N.Korean Shelling 'Aimed for Maximum Damage to Lives, Property'

Chosun Ilbo ^ | 11/26/10

[TigerLikesRooster]

P!

[Bon mots]

They can smell the weakness of "The One" all the way over there.

[blackdog]

What a stupid headline, illustrating modern journalism.

I'm glad the author cleared my confusion up. I thought those NK's were firing off some of those warm and fuzzy artillary rounds, designed to scare, yet leave self esteem intact.

[GeronL]

um... duh?

Most of the shells apparently landed in the water but isn’t the usual point of firing artillery to destroy lives and property?

[I see my hands]

Civilized people bomb other nations with cotton candy.

[fish hawk]

That little fat spiked hair , coke glass lenses, imbecile, is crazy but not a fool. He knows that as long as America has a clown leading the country, he can do just about anything he wants and all he will get back is warnings and talk. (maybe a bow too) You can bet your sweet bippy that if Ronaldus Maximus was in power, none of this would have gone down.

[driftdiver]

“20 unexploded shells”

20 out of 200? That’s a fairly high fail rate.

[rockinqsranch]

This is an excercise to make a statement. The statement being that NOTHING has, or will change under the new administration of North Korea. IOW don’t anyone get the idea there will be a softening of any position by the Viper’s controlling that State.

[blackdog]

I'm also outraged at the thought that those shells would hurt animals too. We need those UN approved bipod cutters instead. Kill all the carbon tracking humans you want, but the line is drawn when the South Korean Titmouse gets it's breeding habits interupted.

Who writes this stuff?

[rdl6989]

I’m sure Hillary Clinton will write a sternly worded letter warning them that she might write a sternly worded letter.

[wtc911]

I suspect that there was a language issue involved.

[Bean Counter]

Thanks for posting these translations of the local news service on this. It’s useful to know what the locals are being told, and I think people should realize that the original Korean text may not translate to English in a manner they are accustomed to reading in the American Press.

[blackdog]

I’m sure HRC’s sternly worded letter would be twice as effective as Obama’s sternly worded letters. Obama’s are all covered in ice cream stains, and well Hillary’s are........Where’s Shakey Janet Reno these days?

[blackdog]

Good Point. Thank You. Still sounds like some rag out of Portland though.

[BerryDingle]

I’m sure Hillary Clinton will write a sternly worded letter warning them that she might write a sternly worded letter.

She'll get the EU and the World Health Organization, to discuss and pass gun and rocket control laws against North Korea and condemn second hand smoke.

[Mr. K]

Just what the hell was N Korea trying to do?

Did they just attack without any provocation?

Suddenly that morning they decided to shell a populated island and kill people?

Did they give any reason? or just start shooting...

WWRD (What Would Reagan Do) - Do what he did to Khadaffy

[aruanan]

WWRD (What Would Reagan Do) - Do what he did to Khadaffy

Actually, successfully do what Reagan tried to do to Qaddafi.

[Fiji Hill]

Too bad Truman didn’t let MacArthur finish the job in 1951.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Well, this is from English section of Chosun Ilbo(FYI, not my translation.)

I read the original article in Korean from which this one is based on. What is said in Korean article is that these rockets are primarily anti-personel weapons by design(their words not mine: they could be accurate or may be not. I am not in a position to judge,) meaning that they are not really for destroying armor or hardened targets.

The original article also said that, contrary to initial report that NK aimed primarily for military targets, it now appears that they also deliberately targeted civilian buildings, the ones where lots of civilian can be usually found(town hall, town office, etc.)