North Korea On War Footing As Crisis Deepens

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[chilepepper]

The secret in handling North Korea is very easy. They need to be both ignored and prodded: prod them into going on a 'war footing', then just as quickly step back from the prodding and ignore them completely until they start to stand down a little, then prod them again. Repeat.

The N. Korean economy will not be able to stand the strain for very long.

The secret is to NOT allow them to actually start shooting very much. I would still ignore minor skirmishes.

I think Bush is handling this JUST RIGHT. Notice that the Kitty Hawk was moved off to IRAQ, which emptied the air out of NK's claim that the US was mobilizing against it.

Of course, once you have had them go through the mobilization frenzy and off about ten times (and after IRAQ is taken care of), we can come back to NK and push them over with a feather...

[finnman69]

What the hell is total war? If it's what I think it is, North Korea should be preparing for a total funeral.

[Helms]

What if we hit NK even before Iraq? I am keeping my eyes open.