Posted on 12/02/2010 2:58:08 PM PST by jhpigott
DPRK will not invade ROK. Last weeks arty attack was for internal consumption, to show DPRK mil that Junior has balls.
DPRK will not invade ROK or launch arty attack at level requiring MEANINGFUL retaliation from ROK or US forces. Last weeks arty attack was for internal consumption, to show DPRK mil that Junior has balls.
“The Kim family needs a subsidy and nobody’s paying. It’s blackmail, pure and simple.”
Problem for Kim is that we used to pay, now no one is paying. So what does he do? Ball back in Kim’s court.
The pattern of provoke, negotiate, pay-off, provoke looks to be over. I would not presume a predictable outcome.
I remember seeing some pictures of a military parade in NK ... no planes, few tanks, just men and some artillery ...
...and dancing girls in uniform!
Oh yeah, forgot about them ... ever see those pictures of downtown Pyongyang? Beautiful western looking buildings - and female traffic cops with no traffic to control. Blank empty streets with maybe a few trucks here and there ....
Or get a lot of us killed.
Zero just arrived in Afghanistan for a surprise visit to the troops. Must be time to refuel his ego.
Actually it is:
*** you hit us = we won’t nuke you ***
Wow, where’d you get that silly imaginary report - DU?
Sniff...Sniff.... I smell Chinese Zot coming......Sorry to burst your mental masturbation there bub but State Capitalism NEVER works, ohh works for a while but what happens when something bad happens, can the Chinese Politburo simply WILL economic prosperity back? I am sure you think so the god like government can do anything, it can build Coal Planets in record time, create a Chinese blue water navy, it can cause peasants to skin dogs for food.....ohh wait.....noooo....
P.S. Thomas L. Friedman is a smart guy, but not exactly a reliable choice for conservative thought.
That is a simple possibility that we better be prepared for.
On the other hand this may be what the chins are looking for. If the US goes in, now the chins decide to get involved or they lose face with their nationalist pride. I bet their generals are chomping at the bit to show off all their brand new hardware. They can use it as a pretext to go after Taiwan because we would be to busy with NK.
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You post was from the NYT which has to be excerpted and linked.
Thanks
0 is just radiating weakness and fear.
I think, if the Korean War escalates, it won’t be accidental.
there will come a point where they will not ask the admin....
Sorry. I just thought it was intriguing. Won’t do that again.
Rodong Simum (#DDPRK): Tweets on status over there....latest tweet.
“Danger of war is increasing hour by hour”.... due to intensified us-Japan ROK military alliance.
War...it’s fantastic!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWCtfUgBtNw
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