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2003-03-22 Korea

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Posted by Steve White 2003-03-22 09:02 am|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 North Korea has at least one viable commercial export, weapons. Remember the ship that was interdicted by Spanish warship earlier in the year? That was carrying the North Korean scud missle which was originally claimed by Yamen government, but later re-routed to Iraq.

Posted by BigFire 3/22/2003 7:30:20 AM|| 3/22/2003 7:30:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 The North Koreans are NOT weasels. They are moles! There are several thousands of miles of tunnels in North Korea. Bunker-buster bombs can't get down quite far enough, but I'm sure Kim wasn't terribly pleased to hear of that opening salvo. The one GOOD thing - on our part, at least - is that we've watched North Korea like a hawk for the last 50 years. While not everything they've done has been observed, we do know enough to know which air vents to hit with a nice mix of chemicals that will seep down, down, down, and then go BOOM!

I'm sure Kim has lost 40 pounds this past week, thinking of how the war with Iraq opened.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-03-23 01:10:39|| 2003-03-23 01:10:39|| Front Page Top

#3 The North Koreans are NOT weasels. They are moles! There are several thousands of miles of tunnels in North Korea. Bunker-buster bombs can't get down quite far enough, but I'm sure Kim wasn't terribly pleased to hear of that opening salvo. The one GOOD thing - on our part, at least - is that we've watched North Korea like a hawk for the last 50 years. While not everything they've done has been observed, we do know enough to know which air vents to hit with a nice mix of chemicals that will seep down, down, down, and then go BOOM!

I'm sure Kim has lost 40 pounds this past week, thinking of how the war with Iraq opened.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-03-23 01:10:41|| 2003-03-23 01:10:41|| Front Page Top

#4 North Korea has at least one viable commercial export, weapons. Remember the ship that was interdicted by Spanish warship earlier in the year? That was carrying the North Korean scud missle which was originally claimed by Yamen government, but later re-routed to Iraq.

Posted by BigFire 2003-03-22 07:30:20|| 2003-03-22 07:30:20|| Front Page Top

#5 I believe it was our old friend Alaska Paul that suggested interdiction by torpedo of any shipping from NK? A blockade is an act of war, but seeing as how they've torn up the truce, what's the diff? If the NK's don't wake up to reality soon, they'll be faced with 2 options, one ending with the NK regime dead, and the other with most of NK and Seoul dead - trouble is, I don't think they have a preference

Posted by Frank G 2003-03-22 11:18:16|| 2003-03-22 11:18:16|| Front Page Top

#6 Frank---I wonder how much shipping has gone in and out of Nampo harbor since the "Whatsitsname" w/o any flag finally got back with a load of cyanide. I will bet there are some "silent service" types loitering around station, just in case....

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-03-22 11:34:48|| 2003-03-22 11:34:48|| Front Page Top

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