‘YEMEN' SCUDS BAGHDAD-BOUND

New York Post ^ | 12/27/02 | URI DAN

[dennisw]

You are probably right. Unfortunately. Mostly due to Korea being in China's sphere of influence. Korea is doing what China cannot due publicly due to WTO etc. They are in cahoots.

[Republic of Texas]

Good thing we let those go to our "friends", the Yemenis.

[Republic of Texas]

Also we are, for all intents and purposes IN Iraq. It would be foolish to remove all our troops from around Iraq, when they just got there. So we go ahead and deal with Iraq, then move on to NK.

[montag813]

U.S. authorities turned a blind eye to the shipment and released the cargo in order to ensure Yemen's support in the ongoing war against al Qaeda, the newspaper said yesterday.

Indeed a very disturbing sign of this Administration's willingness to kowtow to "international law" as the ruling dictum in American foreign affairs.

[johnb838]

N Korea's day will come. You libs seem to think we ought to drop everything and go after N. Korea now, but that's because you're only interested in the 'drop everything' part. If we did that you'd very quickly start with the "leave N. Korea alone" crap.

N. Korea is stupid. They're getting every opportunity to get out without getting their asses kicked but they seem to want to get blasted. We could fight them now as well but it's not part of our strategy.

[Republic of Texas]

Excellent point.

[Destro]

I don't know that they have held joint military maneuvers.

Then don't state it as fact.

[Destro]

You Libs? F-U. Know someone before you accuse them.

[DCPatriot]

The fuse is lit.......

[Flyer]

Then don't state it as fact.

I never did.

Houston Area Texans

[Destro]

To be honest (and it is not a flame) I really don't know what your saying.

[dennisw]

Verrrrrry funny!!!!

[dennisw]

You even got that pencil necked geek into the mix. Hahahahhaha.

[ApesForEvolution]

"Iraq and North Korea are not linked."

Of the 2 dozen+ scuds fired at Israel or Saudi Arabia by Iraq over a decade ago, how many used N.K. technology or were shipped directly from N.K.? What technology/consultation has N.K. provided for Iraq's air defense systems the last 15-20 years? The last 10 years?

[Destro]

I am talking about a cooperative alliance and not the underground trade in weapons. If that is the basis of a link then our allies the Pakistanis are North Korea's closest allies and those in the State Dept could be accused of treason for dealing with an "ally" of an "axis of evil" member.

North Korea would sell a scud to my grandmother if she paid in cash.

Iraq and North Korea are not allies.

[ApesForEvolution]

"Iraq and North Korea are not allies."

Maybe no more than germany and japan in the early 40's...

[Destro]

Germany and Japan signed the Axis treaty that said they would declare war on any nation that would attack a member of the Axis. There is no such treaty or understanding between Iraq and North Korea. Indeed, I doubt Iraqis or North Koreans care much for each other beyond buying and selling of oil for weapons (and what North Korea has is not much better than what Iraq can produce with the exception of WMD?).

[TigerLikesRooster]

RE #12

It is not just China. Any nuke-related crisis in N. Korea will also affect Russia and Japan, along with S. Korea.

Japan could go nuclear, followed by S. Korea. This will make China more belligerent. Russia can further complicate the situation. If Japan and S. Korea go nuclear, NPT regime will collpase and every country with enough money will make a mad dash to get a nuke or many more. And U.S. may have reduced influence in E. Asia and the rest of the world. That is what is at stake from American view point.

The fault line where N. Korea sits on is far more dangerous than the one Iraq does. Those who insist that America should take care of N. Korea over Iraq do not know the gravity of the situation or they simply want no action to either countries. I think that they want America to completely back down and tow the liberal line. Of course, they are usually ignorant in basic military stuff so we cannot rule out the possibility that they think America can easily snuff out N. Korea. In my view, the oil angle, the assertion that Iraq is targeted because of its oil and N. Korea is not because it has none, is facetious. What is at stake in N. Korea is as important as securing the flow of Iraqi oil. Probably more important.

[ApesForEvolution]

You have a difficult time playing connect the dot games, don't you?

[Destro]

If you follow my history of posts you will see that connect the dots is all I do. I will make it simple for you. When we go to war with Iraq, North Korea will not rush to Iraq's defense and vise versa.