Posted on 06/03/2010 8:47:30 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Cheonan the Introduction to Kim's Second Act
By Sohn Kwang Joo, Chief Editor
[2010-06-03]
What does it all mean? Why was South Korea attacked by North Korea?
Some say that the Cheonan incident was retaliation for the Daecheong naval battle of November last year, while others say it was related to the succession.
But the underlying reason is different. South Korea and the international community have not yet figured out recent changes to Kim Jong Il’s survival tactics. That is, there have been changes to Kim Jong Il’s international and domestic strategy for survival with which his foes have yet to catch up.
With the collapse of the communist bloc in the 1990s, the North Korean economy went bankrupt, and from then Kim Jong Il’s international and domestic strategy was the Military-first policy, which roughly translates as prioritizing the military economically at home, and then relying on military tensions on the Korean Peninsula to achieve other ends abroad. In other words, developing nuclear weapons and raising military tensions has been a way for the regime to extract economic aid through international negotiations.
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However, South Korea and the U.S. have no intention of accepting the North’s demand for a peace treaty as long as they know very well that North Korea’s ultimate aim is the complete withdrawal of U.S. Forces from South Korea and the destruction of the military alliance between the South and the U.S.
Therefore, from where Kim Jong Il stands, an intermediate survival strategy is necessary for the aim of guaranteeing his regime’s long-term security.
He has decided upon trying to create a situation in which the U.S. is compelled to start negotiating a peace treaty. The West Sea is the perfect place for Kim to create the international circumstances and conditions to bring this about.
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I am sure it won’t be hard to make Obama bow down. Then again they should know that when it comes to an actual war, Obama and the libs have little respect for life or our military.
BTW, Wasn’t it a Democrat who ordered Japan nuked?
“BTW, Wasn’t it a Democrat who ordered Japan nuked?”
Don’t you wish the democrat you refer to was president today, or anytime in the last 20 years?
I meant that either Obama is either going to hide under his desk or order the troops into suicidal missions without proper support. Remember, Obama is a nut.
We need someone from either party who will stand up for this country.
what I mean is that I would take Truman any day over anyone in presidential politics I have seen in 20 years.
yes, I agree
South Korea folded when it allowed sanctions to be relaxed, allowing garlic expoert etc. and opening a way to pay North Korea for it, plus whatever additional protection monies are paid. Its Danegeld pure and simple. Ditto for the US State Department sending aid.
That is why Chia Head threw a celebratory party. It was one so grand that one of his closest advisors and Jong Un supporters died in a drunk driving accident in the wee hours after it.
It takes money to keep loyalty in NK - especially for a jerk like Jong Un. Thus the nuclear and other blackmail had to be employed, especially after the currency fiasco. It was for Jong Un’s “dowry” as he is married to the elite in NK.
No, no I don’t. Maybe as Secretary of Defense or Secretary of State, but not President.
We don’t need another President to try and attempt to force America to shift over to a wholesale command-and-control economy...
N. Korea would be put under extensive financial sanction which will further dry up its hard currency flow. However, S. Korean President failed to live up to its tough words, and passed up measures he promised.
Since the Norks did not want the Cheonan crime to be found out, were they perhaps just demonstrating some of their technology for sale? Where is the profit in it for just blowing up the Cheonan but not taking credit?
If it was truly to be a secret, then the only value it could have was to impress someone privately to buy their weaponry. Wouldn’t such a torpedo might be useful in the Persian Gulf?
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