NKorea threatens SKorea with nuclear war

vienna · 12-13-10, 06:45 PM

Regarding Libya, if an attack on Libya were to be launched by the US, NATO, or any other western-leaning power, Israel would undoubtedly be the main victim of the aftermath. Islamic nations like Iran would use the attacks as an excuse to launch "reprisals" against Israel since they cannot attack the western powers directly. Add to this the likelyhood of a possible oil embargo by the exporting arab nations and there are few upsides to the situation. Still, I would very much enjoy seeing Gaddafi receive what has long been coming.

As far as North Korea goes, when the invasion of Iraq started, an anti-war co-worker of mine at the time argued why the U.S. was fighting a war against Saddam and not Kim Jong-Il. I asked her what country was directly on North Korea's northern border. She actually had to look it up on Google since she had no idea. When she saw it was China, she then asked what that had to do with not invading NK. I then had to breifly explain the history of the Korean War and the intervention by China when NK was being knocked back on its heels. China may not particularly like Kim and his madness, but they like even less the idea of a unified Korea with a western (U.S.) leading government directly on its border. China also likes having the NK sideshow to distract the rest of the world from its own actions.

Don't discount NK's ability to deliver firepower to the South. Although they are still lacking in intercontinental strike capability, they are very up to date on short range missile technology. NK is very adept at reverse-engineering weapon systems in general and missile systems in particular. They now provide client countries and groups like Hamas, etc. with knock-offs of some newer missiles. They don't need a big ICBM to reach South Korea, just a good long range cruise missle and they have a lot of those on hand.

But again, as with Gaddafi, I would love to see someone drop a nice U.S. cruise missile on Kim's pompadour..

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vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,714 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Regarding Libya, if an attack on Libya were to be launched by the US, NATO, or any other western-leaning power, Israel would undoubtedly be the main victim of the aftermath. Islamic nations like Iran would use the attacks as an excuse to launch "reprisals" against Israel since they cannot attack the western powers directly. Add to this the likelyhood of a possible oil embargo by the exporting arab nations and there are few upsides to the situation. Still, I would very much enjoy seeing Gaddafi receive what has long been coming. As far as North Korea goes, when the invasion of Iraq started, an anti-war co-worker of mine at the time argued why the U.S. was fighting a war against Saddam and not Kim Jong-Il. I asked her what country was directly on North Korea's northern border. She actually had to look it up on Google since she had no idea. When she saw it was China, she then asked what that had to do with not invading NK. I then had to breifly explain the history of the Korean War and the intervention by China when NK was being knocked back on its heels. China may not particularly like Kim and his madness, but they like even less the idea of a unified Korea with a western (U.S.) leading government directly on its border. China also likes having the NK sideshow to distract the rest of the world from its own actions. Don't discount NK's ability to deliver firepower to the South. Although they are still lacking in intercontinental strike capability, they are very up to date on short range missile technology. NK is very adept at reverse-engineering weapon systems in general and missile systems in particular. They now provide client countries and groups like Hamas, etc. with knock-offs of some newer missiles. They don't need a big ICBM to reach South Korea, just a good long range cruise missle and they have a lot of those on hand. But again, as with Gaddafi, I would love to see someone drop a nice U.S. cruise missile on Kim's pompadour..