http://twtkr.com/view.php?long_id=LG7y5
Quote:
SKorean defense minister nominee says at hearing if NKorea attacks again, it will be met with retaliation so strong it may never attack again
hypberole? accurate assessment? . . . chew on this for a second.
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news...003400315.HTML
Quote:
In an opening statement at his confirmation hearing, Kim Kwang-jin said the country’s security was in “the most serious crisis” since the 1950-53 Korean War.
This new defense minister is talking the right talk alright. Sounds like the right man for the job.
But it’s still the usual “next time...” mantra.
Looks like another ‘delay’ on the live firing exercise that was due to start in a few days, and this isn’t even the other exercise on the island that was hit by NK which has also been delayed....A familiar pattern...
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Yonhap) — South Korea’s defense ministry said Friday it will delay its decision on the date for live-fire artillery drills planned in waters off a western border island bombed by North Korea until after the inauguration of the new defense minister.