[TigerLikesRooster]

P!

[counterpunch]

Wheew! That was a close one!
Crisis averted.
Thanks internet blog and BBQ guy from New Jersey!

[Tamar1973]

He describes North Korean diplomats in New York as “pretty lonely” and eager to find a way, like their masters back in Pyongyang, to end their nation’s isolation. “They didn’t make themselves a hermit kingdom,” Egan insists. “They’ve tried to come out and talk to the world. But every time they’ve done it, we’ve pushed them back.”

Obviously, Mr. Egan's knowledge of Korean history is very shallow. The nickname "Hermit Kingdom" long precedes the Japanese Occupation of Korea in the early 20th century.

[highlander_UW]

If it were a mistake then the proper way to handle it is to apologize, not threaten war. No, it was no mistake.

[rawhide]

Egan, whose astounding adventures in American foreign policy are detailed in his new book, Eating with the Enemy: How I Waged Peace with North Korea from My BBQ Shack in Hackensack

[martin_fierro]

"Someone should get a Pulitzer for this writing!" -- Walter Duranty

[Waco]

Sure, it was a ‘’mistake’’ and the times has 46 staffers to donate to the next ‘’mistake’’. Will these gerbil stuffers ever get their heads out?????

[Clioman]

Well of course it was a mistake. Even a novice goomba knows that you don’t leave incriminating evidence at the scene of the crime. Oh, it was a mistake, alright. Luckily for the Dear Leader, his victims will keep opening their wallets and offering him money so as not to be robbed.

[gandalftb]

Theater of the absurd attended by an audience of the gullible.

It may well have been a mistake. All NK military units are extremely tightly controlled....for fear of defection. Border units are given little or no ammunition.

There was an SK sub in the area that was used as bait for a joint US/SK anti-sub exercise about 50 miles W and at the time of the Cheonan sinking.

Possible NK subs were there to see if they would be spotted also, testing their stealth in shallow waters. If so, tubes would have been loaded in case the NK sub was attacked. However, the order to fire would have to come from at least two officers in agreement.

My theory is that the NK sub sent a homing tropedo in the general direction of the anti-sub exercises to see what the response would be. The very noisy Cheonan happened along and the torpedo turned and chose it instead.

[gandalftb]

Frankly, the strangest behavior is by our own Navy. We sent a lone destroyer to the scene at flank speed, followed by a salvage ship. They were both there in less that two hours.

Our commanders had to assume a potential hostile event either torpedo or mine. Why would we send a lone destroyer and not sweep the area clear of enemy subs first? In an area known for NK belligerence and unprovoked attacks? And risk another ship to the same fate? Much less an undefended salvage ship?

We had an entire anti-sub exercise underway at the same time, an hours sailing time away and they continued their exercise for another 8 hours before responding. Very odd.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Having a Jersey thug who runs a BBQ joint handling delicate situations for the State Department makes as much sense as having Neapolitano and Holder take care of the Gulf oil spill. Bill had some close buddies who ran Chinese restaurants.

It may be, though, the reason the general was dumped awhile back. Someone has to take the rap, guilty or not.