Would North Korea be trying this shit if McCain and Palin were in office?
North Korea threatened a military response to South Korean participation in a U.S.-led program to seize weapons of mass destruction, and said it will no longer abide by the 1953 armistice that ended the Korean War.Emphasis mine.
Having been stationed there in the late 90's, I can tell you the term "pucker factor", which was already in play there, has just taken on added meaning.
Most scenarios I've seen involving a North Korean invasion play out much like it did the first time it happened. Look at 09/1950 to see how bad that could be.
Update: Anthony G. Martin has more, reminding us of a new wrinkle that wasn't present in the first go-round:
North Korea's rescinding of the cease-fire is tantamount to a renewal of the Korean War. And let's not forget that this time around, the North has nukes.Would Mister Poofy Hair use them? No telling, but he is bat-shit crazy.
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The trouble is that if B.S.C. Kim does land one on South Korea and we respond in kind, we could very easily wind up watching one of those scenarios the WOPR played out at the end of War Games live and direct on CNN. And if we don’t respond, the next dozen Al-Qaeda wannabes will think America would be a fine place to go make a name for themselves. Either way our allies around the world will have to wonder if they’ve sided with the right team.
We can only hope that they’ve restarted their breeder reactor because they’ve run out of fissionable material with that latest test. Perhaps someone should go pull the plug on that. Just saying…
Yeah, it would be best if China were to step in and swat Kim a good one.
Could avoid a lot of drama that way.
Maybe Hillary should Tweet China and ask them, pretty please, to swat Kim a good one.
Nah -- she likes drama too much.
Not looking good -- my Dad was in Korea in 1953. No one wants to play that game again.
Not sure how S. Korea would play out against a N. Korea nuke attack. But I can give some insight on a ground war. I was stationed in S. Korea, 1985-1986. Yea, long ago, but I think some things wouldn't change. Such as, when I was there, periodically, they would have civil alert armed drills, and it seemed that there were squads of S. Korea civilians on every street corner, watching each other's backs. I don't know how well trained they were otherwise, but I do know that S. Korea troops are/were some of the toughest SOBs I ever saw go at it. (Except for the KATUSAs. What a bunch of rich-boy pussies).
Fun time for all, if/when the balloon goes up.
B Woodman
SSG (Ret) U S Army
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