Urgent: North Korea launces rocket

[rcajun90]

Now Obama will wag his finger and run to the U.N.

Our good friends the Chinese could have stopped this and they could tame Kim Jung IL but they are happy to use the North Koreans as their attack dogs. I could see an invasion of South Korea and Taiwan soon and we will be powerless to stop it. If only we would have listened to McArthur back in the 50's.

We would have ended up in a nuclear exchange with the Soviet Union, and been defeated in a land war with China.

Russia didn't have many nuclear weapons in 1953 and it is doubtful they would be willing to go to war to protect a country they had many differences with and a few border battles. Instead the Korean and Chinese problem was punted to the next generation.

 

[DiveCon]

I wholeheartedly agree with Newt on that. We SHOULD have intercepted that rocket. By not doing so, we gave North Korea a free pass to do whatever they want.

Unfuckingbelievable. We've done the whole diplomacy thing with North Korea. Now it's time for action.

as we did with Iraq
yet you pissed and moaned about that one

Iraq had no air force, no SAMs. And the price to occupy it has been high in both men and material. And in the end, we gained nothing and lost much.

Keep North Korea contained, and eventually change will come. They know they cannot launch a war without the complete destruction of their sorry state. But they also know that they can take out South Korea and much of Japan, and wreak havoc with an invading force. The containment of the Soviet Union worked, and the containment of North Korea will also work.

WHAT THE FUCK????


are you SERIOUS?

 

[WorldAHope]

I wholeheartedly agree with Newt on that. We SHOULD have intercepted that rocket. By not doing so, we gave North Korea a free pass to do whatever they want.

Unfuckingbelievable. We've done the whole diplomacy thing with North Korea. Now it's time for action.

as we did with Iraq
yet you pissed and moaned about that one

Iraq had no air force, no SAMs. And the price to occupy it has been high in both men and material. And in the end, we gained nothing and lost much.

Keep North Korea contained, and eventually change will come. They know they cannot launch a war without the complete destruction of their sorry state. But they also know that they can take out South Korea and much of Japan, and wreak havoc with an invading force. The containment of the Soviet Union worked, and the containment of North Korea will also work.

Confinement. Stranglehold, for as long as it takes.
It is a strategy that has, and will avert massive loss of life, and massive depletion of resources.
War against a well defended, desperate and demented foe who is bunkered in and has a huge arsenal and likelyl some WMDs.

Not a good idea.
Find a less costly, less messy solution that will REALLY accomplish the desired ends.

I know, it's not what the comic book heroes do, but we live in this real world.
Patience and persistent persevering confinement are the best option.
Close them off, stay watchful and prepared, pressure them as needed, send in a little food and medical assisatnace to let them see we aren't monsters, Wait them out and when Kim dies, (maybe we could help in that), it will be an improvement.
And we will have defused the situation without causing a horrible war.

Every syllable of the beliicose talk comes from armchair warriors.
We Don't hear any military strategists or any active military who are aware of the operational realities chatting up or banging their shields to invade or air striking North Korea.

 

[manu1959]

I wholeheartedly agree with Newt on that. We SHOULD have intercepted that rocket. By not doing so, we gave North Korea a free pass to do whatever they want.

Unfuckingbelievable. We've done the whole diplomacy thing with North Korea. Now it's time for action.

as we did with Iraq
yet you pissed and moaned about that one

What diplomacy did we do with Iraq? Iraq didn't have nuclear weapons. North Korea does. Iraq didn't have a long-range missile capable of hitting the US. North Korea does. Iraq's army was in shambles. North Korea has one million men. HUGE difference.

the us worked through the un for years passing resolution after resolution hell clinton eve shot dow a few jets.....

as for nk .... they have a missle that can fly over japan and land in the ocean ..... how are they going to get a million men to the shores of malibu....