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2006-07-05 China-Japan-Koreas
U.N. Security Council To Meet On North Korea On Wednesday
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Posted by Fred 2006-07-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Each NK missle launch, whether successful or failed, is technically a serieuse' breach of international treastises/protocols regarding missle-based testing or placement into orbit. NK was publicly warned by Dubya to indicate what kind of missle launch it was engaging in, i.e. whether it is engaging in military or scientific testing, and espec the anticipated landing area.
Successful LR NorKor missles = Iranian Regional-Global Empire > sword points to everyone, i.e Russo-China, not just America > America in a weird way does achieve a benefit by NK dev its own alleged indigens missles. NK = Vietnam > potens anti-Chicom allies = ARE COMMIES, BUT D *** IT ARE USA-WEST'S COMMIES!?
Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-07-05 01:09||   2006-07-05 01:09|| Front Page Top

#2 Joe, please translate the 2nd paragraph into English. Thanks.
Posted by twobyfour 2006-07-05 01:18||   2006-07-05 01:18|| Front Page Top

#3 Naa Joe, the Norks are and always have been China's barking dog. Kimmie would probably act marginally less insane if he didn't have big brother on his eastern border to watch his back, he's not about to give up that security blanket.

There's no potential direct benefit to the US of the madman in charge of that motley crew gaining the ability to deliver nuclear warheads worldwide. Indirectly however if Kimmie's rants cause: the Japanese to ditch the pacifist provisions of their constitution and rearm, the Taiwanese to develop nuclear weapons and point them at China, and/or younger SKors to recognize the threat the massive instability just north of their border presents there might be some positive benefits in the form of a lessened need for the US to guarantee the security of our allies in the region.
Posted by AzCat 2006-07-05 01:57||   2006-07-05 01:57|| Front Page Top

#4 Az Cat

I think the younger Skors do recognize the threat. However, one of their fears is that the NKor state will collapse and they (SKor) will get stuck paying to reconstruct (similar to W Germany).

A lot of SKors would prefer to see their fellow Koreans starve than be responsible for them.
Posted by mhw 2006-07-05 06:21||   2006-07-05 06:21|| Front Page Top

#5 By the way the testing went we should be in no hurry when dealing with them.
Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan  2006-07-05 06:26||   2006-07-05 06:26|| Front Page Top

#6 By the way the testing went we should be in no hurry when dealing with them.

I dunno, depending on your enemy to remain incompetent doesn't seem like a good strategy to me.
Posted by Steve White">Steve White  2006-07-05 08:45||   2006-07-05 08:45|| Front Page Top

#7 There's always the Kimmie exception. Strategy Page says they're stealing trains from China now. The Norks may be the only people in Asia incapable of building a car, let alone a missile.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-07-05 08:52||   2006-07-05 08:52|| Front Page Top

#8 Stealing trains? Did nobody notice when they quietly stuck a few in their back pockets and walked away, whistling innocently?
Posted by trailing wife 2006-07-05 09:02||   2006-07-05 09:02|| Front Page Top

#9 
"A lot of SKors would prefer to see their fellow Koreans starve than be responsible for them."

Seriously, can they really be considered "fellow Koreans" at this point. We're at least a generation and a half removed from the Korean conflict. And a significant percentage of the Nkors know only the weird alien atmosphere that Kimmie and Dear Departed Dad™ fostered.

They may share a genetic heritage, but that's about it at this point, and the longer the regime survives the more people who remember what "normal" was, die off.
Posted by Fur Trapper 2006-07-05 09:15||   2006-07-05 09:15|| Front Page Top

#10 Heh, Yankees bad about stealing trains.
Posted by 6 2006-07-05 10:09||   2006-07-05 10:09|| Front Page Top

#11 "I dunno, depending on your enemy to remain incompetent doesn't seem like a good strategy to me."

I will refrain from the obvious snark comment.

What Steve says is true, but it does seem to me that we would be wise to keep our conventional forces focused on winning the wars theyre currently engaged in - Iraq and Afghanistan. With the looming possibility that Somalia might become urgent. And intell and spec ops have their hands full with above, plus dealing with AQ elsewhere, including, one hopes, Pakistan.

Right now NKORs failed launch has aroused Japan and South Korea, and at least embarassed China. When the diplo dice are rolling your way, why not let them keep rolling?
Posted by liberalhawk 2006-07-05 12:00||   2006-07-05 12:00|| Front Page Top

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