North Korea Might Have a Bad Day

[1K3]

Geez China might as well make N Korea part of their country.  Problem solved

[Thrawn]

Originally posted by 1K3
Geez China might as well make N Korea part of their country.  Problem solved

What makes you think this is a problem for China?

[Arlo]

Originally posted by Meatwad
At this rate, theres gonna be a war with North Korea sometime in the near future

You mean .....  at this rate the war will resume, right?

[Arlo]

Originally posted by lukster
Would be a short war indeed if we were to commited to destroying them both.

Nothing says "American" better than an all out committment to destroy other countries and their people. Especially if it involves the mentality of "Well they would do it to us!"

[1K3]

Originally posted by Thrawn
What makes you think this is a problem for China?

Most of the aid come from China.  Make NK a part of Chinese province then you'll see another hyper rich Hong Kong, Shanghai and Macao in the making.  Kim's Disneyland (Pyongyang) needs some serious restorations to make N Korea worth visiting for us westerners someday.

[ByeBye]

Originally posted by Arlo
Nothing says "American" better than an all out committment to destroy other countries and their people. Especially if it involves the mentality of "Well they would do it to us!"

Yeah, that's what America has done all through it's histoty. We have " destroyed" so many countries.

We destroyed Japan, Germany and Italy. We rebuilt Europe. That's American.

[Masherbrum]

Again, launch strikes on the Three Gorges Dam complex.   They started filling the resevoir a couple years back.   The Yangtze River is the "Backbone of China", break it, they'll be on their knees.

[ByeBye]

The US could whipe out China conventionally and China couldn't do a thing to hurt the US mainland. We could hit them day and night for months and inflict severe damage to them.

The Chinese know this and they are not stupid.

North Korea having a nuke ( if they even do have the capability) would be a threat to all of Asia, including China.

[Arlo]

Originally posted by ByeBye
Yeah, that's what America has done all through it's histoty. We have " destroyed" so many countries.

We destroyed Japan, Germany and Italy. We rebuilt Europe. That's American.

Maybe you didn't see the post I was responding to. Maybe you didn't see the sarcasm light in the corner of mine. Maybe you're attempting to add color to the exchange. I dunno. If it was clear, I would help ya out.

[ByeBye]

Originally posted by Arlo
Maybe you didn't see the post I was responding to. Maybe you didn't see the sarcasm light in the corner of mine. Maybe you're attempting to add color to the exchange. I dunno. If it was clear, I would help ya out.

Sorry, didn't see your post before...plus been drinking a little.  

[Arlo]

Now that I definately can appreciate.

[Stoney74]

Can't remember the actual numbers we came up with, but...

We were at work one day (in my former life as a paid employee of the U.S. government) figuring out some stats based on how many artillery pieces the N Koreans had within range of Seoul.  We were counting unclassified numbers of 120mm or bigger caliber only.  I think we came up with 4000 rounds per minute total, at the max sustained rate, capable of hitting the city.  And that's conventional.  That's not including slime--and they have quite a bit of that too.  And yeah, I know, we're supposed to go nuke if someone goes chem, but I'm not sure the world would let us do it, nor the Japanese happy with the fallout cloud blowing over the homeland.    

I decided there was only two things that would make me put my uniform back on--the N Koreans crossing the DMZ, and the Chinese crossing the Strait of Taiwan.  You better be ready to put on too if either of those two happen, 'cause we'll be seeing WWI or WWII casualty figures--or worse.

Don't underestimate how "easy" it would be to deal with N Korea or China.

My two cents...

[Arlo]

Originally posted by Stoney74
Can't remember the actual numbers we came up with, but...

We were at work one day (in my former life as a paid employee of the U.S. government) figuring out some stats based on how many artillery pieces the N Koreans had within range of Seoul.  We were counting unclassified numbers of 120mm or bigger caliber only.  I think we came up with 4000 rounds per minute total, at the max sustained rate, capable of hitting the city.  And that's conventional.  That's not including slime--and they have quite a bit of that too.  And yeah, I know, we're supposed to go nuke if someone goes chem, but I'm not sure the world would let us do it, nor the Japanese happy with the fallout cloud blowing over the homeland.    

I decided there was only two things that would make me put my uniform back on--the N Koreans crossing the DMZ, and the Chinese crossing the Strait of Taiwan.  You better be ready to put on too if either of those two happen, 'cause we'll be seeing WWI or WWII casualty figures--or worse.

Don't underestimate how "easy" it would be to deal with N Korea or China.

My two cents...

Your two cents has sense. Good to hear it.

[Slash27]

Where's Hans Brix when we need him?



I vote for the JDAM/Happy Meal option.

[Sundowner]

A very interesing juncture might be comming this weekend.
When NK does the test just what do you think we'll do?

1-Do nothing.
2-Extreme blockade of all imports to NK?
3-Attack.
4-Another option I've not thought of.

I vote #2.

An ancient curse goes like this:
"May you live in interesting times."

Regards,
Sun

Fears N. Korea may test at weekend

TOKYO, Japan -- Japan's top government spokesman says Tokyo is stepping up monitoring of North Korea amid speculation that the communist nation could carry out a nuclear test as early as this weekend.

"In consideration of various possibilities, we are preparing for whatever may happen," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki said Friday, according to The Associated Press.

The speculation comes amid reports the United Nations Security Council members have reached a tentative agreement on a Japanese-drafted statement that warns North Korea of unspecified consequences if it conducts a nuclear test.

The text, obtained by the Reuters news service, is similar to the original, and was negotiated by junior diplomats of the 15 council members. It is being sent to governments for possible changes before further discussions on Friday.

The statement urges Pyongyang to cancel its planned nuclear test and return immediately to six-party talks aimed at persuading the reclusive Communist nation to abandon its nuclear arms program, according to Reuters.

Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi, currently in Washington, said Japan and the United States shared concerns that the North was not bluffing about a nuclear test, and should be prepared for a possible test this weekend, a Foreign Ministry official said on condition of anonymity, citing protocol.

The assessment was made during Yachi's talks with White House Deputy National Security Adviser Jack Crouch and U.S. Defense Undersecretary for Policy Eric Edelman, the official said, but declined to say if they had intelligence showing evidence of North Korean nuclear activity.

"Based on the development so far, it would be best to view that a test is possible this weekend," Yachi told Japanese broadcaster TV Asahi.

Media reports have speculated that a test could come as early as Sunday, the anniversary of Kim Jong Il's appointment as head of the Korean Workers' Party in 1997....

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/10/06/nkorea.nuclear/index.html