapons within a few weeks of a go decision, and Taiwan within a few months. I expect both will do so. Then China's fantasies about conquering/absorbing Taiwan will be gone.

So I suspect a deal may have been made between the Bush administration and China concerning North Korea, one which entails a swift end to North Korea's gangster confederacy.

[Thud]

ping

[Brilliant]

The Chinese should have thought of this a long time ago.

[yooling]

Sounds like that fat little pervert's days are numbered. Has anyone started a pool to bet on when the first MOAB falls? Hopefully the blast will kill the Iranian contingent that'll be there to watch the test.

[badpacifist]

Japan could have nuclear weapons within a few weeks of a go decision, and Taiwan within a few months. I expect both will do so. Then China's fantasies about conquering/absorbing Taiwan will be gone.

Darn straight! I second that notion.

[JimSEA]

Well, it's about 10:25 AM in Korea, what is considered a good time to set off a bomb?

[JasonC]

What kind of animals do these Chinese goons have to be, to obey orders to send innocent human beings back into that hell-hole? Just let them in already. The country would collapse in days and you would own it, and everyone on earth would applaud. But moral action is impossible for evil-stupid men. If we can call them men.

[Quix]

I'm still annoyed with our supposed destruction of Taiwan's nuke program.

However, there is some hope in the land where Chinese puzzle boxes were commonplace . . . that lots of things are hidden . . . perhaps in Japan, too.

[Quix]

Am curious if you have special connections or sure info or just knowledgeable conjecture to base your predictions on?

[headstamp]

“I’ve heard it a hundred times over that when we send back a group they stab each one with steel cable, loop it under the collarbone and out again, and yoke them together like animals,” said an army veteran with relatives in service."

What frigging barbarians. And the Liberals here are worried about Club Gitmo.

[zipper]

Editorial

JoongAng Daily, South Korea
If North Tests The Bomb, South Will Need its Own ...

In order to protect itself from North Korean aggression, if Pyongyang proceeds with a nuclear test, South Korea will have no choice but to consider possessing nuclear weapons of its own. And it will be the same for both Japan and Taiwan, who would very likely follow suit.

Rather than pushing us to pursue peaceful coexistence within the region, the North's action would certainly lead Northeast Asian toward military confrontation. Pyongyang's possession of nuclear weapons would make it impossible for Northeast Asia to have and keep the peace...

[azhenfud]

"....where wild rumours of an American attack on nuclear test sites have spread fears of a Chernobyl-type cloud of radiation...."

Could it be NK has already had its accident, er, I mean test?

[garjog]

"stab each one with steel cable, loop it under the collarbone and out again, and yoke them together like animals"

How can the civilized world sit back and let these demons continue to treat their people like this?

We should use our air force and bomb the hell out of their military sites.

[C210N]

Several Chinese soldiers have died in clashes with rogue North Korean soldiers who have crossed the border...

Interesting to note and contrast the recent experience in Lebanon with 3 Israeli soldiers, and what that triggered...

[GOPJ]

China should put their foot down on North Korea.

[flying Elvis]

China's best bet is to orchestrate a coup to put someone more pliable in charge while at the same time keeping NK alive as a client state. Any other solution is a bad one for them.