North Korea's Air Force and The Bomb

NW_Pilot wrote:

I will not believe anything the news media and government tells me about how
bad another country is untill I see it for myself. The U.S. government said
Beirut Lebanon is a bad place and that the "Muslims" all want to kill all
Americans hahahahaha...B.S. Well I walked the streets of Beirut at night for
a few hours alone, myself a non Muslim on a Muslim holiday and nothing but
friendly people even the guys with the machine guns have proper muzzle
control and are friendlier than our police here in the states!!

I suggest that one look and think for themselves and make their own thoughts
and dismiss all the media/government hype! Yes, the government controls the
so called free and independent press and are resorting the "Religious" type
tactics to try and use Fear to control the citizens and rest of the world!

Lots of loons in the northwest.

Jay,

In pondering why we (the US -- and the World) haven't responded more
forcefully to the North Korean nuclear tests


Because "force" has proven to be a very inefficient answer lately, e.g.
in Afghanistan and Iraq?

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Jay Honeck wrote:

So what should we do? Nothing? That seems to be the United Nation's
current "strategy"...but I don't see much hope in that approach.

Given sufficient time they will simply implode, like the Soviet Union.
The end will be prolonged as long as they are nurtured and enabled by
China or anyone else.

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Thomas Borchert wrote:

In pondering why we (the US -- and the World) haven't responded more
forcefully to the North Korean nuclear tests

Because "force" has proven to be a very inefficient answer lately, e.g.
in Afghanistan and Iraq?

Bribes and appeasement have been complete failures.

So, which is better?

--
Bob Noel
Looking for a sig the
lawyers will hate

So the best thing we can do there is to continue to prop up China's
economy by importing damned near everything we use in this country and
export our best jobs to China. Then China can have the chops and
responsibility to deal with NK and we're starting to look like Ireland
mid-1970s. No jobs but plenty of bars!

Grrrr.

Someone said we don't have a dog in this fight. Not sure I entirely
agree with that. We could sure train a dog though. Is it time to take
the shackles off of Japan as a balancing point in the region?

KC

wrote:
The solution to North Korea is China. North Korea is China's
Frankenstein monster.

When China decides that the monster has gotten too far out of hand, and
is a threat to China, North Korea will be squashed like a bug. The
Chinese could roll through North Korea in less than a week, even if
North Korea put up a fight.

The only other solution is if North Korea collapses like East Germany
did, but with China providing aid, that won't happen until China cuts
them off.

Dean

No, taking out the power plants will turn off septic system pumps.
Typhoid will spread and we'll have an enormous public health problem.
You need to be more selective.



Jim Macklin wrote:
All 36 airports should have the runways destroyed.
All power plants and switching stations that send power to
their nuclear factories should be bombed, you can't produce
nuke fuel without electricity.
All naval vessels in their harbors should be sunk.
All military depots, ammo dumps and warehouses should be
bombed.


On the second day we can offer the Iranians a deal.

"Ron Wanttaja" wrote...
..... China is still NK's primary supporter. The recent UN
resolution basically eliminates luxury items.

I think this is a good thing. The ruling class in NK should be the ones
targeted. Hunting down and freezing their offshore assets will limit their
options even more and "convince" them to move their positions. The
leadership in NK is living very well "relatively speaking" and presently
have no incentive for change.

China worries about a trickle of illegal immigration turning into a mass
flood.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061016/...a_nkorea_fence

In the long run, China might benefit from South Korea reunifying with the
north. That would put a hugh hurt on the South Korean economy (see Germany),
and China could come out the big winner (can you say Marshall Plan).

The first thing I would do is talk to the Chinese. Show them a map. Explain
that you might be "Downwind" of North Korea pretty soon, do you want to do
that? You know, that wind that glows in the dark.
ron



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Jay Honeck wrote:
Since I'm tired of reading questions about the development of
anti-matter-powered Beechcraft ejection seats, I thought I'd toss this
topic onto the newsgroup's platter: North Korea.

Oh great. Instead of M's constant questions that are at least on-topic
for this NG, you have to start a huge and typically wasteful political
thread.

That said, I served in Korea in tactical intelligence (read: crossing
the DMZ at times) and they're definitely amongst the most evil people
in the world. Kim is not likely to start an overt war, simply because
he loves his rock & roll too much. But I fear that he would be willing
to sell nukes to Iran and other nasty places. I think we're closer to
WW-III than we have been in over fifteen years.

Back on topic, I recall when the North shot down one of our cargo
copters. There was an officer up in a GA plane along the DMZ, and Army
ATC called him with "Cessna XYZ, land at the nearest airport
immediately!". He replied, "This is Colonel Smith (a security breach,
if I ever heard one), why should I? What's up?"

ATC dropped their voice a note lower and gritted back deeply with
"COLONEL THIS IS A DIRECT ORDER LAND YOUR AIRCRAFT NOW NOW NOW." He
gulped back softly "Roger, understood, landing!". I think he finally
got the picture.

Kevin

We are using restrained force and granting safe terrorist
havens "because" there might be children hurt.


"Thomas Borchert" wrote in
message ...
| Jay,
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| In pondering why we (the US -- and the World) haven't
responded more
| forcefully to the North Korean nuclear tests
|
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| Because "force" has proven to be a very inefficient answer
lately, e.g.
| in Afghanistan and Iraq?
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| --
| Thomas Borchert (EDDH)
|