US/S.KOREA has joint commando rescue plan for S. Korea workers stuck on N. Korean side at Kaesong

Sankei Shimbun in Japan (synopsis translation to English by Freeper) ^ | 29 May 2010 | AmericanInTokyo

[gaijin]

O tsukare sama deshita.

You’re a great resource —solid reporting.

I trust few other gaijin.

[MediaMole]

This sounds like a desperation move. It could work, but it would be the first stage in a real war.

Once you have a combined arms operation on the north side of the border, the war has already started.

[AmericanInTokyo]

They are motivated, generally poorly equipped, massive in sheer numbers (1 MILLLION) and not particularly well-fed. They would rape and generally loot for food, alocohol or cigarettes any ROK populated areas they took over and mistreat occupied personnel.

That's my general assessment of it. They would fight vigorously and fiercely, and would descend in to mass suicide when eventually subdued, such is their cult brainwashing. They would also IED US troops going up there, in my opinion; they have made outreaches to terrorist groups in the Middle East in Iraq and Afghanistan to study anti-personnel mines and other improvised explosives a guerilla war context.

[AmericanInTokyo]

One wonders what good old "MAC" (R.I.P.) would have thought, 60 years later, seeing photos of these soldiers and reading of the latest doings.

He was right, there is no substitute for victory. Having this thing end in a draw with the UN supervising it for 60 years, which has allowed them to stay alive and build up, has been a great mistake and has done absolutely NOTHING for their so-called "PEACE" they sought through appeasement and dialogue and armistace.

[AmericanInTokyo]

kochira koso thanks

[freebilly]

So much for the element of surprise....

[AmericanInTokyo]

I guess so. You have four open source news agencies in Asia all carrying this now: Yonhap, Kyodo, Sankei and MSN Japan, before I even posted it. I think Japanese TV might even be running a blurb on it, too.

[NormsRevenge]

It’s a good thing we have troops there and nearby should this get nasty.

[RetroSexual]

It’s a good thing we have troops there and nearby should this get nasty.

With all due respect: it's not a good thing. If things get nasty our troop's CinC will let them all die while he holds meetings and conferences (in between rounds of golf).

[RetroSexual]

Any indication how many hostages we’re talking about?

[GeronL]

It is very sad that a country could be so cut off from the real world as to have absolutely no clue whats going on. When NK finally falls, I am going to be interested in seeing their school textbooks on the topics of the US and democracy and stuff.

[NormsRevenge]

But Wait!

I’m sure Obama will make this developing incident his new Priority One! His golf cart has comm gear, I’m sure, and he always has his Blackbeery with him.

I hear ya tho. Godspeed and God Bless to All our US service members deployed around the globe this Memorial Day Week-end.

[AmericanInTokyo]

No. But I would imagine if a lot of them did not get out of there before the Friday weekend, then it could number to at least 100. That is a GUESS.

[RetroSexual]

His golf cart has comm gear, I’m sure, and he always has his Blackbeery with him.

If we go to war in Korea, do you think he'll repaint his golf cart from "desert tan" to "olive drab"?

[GeronL]

MAC was right.

Why is NAZIism no real threat, it was defeated- not just militarily- but ideologically as well. What happened to Japanese Imperialism? It was defeated ideologically and militarily as well.

You still have commies because we have never rubbed it out with our boot heel. It will be the same with radical Islam.

[JimSEA]

Thanks for your excellent reporting. Perhaps the rather widespread
reporting you describe is intended to warn the North and reassure
families of those trapped?

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

I really appreciate your reporting of the situation in the two Koreas.

Your postings here on Free Republic are light years more informative than anything being reported here in the lamestream American media. I’m in Maine, by the way.

Please keep posting on the situation over there, as well as the Japanese reaction to the Korean crisis.

[RetroSexual]

No. But I would imagine if a lot of them did not get out of there before the Friday weekend, then it could number to at least 100. That is a GUESS.

That's bad.

If I had to pull a number out of my butt which would guarantee that this mess would end up in a full scale war, I'd probably go with 100. That many hostages, on top of the sunken corvette, would make it impossible for the South to remain quiet.

So let's hope the reports are wrong, and everyone's out safely.

[Squantos]

.6kt should solve that worry......

[AmericanInTokyo]

Nearly every North Korean textbook for children will have to be put to the torch.

Even simple math books for 2nd graders.

In there they have problms like, (and this is no joke): "If Comrade Sung is able to shoot 14 approaching American imperialist aggressor soldiers from his sniper's perch and kill them all, but Comrade Yoon is able to shoot 21 approaching American invaders and kill them all, how many more enemy soldiers has heroic Comrade Yoon been able to kill on behalf of the Fatherland?