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2005-05-02 China-Japan-Koreas

US Attack on NK Needs Consensus From South Korea

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Posted by Anonymoose 2005-05-02 11:21:28 AM|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Any military action against North Korea will be conducted based on a consensus between South Korea and the United States, Gen Leon J. LaPorte, commander of the United States Forces Korea (USFK), said Monday.

The possibility of the current SK leadership (if it can be called that) actually endorsing such an action is very, very small, practically microscopic.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-05-02 11:53:50 AM|| 2005-05-02 11:53:50 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 That's why it's time to withdraw our troops if the Japanese agree. That's probably the big problem, the Japanese don't want the Chinese to pick up the pieces of the dagger pointed at Japan. Whatta mess.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-05-02 12:14:21 PM|| 2005-05-02 12:14:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 That pretty much screws the element of surprise.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2005-05-02 12:25:00 PM|| 2005-05-02 12:25:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 So if we look over and Seoul's glowing under a mushroom cloud, should we consider that a "yes" or a "no"?

Posted by tu3031 2005-05-02 1:25:18 PM|| 2005-05-02 1:25:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 "no"

Posted by Steve White 2005-05-02 1:59:14 PM|| 2005-05-02 1:59:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 I emagine that request from the US leadership to the S. Korean leadership in a time sensative moment sounds like the one we will give Canada on the Ballistic Missle Shield with incoming. Ya know one of those dear (S. Korea / Canada) we will be hitting targets in about -10 responce ehhh, answer glad you agree now this is phase 2.

Posted by C-Low 2005-05-02 4:25:01 PM|| 2005-05-02 4:25:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 May be that consenus is ''required'' at issue is whether the consensus is before or after the NK bombing. I prefer after.

Posted by Captain America 2005-05-02 19:21|| 2005-05-02 19:21|| Front Page Top

#8 ''Okay, I think the entire Nork Political and Military Leadership is vaporized.''

''I agree. It was total.''

''Yep, looks that way from here, too.''

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Now that's a consensus.

Posted by .com 2005-05-02 19:29|| 2005-05-02 19:29|| Front Page Top

#9 The SoKors prefer to be left alone iff they had anything to say - glitch is, neither many of SK's politicians nor the officer and senior NCO classes of their armed forces trust the Norkies even the two Koreas did reunify. The US will not have a problem getting Seoul's permission to attack the North - US policy is an escalatory, retaliatory one, not a pre-emptive or first-strike one; and second, many of the generals, colonels, and senior NCO's are veterans of the Cold War. The USDOD is perfectly content to let the Norkies starve and implode themselves - nothing will happen unless a severe ''event'' takes place, e.g. a new 9-11 and or a WMD
''decapitation'' strike aimed at Dubya and the bulk of the US GOP-Right national leadership! Kerry, Gore and Dean are there to PC fail and destabilize America, not to succeed.

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