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| China-Japan-Koreas |
| U.S. readies a possible blockade |
| 2006-10-11 |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #13 Go one step further and add, that any detonation results in instant glassing of whoever is on the current shit list ... Iran, NK, France ;) |
| Posted by: bombay 2006-10-11 23:57 |
| #12 One suggestion on another thread would actually focus all of China's attention and make them curb their dog : apply JFK's standard on Cuban nuke attacks to NKor - any nuclear strike from NKor will be regarded as the same as the PRC doing the attack, and the PRC will be subjected to a full-scale nuclear counterstrike. And make it clear that since we can do the "fingerprint" on the fallout from a nuke, simply giving it to a terrorist group for deniability will result in the same counterstrike against both the NKor and PRC regimes. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2006-10-11 20:49 |
| #11 No food, no fertilizer and no oil. We just have to tell the UN and the media, oh and China. |
| Posted by: pihkalbadger 2006-10-11 20:14 |
| #10 Those who continue to provide food, fertilizer and fuel to NK on 'humanitarian' grounds ought to consider the fact that most, if not all, of that aid goes to those in power and the military, while to peasants eat grass and burn dung (or is it the other way around?) |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2006-10-11 18:43 |
| #9 "I say we laugh at their manhood while we blockade them." Lol, DV. Playtime's over, both for Kimmie and the ChiComs. Their statements are comic book-quality bluster and dissembling triangulation. I know it's not the recommended solution, all of the dermatologists say so, but maybe we should go ahead and pop this zit. Even Kofi the Grate has chimed in, pretending he's a head of state rather than a hired flunky, saying we should be talking directly with Kimmie. Enough already. Just spit it out - it's a failed state, birthed by Stalin, adopted and controlled by China. It deserves the death penalty. Knock this wheel off the axis and let the Chinks clean it up. That should make the absurd farce of them hosting the Olympics a bit more interesting. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-10-11 18:15 |
| #8 Another option is to simply dismiss him. Consider him a rogue and not a leader. North Korea is a failed state. Declare that the South Korean government is now responsible for North Korea under the UN Mandate and they'll take charge once North Korea collapses. Then isolate them entirely and wait. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2006-10-11 13:42 |
| #7 I say cut into fertilizer, energy, and food aid. Raise the suffering to a fever pitch and then make Kimmie vulnerable by negating his personal defenses (which I'm sure includes the military to quite a degree). The people would do the rest. It would give them a feeling of ownership, and that could be taken as the change of heart necessary to begin to be able to work with them, at which point we could have food aid ready to go in transport planes, trains, shipts, etc. and just get to work getting them back on their feet. And install a decent government that actually considers the population to be more than just a tool. |
| Posted by: gorb 2006-10-11 13:16 |
| #6 Time to rethink the blockade. The US should simply announce that we will monitor all traffic in and out of north korea. Any nations that trades with North Korea (allowing ships originating in North Korea to dock or meeting North Korean ships at sea to transfer cargo) will be subject to a full 100% ban regarding trade with the United States. The nations of the world would police themselves. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2006-10-11 12:40 |
| #5 Actually, Tom, China has a long border to protect that essentially provides the land part of the blockade. I'm not sure they want to be seen allowing safe passage of missiles and nuclear materials. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2006-10-11 12:16 |
| #4 This is where it could be handy to have China on our side, concider the man power. Also the ability to strike from the South and the North with military strength? |
| Posted by: Tom 2006-10-11 11:42 |
| #3 I was listening to our Foreign Minister Downer on TV tonight and he said that Australia will continue sending food to North Korea on "compassionate" grounds. My visceral reaction was that if I had a gun I would have blown his head off. The people of the the North fought to have the Government they've got. Well then they should learn to live with it. When they come out of their stupidity cocoon, well then we might want to talk with them. In the mean-time enjoy your starvation diet. According to the Greenies, there are too many people on the planet. Their contribution to lessening that total will be appreciated. |
| Posted by: tipper 2006-10-11 11:02 |
| #2 I say we laugh at their manhood while we blockade them. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2006-10-11 11:00 |
| #1 Nothing would be easier, on us, and our so called Allies, then to just begin to ignore NK. Keep doing the stuff we have been, but stop pushing for new stuff, and declare them too stupid to be a threat-in a politcally correct way of course Kofi. That would make them very mad and squash thier manhood. |
| Posted by: plainslow 2006-10-11 08:44 |