Posted on 05/18/2010 4:15:46 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
South Korea has concluded that a North Korean torpedo sank one of its warships in March, killing 46 sailors, according to government officials and domestic news reports on Tuesday. South Korean officials are preparing to announce the results of their investigation later this week.
The much anticipated finding will accuse North Korea of committing one of the worst military provocations on the Korean Peninsula since the end of the Korean War, deepening tensions between the countries. North Korea, denying involvement in the sinking, has vowed to retaliate against any attempt to link it with the March 26 explosion that broke the South Korean corvette in half near a disputed sea border. But the South has pledged resolute measures, including economic sanctions, once the investigation is complete.
We will blame a torpedo attack and link it to North Korea, said a government official briefed on the investigation, adding that the authorities were still fine-tuning an official announcement to be made on Thursday.
He refused to discuss forensic evidence that will be cited in the report.
In a series of closed-door briefings scheduled for Wednesday, the Foreign Ministry intends to present to Chinese, Russian, Japanese and European diplomats scientific and objective evidence to back up the conclusion that it was a North Korean torpedo attack, said the South Korean news agency Yonhap.
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Maybe that'll be in the closure of the letter...
Signed: yours deeply concerned....Barry Obama.
Apparently no one has any cajonies, Truman left that mess for us after firing MacCarthur.
Hope this is not a back handed compliment to Palin? Going Rouge, Going Rogue :)
And then........what?
He will withdraw US troops from South Korea, freeing up more money to give away to cronies and to spend on boondoggles.
Yep, withdraw troops that are giving a threatening appearanc to our presence on the DMZ. And as we all know, we must make up for the mistakes of the past, and show that we are not a threat to PRK
Beer Summit?
Thanks sonofstrangelove.
Except that this is as much a chinese powerplay as dpnk. s korea can’t face down china. another blow to us prestige. we are losing spheres of influence right and left. Well at least we have the mexican sphere of influence left. I know, low blow. But Calderon does seem to love us and our blissfully ignorant, politically docile ways.
I don't think the little troll running NK drinks cheap.
A new Stealth Torpedo??
Did we actually DECLARE war against North Korea? Or just start fighting it, as in Vietnam and all others since?
You do not accuse, you either deliver some payback or STFU. It’s harder that it looks of course, there’s no easy way to deal with NK
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
In the United States, the war was officially described as a police action owing to the lack of a declaration of war by the US Congress. Colloquially, it has been referred to in the United States as The Forgotten War and The Unknown War. Ostensibly it was a United Nations conflict, ended in stalemate
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